Turk62191

Sorry guys, but I swear this is the last chance thread I will post...

From: NJ
SAT: 800 (M), 670 (Cr), 680 (W)
GPA: 91 UW
Ethnicity: Turkish (speak fluently, learned together with english). Over 2 years of my life have been spent there if vacations are added up.

School: Extremely competitive magnet school/sister school of America's 7th school.

IB Diploma Candidate

Freshman (all honors): bio, chem, geometry, english, World cultures, research, spanish I, ect.

Sophomore (all honors): Biotech, physics, english, U.S history, biocomputing, biotech lab skills, spanish II, ect.

Junior: IB Bio HL, IB English HL, IB Math A2, IB Physics HL, IB World History, research 3, ect.

Senior (To be schedule): IB Bio HL, IB English HL, IB Math A2, IB Physics HL, IB TOK, IB Spanish, research 4, ect.

Extra: NYU Economics course (A) + rec from prof

Extra circular:

JSA- Co-Founder, Debate Coordinator (10th), President (11, 12), state assembly rep (11), Expansion director of a cabinet of 47 that oversees a 5 state region (11, 12).

SGA- Class Representative of 2009 (11, 12)

Swimming- (9-12), varsity 10-12.

So, what do you guys think?

simone902008

dayum!!!! haha. i got in with 650W 590M 610CR!!!
BUT i think the reason i got in was because i showed them that i was a "person" (sry, if that makes NO sense)...make sure your essay is INSANE.

but no pressure.

yupaws

I don't claim to be the authority on chances or whatever, but honestly, Rice is pretty forgiving with test scores. Mine were mostly crappy, but if you can make up for it with your IB scores, and really show them that you're interested, it's very likely you can get in. I think for me I really learned more about Rice and was very passionate about it, so that shone through. That, and essays are key.

I'm pakistani; the turkish thing will come in handy for that "diversity" essay--what you can contribute to Rice. I lived in UAE for a few years so I wrote about the art of making baklava and how I could feed hungry college students XD If you have culture, shoooooooow it.

Just individualize it. It's one of those things where hard work actually comes back--not really a crapshoot like hyp or washu.

lol... I'm not really sure if that was helpful >.>

Oh, and you should def go to rice so you teach me how to make turkish coffee <3

tumbletiger009

I'm an IB diploma candidate who will be applying to Rice!

What do you hope to major in? It is confusing that your HL's are English, Bio, and Physics yet you took a summer Economics course...

Turk62191

I want to go into economics. Those were the only HL's offered, so I had to take them.

Turk62191

Does anybody else have an idea of whether my application stands some sort of a chance?

pedrossi

Of course it stands a chance, it looks like a good app. Your EC's are also pretty good. You'll need to make sure your essays are also great, and I think you have a pretty good shot.