Chance for Rice?

dudeitsksteen
Mon, 27 Dec 2010 14:40:32 +0000

Rice is definitely a reach school for me. I just want to know if I have a shot at getting into Humanities.

ACT composite: 33
-english: 33
-math: 32
-reading: 35
-science: 33
-essay: 9

Weighted GPA: 3.917
Unweighted: 3.647

Rank: 2nd decile, class of 400

AP: french language (3), statistics (4)

Senior Year Course Load: Physics, Calculus, AP Literature and Comp, AP Language and Comp, Honors Psychology, Band

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
-winter track: 2 letters, captain
-spring track: 3 letters, rising captain
-PAW club: president
-environment club
-green club

Job/Work Experience: town pool staff member freshman summer

Volunteer/Community service: Key Club: 40 hours

Summer Activities:
-New Eyes for the Needy: 36 hours a summer for the last two summers
-I have spent the last 11 summers in British Columbia, Canada with my grandparents/cousins

Essays: My common app essay focuses on my cross-country trip to Canada when I was 10 years old and how it changed my view on life. For the essay about what perspective I will bring to Rice, I’m going to go in depth about my experiences with my cousins and grandparents in Canada and how they helped me become more open-minded about life.

Teacher Recommendation: Good recs
Counselor Rec: Good rec from the best-respected counselor in my school
Additional Rec: Good rec from my track coach who knows me as a person better than my teachers. He will definitely add a different dimension to my application.

Interview: Wasn’t able to get one

Applied for Financial Aid?: yes

Intended Major: English

State: NJ
School Type: Millburn High School, the best public school in NJ, consists of about 1200-1300 students

Ethnicity: white

Gender: female

Income Bracket: ~$130,000 (my parents are teachers)

Hooks: I am a Canadian citizen, I am the only girl at my school applying to Rice, and the only person at my school applying to Humanities at Rice (all of the other applicants are trying for Engineering). I am a really great writer and well-respected by the teachers writing my recommendations.