Chance me 2015!

Mathandmusic914
Mon, 06 Jan 2014 23:40:00 +0000

What are my chances at Rice for ED? RD? (I am a junior in the Southeast)

GPA: 4.0 unweighted
-5/5 APs offered will be taken by end of senior year, might do a science self-study (no scores yet on any)
SAT: 2280 composite superscore
-800 math
-800 writing
-680 reading (taking again in March, it’s really a coin toss whether I’ll get above 700. I’ve done 700-800 on practice tests for a while, but I got a 670 last time I took it :/…)
-subject tests
—math 1: taking in may/june
—math 2: taking in may/June
—biology m: 730

ECs:
-piano: 13 yrs lessons. I’m doing a grant funded, monthly nursing home music project junior and senior year. I am a devoted member of the chapel band at my school as well (9,10,11,…). I participated/will participate in music rally sophomore and junior years. Sophomore year I got third in district (99/100 on performance) and honorable mention at state. Junior year I don’t know yet. i also participated in a local duet concert junior year and will do so again senior year.
-varsity swim team since 6th grade. I’ve made state times since 9th grade. I am also the anchor of our relay. I made top 24 of my region and all district junior year. I am on some all state swim league team too, something like that, I’m not all too sure.
-student government: I’ve held a leadership position all three years so far, and each is bigger than the year before. Hopefully the trend will continue to next year!
-speech team: all 3 years so far. I placed at local tournaments every year so far (6 places) and made all state speech team freshman and sophomore year (junior year hopefully). I am president of speech this year.
-guitar: 5 yrs lessons. played in chapel band.
-drama club: secretary/acting president sophomore year. Also in school productions freshman and sophomore year. Got district rally all star cast freshman year.
-quiz bowl: (dropped sophomore year because of issues with tournaments, no one could go to any, they were all so far out and inconvenient; we don’t even have a quiz bowl team anymore; my counselor said she’d explain in her recommendation) co-captain freshman year. 2nd at state-qualifying tournament.
-service: piano grant thing mentioned earlier (20 hours projected by December 2014) and chapel band (100 hours projected by Dec 2014). Also, 40 hours (projected to Dec 2014) weekly middle school math tutoring (11,12)
-other: local leadership program, two academic summer programs

Other academics:
-academic rally: went and placed in french/math/math three years. When I went I placed at both district and state.
-placed 2nd at local math tournament sophomore year (it’s in January, so it should be this month)
-Will be NM Semifinalist (233, with a 75 CR. could this make up for my 680?)
-other awards about academics specific to my school

My recs should be solid. My speech coach/English teacher and physics teacher will do the teacher ones. My counselor knows me really well too. I feel like they will add to my app.