Chances for Rice

tomjerry777
Sun, 01 Dec 2013 18:53:32 +0000

I am currently a senior in high school and am planning on majoring in bioengineering in the school of engineering. Also, can you guys tell me the chances of getting into the Rice-Baylor program? or getting the Engineering Scholarship or Trustee Distinguished Scholarship?

I am an Asian male
Unweighted GPA: 4.0
Weighted GPA: 4.45
I am in the IB program at my school and have taken/will take 4 AP classes too.

Class Rank: 3 in a class of 623 students (I could have a higher class rank, but I chose to take an academy (4 year study focusing on one field) in engineering, in which I learned principles from various engineering fields and some statistics, so I was not able to have a bunch of random AP/IB classes to boost my GPA)

PSAT: 217 (good enough to qualify for national merit in my state)
SAT: 2150
ACT: 36
SAT II:
Math II: 800
Physics:780

ECs:
-I have volunteered and have held leadership positions at my local science center/museum for the past 3 years.
-I am the president of the physics club at my school.
-Vice president of Mu Alpha Theta.
-Took scholar’s bowl (called quiz bowl in some places) in sophomore yearr. I was fairly good at this activity.
-Debate team for 2 years. I am not amazing at this in terms of NFL points because I am too busy to go to many tournaments, but I always get good records at tournaments.
-I have presented at technology conferences about the pro/cons of bringing technology into classrooms. My school gives our students iPads, and I was one of 2 students chosen to represent my school at these conferences.
-Math team
-I helped start/play in a youth cricket league in my area. This league has branched out to include 3 teams, and we now play in competitions with other teams throughout the state.

~400 hours of community service from various places (mostly from the science center though)

Awards/Achievements:

North South Foundation Math Competition-1st Place in Southeast Region and Selected to Compete at National Competition - 2008

Kumon Center: Math-8th of 40,000 in North America- 2008

Duke TIP SAT: State Recognition- 2009

Duke TIP SAT: Grand National Recognition – 2009

Multiple Math Team Competition Awards- 2007-Present
-Mu Alpha Theta – 2011-Present

Spanish National Honor Society- 2012-Present
-National Honor Society 2012-Present

National Merit Scholar Semifinalist - 2013