does Rice have higher expectations from an International student??

Antarius
Sun, 16 Nov 2014 20:19:19 +0000

Rice views each students GPA as a function of their school, courseload, rank etc etc. be it domestic or international. Just because you have a 3.0 GPA it doesn’t make your grades automatically worse than someone with a 4.0 elsewhere.

If your courseload was rigorous and your rank is very good, make sure your guidance counselor (or whoever is filling out that portion of your application) explains your courseload and grading.

I am a US citizen, but lived abroad for several years. I finished second in my class with a not-spectacular GPA. My GC sent my transcripts that included the class average and explained that the raw score isn’t impressive at first glance, but they simply do not hand out good grades. Didn’t stop me from getting in as my SAT score + rank helped demonstrate that the grade was good, just on a different scale.