<p>I guess I can see where this happens at other universities, it’s just that I haven’t seen it. Since I live in Texas, I guess I hear of it happening at Rice more. For instance, I know two people who were accepted to MIT and Cornell respectively, but they weren’t accepted to Rice because they don’t like to admit more than a couple or so from the same high school.</p>
<p>I guess my biggest problem is that it seems like they didn’t even use holistic review. It seems pretty blatant they just chose based on one single number, one that IMO says a whole lot less about your abilities than even the SAT or ACT. I keep on telling those that were wait listed to accept their positions since Rice needs some token West Texans, and they have four positions open. </p>
<p>It just seems to me that it’s a very forced and inorganic diversity that this kind of selection is creating, but I guess that’s not my problem.</p>