<p>Called yesterday, they told me that rice’s applicant pool increased over 12%. Also, the officer told me that about 15-20 percent of all wait-listers are received priority list. So, do the math, it’s about 30-60 ppl who received priority list. However, the officer also told me that its good to “send deposit to another school” for this year b/c they have such a large applicant pool, which might represent the fact that more students might turn out this year.</p>