<p>IS it easy to get into Rice?
What school students go to Rice the most?</p>
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I think this page should help you with your first question.</p>
<p>I’m not sure how to answer your second question…</p>
<p>what high school feed students into Rice the most?</p>
<p>No offense belly, but you asked a bad question. Rice University is listed as a top university on college confidential; none of the top universities are easy to get into, hence why they have the label “top universities”. Additionally, Rice evaluates applicants holistically, so if you don’t have a commitment to extracurriculars or you write bland essays, it will be extremely difficult to get into Rice. For the 2009 application season, Rice had a 22% admit rate, and I heard that admit rate is lower if you are from Texas because Rice wants more geographic diversity. Now, is it easier to get into than Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Stanford, and MIT? Yes. But overall is it easy to get into? No.</p>
<p>Don’t underestimate Rice… just because a lot of people have not heard about it before does that mean it is a school that is easier to get into.</p>
<p>I am not intending to come off as rude or cocky, but this is a type of question you can answer yourself by doing a little research on the Rice admissions web page or going to the College Board website… i’m glad the poster above me guided you to the Rice website.</p>
<p>Secondly, I doubt going to one high school will give you an advantage in Rice’s admissions process than going to another high school, unless your high school is one of the best in the country or in your state. So I doubt that just because a high school feeds the most students to Rice means you will have an advantage at that high school, whether it is in Texas or elsewhere.</p>
<p>Oh yes the question is supposed to be is it easier to get into Rice than others big school ( UT doesn;t count)</p>
<p>Can you list some examples of other schools you are thinking about?</p>
<p>and Rice isn’t a big school…</p>
<p>Ivies.
Hey but 50% of top #1and 2 is accepted. So if I’m one of them I have good shot at Rice, correct?
Is being in Houston hurt or help?</p>
<p>Although the admittance rates do not always accurately indicate the difficulty of getting into a college (ex. UChicago has an admit rate of about 32 percent, but UChicago attracts the best of the top seniors from around the nation… so it is still extremely difficult to get in), here are some of the admit rates at the Ivies (2008 data from Collegeboard.com):</p>
<p>Cornell: 21% (many of Rice’s admitted students also get into Cornell: this is what you call a
cross admit pair)
University of Pennsylvania: 17% (many of Rice’s admitted students also get into UPenn)
Brown: 14%
Dartmouth: 13%
Columbia: 11%
Princeton: 10%
Yale: 9%
Harvard: 8%</p>
<p>Rice: 22%</p>
<p>So, based on acceptance rates alone, it is slightly easier to get into Rice than the Ivies. However, I’ve heard that many students, especially in the Houston area, have gotten into Ivies and got rejected from Rice. That does not mean that will happen to you, but this demonstrates Rice’s extreme selectivity.</p>
<p>As you continue researching colleges, I recommend you use the following website as a tool: [Find</a> a College - College Search - Majors and Careers](<a href=“College Board - SAT, AP, College Search and Admission Tools”>College Search - BigFuture | College Board)</p>
<p>Also, I cannot emphasize enough that Rice takes a HOLISTIC approach to the admissions process. You could be valedictorian and have a 2300 SAT score, but if you don’t show your commitment to extracurriculars or write thoughtful, sincere essays, you will not get in. Even if you are committed to extracurriculars and write excellent essays, you might not get in either. Rice has many compelling applicants, and they cannot accept all the compelling applicants.</p>
<p>Sure, statistically, 50 percent of valedictorians/salutatorians get into Rice, but that is mainly because these students are driven and tend to be involved in extracurriculars and tend to write great essays.</p>
<p>Think of it this way: 50 percent of the students that graduate top in the class get rejected from Rice. If you graduate near the top of your class, your chances are definitely greater in terms of getting into Rice, but that alone does not guarantee you will be admitted.</p>
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<p>I think you misunderstand. I believe that 50% of Rice’s incoming class is made up of people who were either #1 or #2 in their HS classes, not that half of the people who apply to Rice and were either #1 or #2 get accepted.</p>
<p>Actually belly is right regarding the acceptance rates of valedictorians and salutatorians. If you look at the admissions data from the Class of 2011 on the Rice website, 628 valedictorians applied for a spot at Rice, and 323 of them were accepted; that is roughly 50 percent. There were 83 valedictorians who enrolled. There are similar statistics with salutatorians.</p>
<p>Easy as pie.</p>
<p>Okay so is there a waitlist at Rice? if there is, take valedictorians, out of 323 there are only 83 matriculated, then a lot of people from the waitlist pool will be accepted, correct?</p>
<p>This year does not look good for the wait list pool. There was an unexpected yield increase and there are too many freshmen already. They are hopig for some summer melt down to bring the class in line with expectations.</p>
<p>I found something interesting that maybe some people could explain here.
I was looking at my HS naviance page, and the Rice average GPA admitted was on par with HYPSM, about .25 GPA points (out of 5.4 per my school’s weighting system) higher than peer schools, such as the lower ivies. But Rice has a two to three times higher admit rate than the five schools its admitted GPA aligns with, and a similar admit rate to the schools that have a much lower avg. admitted GPA. Is this just a statistical anomaly? (btw, about 15 people apply from my school to Rice each year and about 2-3 get in, and the data takes into account the past few years)</p>
<p>3 times the number of students applying to Rice apply to Harvard, and Harvard admits twice the number of students that Rice admits. I think you will steadily see Rice’s applicants increase because its popularity is increasing.</p>
<p>Really, OldCard? where did you get the stat from?
As far as I know, there are 27,462 applicants to Harvard last year and only 8,968 from Rice. Harvard ended up admitted 1,948 while Rice 2,251</p>
<p>Generally speaking, it is not easy to get into Rice.</p>
<p>Case closed.</p>