is rice in my future?

Colleges & Universities Rice University
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<p>4.08 and a 1470 (760 v, 710 m), 790 on chem and us history, 660 on IIC (annoyed about that one), 32 ACT, 226 PSAT index (80 on math i might add), national merit semifinalist, top 5% of class (no individual rank), 5s on US history and chemistry ap (only 3 aps offered to juniors)</p>

<p>attend best school in jacksonville
NHS, Cum Laude Society, Mu Alpha Theta math honor soceity, National Spanish Honor Society, participated in several math, chemistry, and spanish competitions
Varsity baseball for 4 years, my main extracurricular as we start training first week of school along the lines of 15-25 hours a week</p>

<p>don’t know how much it matters but won 3rd in state science fair in 8th grade for chemistry division (i plan to major in chem)</p>

<p>senior year classes:
ap physics
ap stats
reg english
ap spanish language
ap calc ab/bc</p>

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<p>I think you have a good chance. Jacksonville is out of state right? Out of state makes a big difference apparently. Are you a minority? I am just wondering. I am a minority out of state and got in, with much lower stats.</p>

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<p>im 100% caucasian and out of state. florida to be exact.</p>

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<p>I think you have a really good chance either way. Rice isn’t as selective (but still by no means easy or even moderately hard) for out of state applicants.</p>

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<p>40 percent acceptance rate for out of staters. If you in texas, rice is near impossible.</p>

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<p>I think you have a great chance, you have great stats and good EC that you’re passionate about. Being from Florida helps too.</p>

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<p>ive got my interview scheduled so if that goes smoothly i’ll feel pretty good about the whole thing</p>

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<p>The thing about being out of state is that it has to be the right state. I mean CA has tons of people that apply to and go to Rice which means that it is nearly as hard to get accepted from CA as it is from TX. If tons of people apply from Florida your chances are still excellent but the importance of being out of state diminishes.</p>

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<p>well…in the thrasher…it said the acceptance rate for ALL out-of-staters was 40 percent b/c the yeild for them is MAD LOW and the acceptance rate for texas residents was 19 percent. It doesn’t speak about the quality of students out of state…but there is definetely an advantage. From my school, virtually everyone who applies with a 93+ and 1400+ gets into Rice , and this is not ED or EA, and i live 1500-2000 miles from Texas. No one hsa attended Rice in the last 4 years. My year…3 ppl applied, and me and this other kid now at dartmouth got accepted. Duke is definetely harder to get into out of state than Rice b/c more kids are willing to go to Duke out of state than Rice.</p>

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<p>Can you comment on my son’s chances for </p>

<ul>
<li>Iterim Decision</li>
<li>Rice/Baylor</li>
</ul>

<p>GPA: 4.0 unweighted; 5.31 weighted
Rank: 14/501
ACT:33</p>

<p>SAT II: US History 800; taking Math II and Chem in November</p>

<p>Editor of Yearbook
NHS
National Spanish Honor Society</p>

<p>Tutor at library: 5 years
Volunteered at Hospital: 2 years</p>

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<p>Like I’ve said many times before, good qualifications only get you past the first gate. You need to be passionate about what you do. You need to be able to contribute to the community at Rice. They’re building a place to live for four years, they’re not just accepting people into a school. A top-notch university is much more than an amalgamation of courses. It’s a culture. If you, as a candidate, can show that you will add to the unique and passionate culture of learning at Rice, then you’ll have a much better chance of getting in.</p>