<p>There’s an earlier thread on this topic that you might be interested in reading:</p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/rice-university/532957-texas-resident.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/rice-university/532957-texas-resident.html</a></p>
<p>It’s not true, though, that the acceptance rate for Texas is lower than for California. At least, it wasn’t in 2008. I included a link to a NY Times study in the thread above. In 2008, 22% of Texans who applied to Rice were accepted. Only 17% of Californians who applied were accepted. Of course, the Texas applicants could have been more qualified. The study didn’t compare their qualifications.</p>
<p>The acceptance rates for several other states were higher than they were for Texas, but it doesn’t look like being from California is necessarily an advantage anymore.</p>