<p>Male, White, Rich, Portland,Oregon</p>
<p>3.54 unweighted 3.80 weighted
IB Diploma Candidate, 12 IB Classes
670 writing, 710 math, 760 reading
30 act
790 Physics SAT 2, I haven’t received Math 2 scores yet</p>
<p>Varsity tennis 4 years, Philosophy Club, Ping Pong club, Engineering Intern(worked in a lab last summer 40hrs/week) and it’s related to my major, Breast cancer walk charity, Volunteer for relay race in (Hood to Coast), I’ve worked non-stop since turning 15, volunteered as a tennis coach over the summer, Organized state champion Mixed Doubles high school team past 2 years, Mock Trial team(related to my career aspirations), French NHS member</p>
<p>I had a good common app essay and Rice essay. I did an interview and that went well, good letter of rec.</p>
<p>Rice is my dream school and I don’t think I can get in, but let me know.</p>
<p>I hope you applied ED. That’s the best way for wealthy, unhooked applicants to get into most selective schools. You definitely have a reasonable chance if you applied ED.</p>
<p>I think you’d have a good chance even if you chose RD instead of ED. Your SAT M + CR composite is above average, the 790 on the Physics SAT will help a great deal, you’re an IB diploma candidate, and your EC’s look excellent. In addition, Rice has a need-blind admissions policy, so the fact that you’re rich won’t hurt you. </p>
<p>If you haven’t applied yet, apply! I think you definitely have a shot, especially if your essays and letter of recommendation are as good as you say they are.</p>
<p>I didn’t apply ed because I thought I would be competing with more competitive students. Do you think I am mistaken about this?</p>
<p>I think you’ll do fine. All schools like some students who don’t need financial aid. Your resume looks strong, although no one is a sure shot. It’s good that you’re from out of state.</p>
<p>Well, some schools will accept ED applicants who would have been borderline during the RD round just because they committed to the university. Applying ED does boost your chances of admission at most universities, but Rice doesn’t care what plan you apply under. I believe someone said that Rice wants you to apply when you feel that you are ready, and that same someone did say that the admissions committee looks over the ED applications more carefully just because there are fewer of them (as compared to the RD round) and because they’re assuming that Rice is the first-choice school for all of the applicants.</p>
<p>That being said, I don’t think you would have lost anything applying ED, especially since Rice is your first choice and getting a good financial aid package wouldn’t have been extremely important, but what’s done is done. Just use the time that you have now to perfect your application to better your chances of admission for the RD round. Think of it this way: now you can compare financial aid offers (including non-need-based merit aid) in the spring. Good luck!</p>