<p>DECISION: ACCEPTED!!! </p>
<p>Objective:</p>
<pre><code>* SAT I (breakdown): 790 writing, 750 math, 740 reading
- ACT: 34 composite
- SAT II: 750 chem, 790 math II
- Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.97
- Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
- AP (place score in parenthesis): psych (5) calc (5)
- IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
- Senior Year Course Load: statistics, asian-american lit/poetry, social advocacy, genetics, anthropology/psychology, anatomy/physiology (concurrent with local college, best class I’ve ever taken), AP u.s. govt & politics class with Northwestern’s CTY program online; german I (took four years of Latin before that)
- Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): national merit semifinalist, magna cum laude or higher on National Latin Exam 8th-11th grade
</code></pre>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<pre><code>* Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): founded and run two social justice/awareness clubs, independent WWII/Holocaust research, tutor in several different programs
- Job/Work Experience: independent tutoring for about 3 months last year
- Volunteer/Community service: volunteer with school club; SSAT mentoring program with 5h-7th graders wishing to take special secondary school entrance exam, SSAT; 2-3 hours per week miscellaneous, required for social advocacy.
- Summer Activities: this summer, working on Rice app (; Also, a few online courses and independent WWII research
- Essays: I liked them.
- Teacher Recommendation: Two, very nice teachers.
- Counselor Rec: I made about 10 different appointments with her about Rice. I’m guessing she made this one specific.
- Additional Rec: my club sponsor!
- Interview: Off campus (I’m out of state) with Alum. He was awesome, I hope whoever interviews happens to interview with him. He was so excited about Rice, it made me even more sure about applying there ED.
</code></pre>
<p>Other</p>
<pre><code>* State (if domestic applicant): IL
- Country (if international applicant):
- School Type: public, but had to apply with SSAT and essays
- Ethnicity: white
- Gender: female
- Income Bracket: N/A
- Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Probably leading the clubs, since I took on a hot-button issue, if you will. My high school is also very unique, and I’m the first one to apply to Rice from my high school in about six years.
</code></pre>
<p>Reflection</p>
<pre><code>* Strengths: GPA, essays, certainty of career path and college choice
- Weaknesses: no connections or hooks, or first generation.
- Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I could be wrong on this, but I really did everything I could to show them I was positive that Rice was the school for me.
</code></pre>
<p>General Comments: To say the least, I am so excited to attend! I never commented on the ED thread, but I’ve been following it since it began. I can’t wait to meet all that were accepted, and I wish the best of luck to those who were deferred to regular. Can’t wait for August (:</p>