<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul][<em>] SAT I (breakdown): Didn’t Send
[</em>] ACT (breakdown): Math: 30 Reading: 32 Writing: 34 Science: 36 Overall:33
[<em>] SAT II (place score in parentheses):SAT Bio M: 750 Didn’t Send
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.96
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 39/978
[</em>] AP (place score in parentheses): 5’s on everything (U.S. History, Lang, Psych, Biology, Gov, etc.)
[<em>] IB (place score in parentheses):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc BC, AP Lit, AP Chemistry, AP Statistics, AP Physics C, PreAP World Geograph (lol needed it to graduate) and PACE (internship).
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): President of the Premed Society, Usual clubs, blah blah blah
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Just had one job for a few months.
[<em>] Volunteer/Community Service: Interned at Memorial Hermann 8 hours a week, volunteered here and there for random things, nothing permanent
[</em>] Summer Activities: Just took some courses over the summer, AP or College, but didn’t do any big summer schools.
[<em>] Essays: I thought these were the best things I’ve ever written in my life. I wrote these all at once because my mind was fresh and they happened to be better than anything I’ve ever written in my opinion!
[</em>] Teacher Recommendations: I had both teachers in my AP classes and I assume they were fine.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: I barely knew my counselor because I just moved to this school in 11th grade, but from when we’ve met, i assume it was also good!
[</em>] Additional Rec: I sent this in through the mail after calling Rice, and this was from a family friend I’ve had for 16 years. I think it was 10x better than the other teacher recs.
[li] Interview: I scheduled an interview on campus, and it went great! I was really nervous and got there at 7 a.m. when my interview was at 4! I couldn’t get there at any other time, so I just walked around campus slowly falling in love! The interview was great, she asked questions but the majority of the time was spent with me asking HER questions. This is your time to show INTEREST in the school and show how much you know!</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Texas
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Public, Large (4000 Kids)
[</em>] Ethnicity: White (Persian and Turkish)
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: Middle Class
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Nothing </p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Essays, Recs, E.Cs
[</em>] Weaknesses: Test Scores, Rank
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I think I showed them someone who’s never been to Rice. SHOW THEM someone UNIQUE.
[</em>] Where else you are applying or have already applied: Only in texas! 3 schools! UT Austin, Texas A&M, and Rice!
[/ul]General Comments/Advice/Hindsight: GUYS, Dont be discouraged! Look at me! My test scores were NOT 2400s or 36s. It is NOT only about numbers. They DONT define who you are! You are a unique special person so just show that to a college and make them see why they need you!</p>