Rice Class of 2016 RD Results!

MrFeynman
Mon, 26 Mar 2012 13:00:05 +0000

Decision: Accepted

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[] SAT I (breakdown): 2260 (800M, 690R, 770W)
[] ACT:
[] SAT II: Math II 800, Chemistry 790, US History 770
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 12/464
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Calculus BC (5), US History (5), Statistics (5), Computer Science (5), European History (5), Chemistry (Dismissed–long story)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Psychology, AP Physics, Advanced Topics in Computer Science, AP Biology, AP Government, Honors Microeconomics, Multivariable Calculus, AP English
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): State Science Fair Superior Rating, NMF (neither are exactly major)
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[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Physics Book Club (founder), Programming Club (VP), Debate Club (VP), Varsity Academic Team, Science Bowl, Science Fair, JV Tennis (Captain), Math Club, University of Cincinnati Materials Science Research Internship
[] Job/Work Experience:
[] Volunteer/Community service: Hospital Escort Volunteer (~100 hrs), Lego Robotics Team Mentor (~15 hrs)
[] Summer Activities: HCARE Program University of Cincinnati, Various Small-scale computer camps, A couple Phys. Ed. classes
[] Essays: Passable
[] Teacher Recommendation: Positive, but not beautiful
[] Counselor Rec: Quite good, I suppose
[] Additional Rec: N/A
[] Interview: One of my better ones, partly because my interviewer was helpful and open to conversation.
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[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yup
[] Intended Major: Physics
[] State (if domestic applicant): OH
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Indian
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: $100k
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: EC’s, Strength of Schedule
[] Weaknesses: Nothing was especially weak
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: My app was pretty solid all around and I followed up my interview with some email questions about the physics program.
[] The most unique thing in your application: Starting the physics book club. Its basically just a few of my friends who meet every two weeks to discuss physics books (so far, Hawking’s The Grand Design and Einstein’s Relativity: The Special and General Theory).[/ul]