Rice Class of 2016 RD Results!

merryli
Sun, 25 Mar 2012 11:54:54 +0000

Decision: Accepted

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[] SAT I (breakdown): 2260, 700 (Reading), 780 (Math), 780 (Writing)
[] ACT: 34
[] SAT II: Low 700s
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/353
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Bio (3), AP Euro (4), APUSH (5)
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics B, AP Cal AB, AP Lit, AP MacroEcon, AP Gov, AP Psychology, Health
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist
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[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Key Club-10-12 (12th: Senior Board Director)
NHS-11-12 (Vice President 12th)
Mu Alpha Theta-11-12
Cross Country-10
Math Tutor-11
[] Job/Work Experience: None
[] Volunteer/Community service: Children’s Hands on Museum-9-11 (Summer and school semester)
Project Blessing-11 Summer
North River Village Retirement Homes-11 Summer-present
[] Summer Activities: Listed above
[] Essays: All right. I really didn’t have much faith in them when I submitted them. I guess they must have struck a cord with the admissions committee somehow though. I still have no idea how in the world I got accepted. Compared to all these other stellar applicants, I am so lacking. Yet, I am lucky.
[] Teacher Recommendation: Good, but brief
[] Counselor Rec: Didn’t get to see. I would guess pretty good.
[] Additional Rec: None
[] Interview: Did relatively well. Frankly, the alumni talked more about Rice than I talked about myself.
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[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[] Intended Major: Economics
[] State (if domestic applicant): AL
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public (might I also add “rural”?)
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: <100,000
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Maybe the fact that I’m from Alabama?
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[] Strengths: Geographical region, test scores, essays (were they what saved me from being waitlisted or rejected?), recommendations
[] Weaknesses: Race, mediorce ECs (as my school had limited opportunities)
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I have no idea! Maybe because I prayed every night to God?? No seriously. I really don’t know. I had just gotten wait-listed at UChicago, so when I clicked on “View Admissions Notification” for Rice, I definitely was not getting my hopes up. When I read the words “Congratulations…” I thought I was on the wrong page or that the admissions committee had me confused with someone else!!! I AM SO LUCKY!!!
[] The most unique thing in your application: Essay (wrote about how my mom led me to resilience and how I would like to somehow make her proud in the future)
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Congrats to all who were accepted! In fact, congrats to everyone who applied! The college admissions is really iffy. You are a good student regardless of what colleges ultimately decide in their decisions. All of you will have great futures!