Rice Class of 2016 RD Results!

mysticalheavens
Sun, 25 Mar 2012 15:09:01 +0000

Decision: Accepted

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[] SAT I (breakdown): Hated score, and did not submit
[] ACT: 33 (in my opinion, this was the best I could do, yet I worried that this score would disqualify me from colleges that were at the top of my list)
[] SAT II: SAT 2 Chem: 720, SAT 2 Lit: 740? somewhere in that range
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): we only do weighted; 4.2 gpa
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Chem (4), AP Language (4)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calculus, AP Government, AP Spanish, AP Literature, Physics Honors, 3D Art 2.
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Nothing major, but but I won a Hispanic Heritage Youth Award, A Junior Achievement Regional Award + 10k scholarship, Optimist Essay Award, Precalculus Hn award in my school, and other regional things.
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[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Medical Youth Society (a lot of dissecting and service), Girl Scout Ambassador, Zumba, Independent Research on deer overpopulation in my area, Local political campaign assistant, Tutor through my school
[] Job/Work Experience:Junior Counselor at a local Girl Scout camp for the summer, bes tjob ever and great experience
[] Volunteer/Community service:Greeter/Monitor for my local American Red Cross donor center, I watch donors for signs of fainting, engage them, etc.
[] Summer Activities: I’m too lazy to list my other activities, but for all of those high school juniors and sophomores and freshman out there, lemme tell you something. It isn’t the quantity of activities that matters, but the love you have for them, that will come across positively to admissions officers in your essays. So please, do things you love.
[] Essays (subjects and personal opinions):
[li] Essays:How i tutor kids and my methods of doing so; how i relate material to students-very personal and engagng[/li]• EC Short Answer: Red cross service and how diversity stems from blood donation routine, very good.

[] Teacher Recommendation:AP chem teacher, shes the best teacher I’ve ever had in high school and she really inspired me to pursue chemistry. But we shall see I loooove chem.
[] Counselor Rec:I got a new counselor at the beginning of this year (senior year) so it was a struggle for him to get to know me. I’d imagine his rec to be lukewarm.
[] Additional Rec: My history teacher who graduated from Rice a long time ago (Rice is my #1 choice, and I really excelled in his class and got along with him)
[] Interview: It was kind of awkward. It was my first college interview, and he kind of grilled me and didn’t seem to me like the typical Rice students I had met. We didn’t really click, but oh well.
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[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[] Intended Major: Chemistry
[] State (if domestic applicant): Virginia
[] Country (if international applicant):U.S.
[] School Type: Public, competitive, and rich but only sends a few kids to top ranked schools/Ivies
[] Ethnicity: Hispanic
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: Moderate middle class? Not enough for substantial need based aid.
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM (but I would be angry if someone said this was why I got in), girl interested in chem? ehh, I would list passion as my hook.
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[] Strengths: Passion, Ecs, hard classes/good grades
[] Weaknesses: Lowish ACT score compared to many other applicants, haven’t won any major awards.
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I think that Rice saw something in
[li] The most unique thing in your application: My essays were damn good. Like freaking good. My Why Wiess school of Natural Sciences was excellent, same with the why Rice essay, and the perspective essay was written with pride, joy, and love. Literally I tried to show them who I am. [/li]Received a Trustee Scholarship from Rice! Excited b/c it’s a good amount, but still waiting on Northwestern to release aid, washU scholarship decisions, and ivies (yeah right). I’m pretty self deprecating, but truly believe I belong at Rice. Sometimes you just have a feeling you belong somewhere. I have a REALLY good feeling about Rice, and not because I grew up eating rice and beans frequently. Now my parents will be more likely to allow me to go. Hopefully they’ll let me go to Owl Days to seal the deal. ;)