Rice Class of 2016 RD Results!

thisway880
Thu, 29 Mar 2012 21:10:44 +0000

Decision: Accepted

Stats:
• SAT I (breakdown): 2300 (770 CR, 740 M, 790 W) one and done son
• ACT: no.
• SAT II: 690 spanish, 670 math II, 690 lit <— all kind of a bummer
• Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): nooo clue… 4.6 weighted
• Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): not ranked, but I’m at least top 10%
• AP (place score in parenthesis): Comp pol (4), us gov (5)
• IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
• Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc B/C, AP Spanish, AP Envi Sci, public speaking, girl choir
• Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): merit commended
Subjectives:
• Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): xc (captain), track, girl scouts 11 years (ct delegate), outreach club SADD chapter, youth rifle club, youth group, young life, marching band!!! (section leader), other fun things
• Job/Work Experience: no.
• Volunteer/Community service: SO MUCH OMG lots of hours due to girl scouts, volunteering at the non profit my dad works at, altar serving/teaching Sunday school, volunteering at band camp (lol), and lots lots
• Summer Activities: frequent Mexico visits/volunteering at band camp/Girl scout stuff
• Essays: my common app one was boss still feel weird about my activity one and the Rice supplement was okay. All of them show how weird I am though.
• Teacher Recommendation #1: got both my teacher recommendations in December… lucky I’m going to college let alone Rice. Anywho only sent one rec from APES teacher, he’s pretty nice and I participate a lot in that class so it was probably pretty cool.
• Teacher Recommendation #2: no.
• Counselor Rec: HA wonder if my counselor even knows my name! and vise versa…
• Additional Rec: no.
• Interview: no! no no
Etc.
• Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
• Intended Major: civil/environmental engineering
• State (if domestic applicant): CT
• Country (if international applicant):
• School Type: Public (it’s a good one though, meaning we send lots of kids to outstanding schools)
• Ethnicity: Half Mexican
• Gender: F
• Income Bracket: a lot of money, I’m sure.
• Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM!!!
Reflection
• Strengths: I might be crazy. Quite literally. I’m a good writer when it counts. Also I genuinely enjoy community service.
• Weaknesses: Lots of things as you can probably see.
• Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: GPA, SAT, URM, IAM, COO, L… poo
• The most unique thing in your application: My supplement was based around the time I ate a 1.87 pound bag of mangoes and almost pooped my pants. Common app essay described my passion for juggling and doing other strange things. Very strange things…

General Comments
I love Rice. Sorry for horrible grammar, super tired. Wonder who will read this. Wonder why I did this. Happy I did :)