Rice Class of 2016 RD Results!

taymiss2
Tue, 27 Mar 2012 09:51:50 +0000

• Decision: Waitlisted
• ACT: 33
• Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.98/ 4.55 w
• Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 6/400
• AP : Bio (5) apush (4) AP Comp (4)
• Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc BC, AP Chem, AP Psych, AP Enviro, Spanish 5, Gov,
• Major Awards : National Merit Commended
• Extracurriculars): Varsity Swimming 4 years (captain) All State Jr and Sr year, broke/hold 4 school records, Club swimming year round- 20 hours a week in the pool- Varsity soccer- starting goalie Freshman year-
• Job/Work Experience: lifeguard sophomore summer
• Volunteer/Community service: not much time for anything but swim – humane society dog walker, special Olympics
• Summer Activities: Original research during Senior summer – 40 hours a week with a biology professor mentor
• Essays: common app essay better than my Rice Essay. Of all of my essays my Rice essay was definitely my worst. I did not know how to answer the question of how i would add to the diversity of Rice. which is why didn’t submit my Rice application until New Year’s Eve. It sucked so bad, lol.
• Teacher Recommendation: didn’t see but probably good
• Counselor Rec: Great
• Additional Rec: coach – great
• Interview: no

Other
• School Type: Suburban Public
• Ethnicity: white
• Gender: Female
• Income Bracket: high
• Hooks : athlete

Reflection
• Strengths: super heavy course load while swimming two hours before school and two hours after school - NO SLEEP!!!
• Weaknesses: swim heavy EC’s, not a lot of overt leadership positions. not fast enough to swim at Rice.
• Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
• Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted U Chicago, Wash U and Truman, Waiting on a few more.

I do not know where I want to go!!!