Rice Class of 2016 RD Results!

takashisaito
Mon, 26 Mar 2012 17:50:20 +0000

Decision: Accepted

Stats:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2320 (800 CR 800 W 720 M)
[] ACT: 34
[] SAT II: Spanish - 710 BioM - 730 Math I - 770 Math II - 760
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School doesn’t rank. Not #1, but in top 5
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): US 5, Euro 4, Bio 5, Spanish 4
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: BC Calc, AP Chemistry, AP English Lit, Government (no AP offered…), Acc Physics (no AP offered), International Relations, Jazz Lab IV, required theology
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist, AP scholar with honor, Premio de Oro on National Spanish Exam two years in a row (97th/98th percentile), various local recognitions [/li]
[/ul]Subjectives:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Not comprehensive, just hitting the highlights.
Music: 10 years of clarinet, 4 years of bass clarinet, picked up saxophone over the summer and now play in school’s highest jazz lab. Performed with band in a competition on a cruise ship, received 96/100 national ranking. Been in various orchestras, youth, pit, and community…mostly private lessons though.
Debate: Competed at state-level and national tournaments. Decent, never great. Policy/Public forum.
Crew: Rowed novice and varsity for my city’s rowing club…not for too long, though.
[] Job/Work Experience: Cousins Subs, little over a year, 15-20 hrs/week (more in summer)
[] Volunteer/Community service: 650+ hours total. Highlights include church camp, organizing bakery delivery to ~110 needy families and/or centers in the area, working with a group of friends at an urban farm for a semester, living with families in the Dominican Republic countryside for 2 weeks building latrines and floors, taking two weeks off of school and volunteering at an inner city school.
[] Summer Activities: Student Health Care Conference at U of Maryland, various mission trips (some mentioned above), orchestra, etc
[] Essays: Quality, proofread several times. Not extremely Rice-focused though, a little vague.
[] Teacher Recommendation: Both AP teachers, both considered among the best teachers in the school, both love me. Haven’t seen/heard the letters themselves but I assume they are fine
[] Counselor Rec: Know him pretty well and he has a high opinion of me as a person. Assuming it’s good
[] Additional Rec: N/A
[li] Interview: N/A [/li]
[/ul]Etc.[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: No
[] Intended Major: Biology
[] State (if domestic applicant): WI
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Jesuit college prep. All-Male
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: High. Not sure exactly
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): No (see above). [/li]
[/ul]Reflection[list]

[] Strengths: Scores, GPA, community service, the fact that not a lot of other people from my school/area applied
[] Weaknesses: Not much in the way of extracurriculars when you get beyond service, negative diversity, did not make it EXTREMELY clear that I wanted to go. (Love the school, just not my first choice)
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Regional statistics?
[] The most unique thing in your application: A focus on the Spanish language in awards as well as service opportunities?

Ridiculously excited and thankful…