Rice Class of 2016 RD Results!

imaperson
Sat, 31 Mar 2012 03:24:11 +0000

[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted[ /b][ /color][ /size]

[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): 2320 (730 CR, 800 Math, 790 W)
[ *] ACT:
[ *] SAT II:Math2C (800), Chem (800), US(750), Bio E (750), Bio M(760)
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): we don’t have unweighted. weighted: 4.06
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1st decile (top 10%)
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): Biology(5), Calculus BC (5), AB(5), Chemistry(5), US History (5), English Language & Comp. (5)
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics, Environmental Science, Human Anatomy, AP Statistics, AP Economics, AP Literature, Advanced Digital Journalism
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): World Scholar’s Cup World Round 1st Place for Persuasive Essay
[ /list][ b]Subjectives:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):Cheerleading (JV&Varsity captain in 9th, 12th), Dance Club(President), Journalism (SEOTV Editor, Broadcast Television stufff), New Student Group(Founder&President), MS Cheer (President), NHS (WWF Committee leader),
[ *] Job/Work Experience: Biotechnology Company Internship for 2 months, internship at a Newspaper place for 5 days, tutoring
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: Tutoring at a community service center (lots of hours), did this cheerleading thing in the middle of a busy street to campaign for blood drive
[ *] Summer Activities: tutoring, internships, etc.
[ *] Essays: my commonapp essay was pretty funny, my supplements were okay, but I think I did pretty well on my main supplement for rice.
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: I think my teachers would have written nice things about me. I was like one of the top students for both my teachers and then one of them was my cheer coach for like three years.
[ *] Counselor Rec: I think she wrote nice stuff about me? Told my mom she thinks I’m really selfless and stuff LOL
[ *] Additional Rec: none
[ *] Interview: forgot to apply for it
[ /list][ b]Etc.[ /b][ list]
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?: No
[ *] Intended Major: Bioengineering
[ *] State (if domestic applicant):
[ *] Country (if international applicant): Korea
[ *] School Type: Private
[ *] Ethnicity: Asian
[ *] Gender: F
[ *] Income Bracket: idk
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none really… i did mention an eating disorder and how i recovered
[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths: academically strong, creative essays, showed my compassionate side
[ *] Weaknesses: I didn’t have a lot of activities that really showed I was passionate about my major. I decided whimsically that I wanted to do bioengineering like literally two months before I sent everything in…
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted to U of Notre Dame, Waitlisted at UPENN, Johns Hopkins, and Northwestern. Rejected by Cornell & MIT.
[ *] The most unique thing in your application: