@farmerboy20 Thank you so much! That was extremely helpful 
Will Rice send Class of 2024 t-shirts to students who are admitted?
@ylva62 - My son as well!!! Have you decided on Rice for sure?
1550 SAT
4.05 W GPA (1 of 318)
800 SAT II French, 770 SAT II Math 1
18 SAT Essay
Accepted- Tulane (honors and scholarship), Northeastern (scholarship), Boston College, Emory, UConn (honors and scholarship), Clemson (scholarship)
Waitlisted- UNC Chapel Hill, Vanderbilt
Rejected- Johns Hopkins, WashU St Louis, Claremont McKenna, USC
Daughter waitlisted
Received fee waiver
4.0/4.92
1580
Math 2 800, Physics 800
Many STEM extracurriculars, COSMOS, internship at UCI Bio Eng,Tutor, STEM program volunteer, MUN leadership, AP/IB Art
Strong letters of rec
Waitlisted - Harvey Mudd
Accepted - UCLA, UCSD (Regents), Case Western (w/merit) GATech, Carnegie Mellon, Rose Hulman (w/merit),Cal Poly SLO
Rejected - MIT (after deferral)
Good luck to everybody here!
DS20 accepted to Rice yesterday, applied for CS, but nothing on acceptance letter about CS and only see admitted to Engineering. Is this no mentioning of major normal with Rice.
1600 SAT, NMF
4.82 W GPA (45 of 777)
Male Asian, Houston local.
Accepted- Rice (was waitlisted with ED, waiting for scholarship if any), UT Austin (55% scholarship), Texas A&M (65% scholarship), UT Dallas (Full scholarship)
Waitlisted- Vanderbilt
Rejected- Cornell
Rice does not admit by major or school. Though they like to know what the kids plan to major in, they are not really held to it. They don’t have to declare a major until end of sophomore year, though some majors like you to declare sooner if possible. Lots of kids change majors their first year or two and it’s very easy to do.
My daughter was admitted last year and unless I’ve forgotten, I don’t think they sent shirts. She did get one at admitted student day. But, everything is so different this year and they aren’t holding on campus events so maybe more will come in the mail. I know they are planning virtual events because the currently students have gotten emails about participating in those.
My daughter was rejected but I was wondering how many violinist were admitted to Rice this year?
@kostabosk Impressive list of colleges you got in! Well done!! Did you get accepted to Rice?
@PrdMomto1，thank you so much for the info. Have a nice day and be safe!
@paigerydler When I was looking around my portal, I got a pop-up saying Rice wanted to send me a shirt. I selected my size and they said they’d be mailing it!
When my daughter was accepted they did not send out shirts. But she did get a few during O week.
If anyone else is stuck trying to get out of the t-shirt tab on the Rice Admissions portal, click on the t-shirt size you want, then hit tab a couple times until you think you’re on the “enter” button (even though it’s probably off-screen).
We can’t find a t-shirt tab… does that only show up after you accept an offer?
One point of data for you… the President’s Honor Roll recognizes approximately the top 30% of eligible undergrad GPAs each semester. Fall 2019 cutoff was 3.90. (NB grading scale goes up to 4.0 - they used to award 4.3 for A+ but that stopped a few years ago.) Essentially a student can only get one or two A minuses to make the honor roll (and no B+'s). More info is available here: https://registrar.rice.edu/students/aca_honors
I was pretty surprised how high the cutoff was - means 30% of the students are essentially receiving straight As.
dang lol that’s NOT me
@delynnel Possibly so. I was accepted ED but the t-shirt option only popped up on the portal after RD results had been sent out. For me, it wasn’t a tab on the portal, but just a box that popped up on the page whenever I logged onto the portal.
Admitted- School of Social Sciences
GPA UW: 3.89 (3.69 F, 3.98 S, 3.96 J, 4.0 first semester S)
Rank: School doesn’t rank, but in Cum Laude Society
ACT: 33 C (36 E, 27 M, 36 R, 32 S)
AP/Honors: No honors and not many APs at my school- APUSH (5), AP Spanish Lang (5), AP English Lit, AP Stat, AP American Gov
ECs: 9/10- Founder of multicultural group, founder of mental health group, published author, president of gender equity club, state leader in Model UN and YIG, member of honor council, mock trial (team is state ranked), political internships, captain of athletic team
Recs: 10/10- From English and Spanish teachers, both of whom liked me
Essays: 9/10- Was told they were strong, PM for more details
Applied for Financial Aid?: No
Intended Major: Political Science
State (if domestic applicant): Tennessee (Out of state)
School Type: Private
Ethnicity: Multiracial (Asian/white)
Gender: Female
Accepted: Rice, UC Berkeley, Barnard, Scripps, Bryn Mawr (30k/year), GWU (19k/year), UCSD (5k), McGill (3k), St Andrews, UT Knoxville
Waitlisted: UVA, Emory
Rejected: Brown (ED), Georgetown, USC
I’m struggling to choose between UNC, Hopkins, and Rice. unc is significantly cheaper than either of them. I’m thinking about doing bme or neuroscience (possibly pre-med) - any advice or thoughts on the pros/cons of the schools?