**Rice University 2016 Regular Decision Applicants!**

crazymomster
Sun, 25 Mar 2012 13:44:18 +0000

@runallday - my S will be val and he was accepted :-). I do think though that his “hook” was participation in RSI. His application was very strong though even without that. He is also a National Merit Finalist and also a Questbridge Finalist and has performed well in various olympiad competitions, but hasn’t quite made it (yet) to the summer camps.

Essays were not the strength of my S’s application, they were good, but not outstanding. I do feel that the recommendations were probably outstanding however.

So, those are some of my thoughts.