**Rice University 2016 Regular Decision Applicants!**

runallday4
Sun, 25 Mar 2012 13:34:05 +0000

1) It looks like for SAT/ACT they mostly just want you to be above a certain point, and once you’re there it seems like an increase helps you less and less.
ex. 2370 is only slightly better than 2190

2) ED seems to have a lot higher admit rate, at least on CC.

3) Essays are REALLY important

4) I want to say that some overqualified applicants were rejected because they didn’t think they would come to Rice anyways, but I’m not sure. I don’t want to say this definitively because I could be way off, however reading these stats, and anecdotes about val being rejected and #5 or 6 getting in makes this seem more likely.

Any thoughts on this?