@CollegeAnalyst What happened in 2017?
D19 accepted with full tuition grant under the Rice Investment plus Trustee Scholarship. So incredibly grateful. And excited!!
ACCEPTED!!!
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): None
ACT (breakdown): Composite 32 (superscore) , Eng 35, Math 35 Read 25 Sci 34
SAT II: Bio M 760, Math1 780
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.85
Weighted GPA: None
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 4/84
AP (place score in parenthesis): Bio (4), Eng Lang (3), Phys 1(5), Chem (5), French (5), Env sci (5), Spanish Lang (5).
IB (place score in parenthesis): none
Senior Year Course Load: Linear Algebra, Chem 3, AP COMP SCI Principles, AP Phys 2, AP Calc BC, Latinamerican Studies (obligatory), English (obligatory), Spanish (obligatory).
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Honor Roll U. Waterloo Pascal contest and school champion for all (pascal, cayley and fermat). National finalist in UAN Math Olympiad (in colombia), AP Scholar with Distinction, AP International Diploma.
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Teaching English to underprivileged youth (leader, curriculum developer, teacher, everything); TEDX talk “Nanobiomaterials: Forgotten Physics” (speaker and researcher); French and Chinese mandarin classes; Math club (leader and curriculum planner).
Job/Work Experience: Internship at Univesity of texas rio grande (microbiology)
Volunteer/Community service: Teaching English and volunteer club at school
Summer Activities: The internship, Stanford SPCS on biosciences. YYGS Beijing in 9th Grade
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):
Teacher Recs: 8/10
Counselor Rec 8/10
Additional rec 10/10
Other
Intended Major: Natural Sciences
State (if domestic applicant):
Country (if international applicant): Colombia
School Type: Private
Ethnicity: Latino
Gender: Male
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): International, Latino
Reflection
Strengths: I thought my subjective stuff was great
Weaknesses: Test scores and GPA
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: IDK
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Jacobs (accepted), Stanford (rejected), MIT(Rejected), Yale-NUS(Accepted), Rice(Accepted)
@Hawkrunner2000 Rice had enrolled around 100 more students. This led to housing crisis. Rice offered 50% cut on room fees for students willing to accomodate an extra person in the dorm.
Accepted, with Trustee Distinguished Scholarship (and no need-based aid)
Asian
Ohio
Class rank: 1/400 (GPA UW: 4.0, W:4.75)
SAT: 1580
Subject tests: 800, 730, 700
National merit finalist
12 AP classes (5s and 4s)
A few extra curriculars, solid research and volunteer experiences
Solid essays and recommendations
Same with me ^(no need based aid), accepted w trustee
here it comes…first of the many rejections for the home stretch. Rejected at Rice. Not looking good for ivy day.
Rejected!
ACT 36 / SAT 1560 / Sub SATs 800 780 770 / 11 APs / Lots of Honors / GPA 4.0, 4.76 / 4 Years JV-V Athlete / Relevant Internship / Interest aligned ECs, community service / Decent essays / National Merit Finalist.
D accepted for CS with Trustee Distinguished Scholarship…4 more schools to go.
Waitlisted:
36 ACT
800 SAT Math
800 SAT Science
National Merit Winner
5s on all AP taken (Max available at school taken)
Son recently contacted Owls XC Coach and was told he would definitely run
5th in State Mile
State Scholars Bowl Champion
Community Captain
Varsity Swim
Disappointed. Rice would have been awesome fit.
Accepted to University of Minnesota Engineering Honors. Great back up but will be stretch to make Cross Country
Congratulations to all those who are accepted!
This college process is crazy. Good luck to all. I hope you receive some great news this week if you haven’t already.
How did you find out about the Trustee scholarship? I couldn’t find scholarship info anywhere and it seems like a lot of you got one! Congrats to those who did!
Did anyone receive the Century Scholar award? I just wonder Rice still offers this program to incoming freshmen.
How bad do grades have to be for rice to take away admission? My letter said they can do this if grades aren’t high enough.
Accepted with Trustee Scholarship
1550 SAT
800 Math 2
National Merit Finalist
ACCEPTED, applied for Engineering.
35 ACT, 1530 SAT, 4.0 UWGPA, 4.26 WGPA, All-State Oklahoma Football player, Commended National Merit Scholar.
For those who were accepted, did you get an email congratulating you on your acceptance? Just curious because I’m too scared to check lol.
We got a few emails about Owl days etc. afterwards
REJECTED. Sister sobbed for 30 minutes. This was my dream school, and I did everything, from the interview to admission events to tours to meeting with faculty. I really thought that I had a chance. Well I guess not…
Thanks. Got waitlisted. @rockstar01121