oh, great, thank you for letting me know! @TXRunningMom
@TXRunningMom - My son interviewed after submitting his application and there was no indication of that in the portal. I don’t think that is a checklist item.
The only thing that might impact the date is the fact that Rice got 7,000 more applications than last year. Still, seems like March 22 might be possible given that Owl Days is just a few weeks later and Rice will want to give newly admitted students planning time for that.
Question - rice took 5 kids from D’s TX High school during ED this year. This is a record for school where 1 or 2 were historically admitted. What would be chance of them admitting 6th student from same High school in RD round? Stats are comparable or better than the admitted students.
Do not lose heart. Rice does not fill as large a percentage of its class with ED admits as some of its peer schools do. The applicants from your child’s high school must be terrific this year. I hope Rice will have room for a few more RD. Rice is very familiar with the rigor of the high schools in Texas. A few years ago, Rice admitted 14 from my daughter’s high school in TX, and 9 enrolled.
Hi, was wondering if anyone else’s FAFSA under the financial aid section of the Rice portal still says “awaiting”?
Go on IDOC and see if Rice lists any items as incomplete. Also, contact financial aid to see if they are missing any documents. https://financialaid.rice.edu/contact-us
D’s portal has shown “complete” for FAFSA, CSS and documents requested through IDOC for months now.
Does Rice have LL?
What’s LL?
@awesomepolyglot LL is Likely Letters
@alwalw I don’t think Rice sends LL
I have never heard of Rice sending likely letters like the Ivy’s do. There have been comments on threads in the Rice forum that an invitation to the Rice VISION or SOAR programs (fly in programs for underrepresented minorities/socioeconomically diverse applicants) is tantamount to a likely letter. http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/rice-university/2120175-rice-vision-2023.html
http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/rice-university/2045909-rice-vision-2022.html
http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/rice-university/1953799-rice-vision-2021.html
Rice gives huge bonus points for being a URM so yes, being invited to VISION or SOAR almost always means you’re going to be accepted into the university. Even then it is not a guarantee, though.
Anyone know the typical admissions release date for Rice?
3/22
is there anyway to estimate what the RD acceptance rate will be?
@charchi check out this page http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/rice-university/2122767-27-000-applications-at-rice-this-year-up-30-p1.html; while they provide an overall estimate, I believe there’s enough data where you could interpolate what the likely RD rate will be.
This data is making me panic… Even though I’m already admitted to UMich, if Rice admits me I will definitely go so hopefully I can get in… And good luck to everyone else as well.
Post from Jan 22, bottom line - LOW 7.8% - 9.5% (prediction only)
Actual 2023 Early Decision__ 2,658____ 408____ 408___ 15.5%
Actual 2023 Reg. Decision__ 27,068___
@Houston1021 @ 8.5%, under 1000 Matriculate
@Faulkner1897
25,000 Apply (27,068 Applied)
2100 Admitted
975 Matriculate - 400 ED, 575 RD
8.4% RD (using 27,068 = 7.8%)
@texaggie
25,658 Apply (27,068 Applied)
2578 Admitted
1110 Matriculate - 400 ED, 710 RD
10% RD (using 27,068 = 9.5%)
My prediction for RD is 6.6%
Prediction A: 7.5%
ED 2628 applied, 408 accepted, 398 will matriculate (estimate based on 2022: 97.6%)
RD 24440 applied
If they want the same size class as 2022 (960-398=562) with a matriculation rate of 30.6% (2022 rate) then they will accept 1838 in the RD round.
The biggest unknown comes from the new financial aid package. If they think the matriculation rate will go up, then the acceptance rate has to drop.
Prediction B: 5.7%
RD matriculation rate increases to 40% (from 30.6%) so acceptances drop to 1405 to get the same class size of 960