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strappleberry · February 10, 2006, 8:57pm

Can’t seem to get the html code to work properly…but I got accepted too!

I’m from NY, 2250 SAT, okay GPA barely in the top ten, though there’s no official ranking:/

JimmyEatWorld711 · February 10, 2006, 9:58pm

Decision: Accepted!

Stats:[ul]
[] SAT: 2250
[] SAT IIs: 780, 790
[] GPA: 4.63w, 4.00uw
[] Rank: 1/390
[li] Other stats: 4 years of Debate, Student Government officer, Science Olympiad, Boys State, National Merit, AP Scholar With Distinction, and a few others like that, nothing too special[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Essays: Good, I think
[] Teacher Recs: Decent
[] Counselor Rec: Decent
[] Hook (if any): None, really

[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[] State or Country: Overland Park, Kansas
[] School Type: Competitive public
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: Male

[/ul]Other Factors:
**General Comments:**Happy to get in, but I won’t be able to go unless I get some substantial merit-based aid money…hopefully I’ll get the chance to go to Owl Weekend at least…

ynos · February 10, 2006, 10:18pm

**Decision: Admit (Engineering) **

Stats:[ul]
[] SAT: 1420(old)/2230(new)
[] SAT IIs: 700, 800, 800
[] GPA: N.A
[] Rank: N.A
[li] Other stats: 4 GCE A-Level As[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Essays: Pretty personal I suppose
[] Teacher Recs: Normal
[] Counselor Rec: Normal
[] Hook (if any): Hardly anyone applies from my country, I think; been in the military for 2 years; 1st to go college.

[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[] State or Country: Tiny little dot in SE Asia
[] School Type: Public when I was still there
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: Male

[/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments: Yay. But I still hope to get a bit of aid since they’re not need-blind to us internationals.

jjjjj · February 11, 2006, 12:01am

^^^^
how did you gte an 810 in writing?!?

summer · February 11, 2006, 9:18am

This is so freakin’ awesome! Congratulations you guys! Woohoo! Okay, enough of the caffeine and sugar. At any rate, welcome to the class of 2010! There are two myspace groups for Rice floating around and I can’t remember the link for the newest one, but here’s the link for the older one:
<a href=“http://groups.myspace.com/rice2010[/url]”>http://groups.myspace.com/rice2010</a>
I can’t wait until O-Weekend!!!

Perhaps the Starbucks coffee wasn’t a good idea…

Apollo1331 · February 11, 2006, 3:32pm

CONGRATS EVERYONE!!! i hope to see each of you this fall!

Smilies06 · February 11, 2006, 4:51pm

[ size=+1][ color=green][ b]Decision: ACCEPTED! (ENGINEERING) [ /b][ /color][ /size]

[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT: 1470/2160 (800 M, 720 W, 640 V)
[ *] SAT IIs:670 Physics, 690 Math IIC
[ *] GPA:4.7
[ *] Rank:5/900
[ *] Other stats:Good community service activities, leadership

[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Essays: Pretty creative
[ *] Teacher Recs: Really good
[ *] Counselor Rec:So-so
[ *] Hook (if any):My interview was awesome!

[ /list][ b]Location/Person:[ /b][ list]
[ *] State or Country:Texas
[ *] School Type:Public, competitive
[ *] Ethnicity:Chinese
[ *] Gender:Girl

[ /list][ b]Other Factors: I think that the interview was the deciding factor. The interviewer was really impressed.[ /b]
[ b]General Comments: I’m surprised I got in because my SAT scores are a lot lower than the others that got accepted.[ /b]

system · February 11, 2006, 4:52pm

Deferred to Regular Decision…sorry guys, really bummed about it so I’ll post the stats later.

fut18000 · February 11, 2006, 7:59pm

**Decision: Accepted **

Stats:[ul]
[] SAT:720 CR 730 M 730 WR
[] SAT IIs: 740 Us History, 710 Math 2c, 660 Physics
[li] GPA: 3.98, 96.8[/li]
[] Rank: 4/400
[] Other stats: AP US-5, AP World-5, AP Physics B-3

[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Essays: so-so
[] Teacher Recs: One was good, the other was amAzing
[] Counselor Rec: Really Good
[] Hook (if any): top 5 vocalist (bass) in the state

[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[] State or Country: Georgia (suburb of Atlanta)
[] School Type: competitive
[] Ethnicity: Black
[] Gender: Male

[/ul]Other Factors: President Mu Alpha Theta, Vice President NHS, Student Body Vice President and Senior Representative, Dacula Leadership team, Mock Trial, Scholar’s Bowl, Chorus maniac (all-state, Governor’s Honors etc.) and more

General Comments: Received Merit Scholarship. Im excited to have the chance to go to school with such amAzing people

system · February 11, 2006, 8:05pm

Speak for yourself, man. You’re so modest. :)

fut18000 · February 11, 2006, 8:15pm

Are you being sarcastic?

g3ry4r · February 11, 2006, 9:27pm

[ size=+1][ color=green][ b]Decision: ACCEPTED[ /b][ /color][ /size]

[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT:2290
[ *] SAT IIs:800 (Math 2c) 760 (US Hist) 800 (Bio E)
[ *] GPA:4.93 W 4.00 UW
[ *] Rank:1/696
[ *] Other stats:

[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Essays:ok, i guess, not the best writer, didn’t put too much effort in
[ *] Teacher Recs:hopefully very good
[ *] Counselor Rec:good
[ *] Hook (if any):none

[ /list][ b]Location/Person:[ /b][ list]
[ *] State or Country:Texas
[ *] School Type:competitive public
[ *] Ethnicity:Asian
[ *] Gender:M

[ /list][ b]Other Factors:[ /b]
[ b]General Comments:[ /b]

system · February 11, 2006, 11:15pm

No, no, no! Lol. I was saying you’re a pretty amazing guy too, your achievements are equally impressive. Sorry if that came off the wrong way. Congrats!

fut18000 · February 11, 2006, 11:34pm

oh ok…thanks!

Relwarc · February 12, 2006, 12:04pm

Decision: ACCEPTED

Stats:[ul]
[] SAT: 2310
[] SAT IIs: Bio-M 790, Chem 770, Math 2 760, Lit 750, Math 1 770
[] GPA: 3.98
[] Rank: N/A
[li] Other stats: 5s on APs Chem, Bio, Comp Gov, US Gov, Enviro Sci[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Essays: First draft of Common App so, decent
[] Teacher Recs: One good, one average (most likely since I couldn’t read them)
[] Counselor Rec: Average
[] Hook (if any): Nope

[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[] State or Country: MO
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: Female

[/ul]Other Factors: N/A
General Comments: I think my interview went spectacularly so that may have helped a little. Also, my essay was fairly unusual although not necessarily technically well-written since it was the first draft.

patrick06x · February 12, 2006, 12:49pm

**Decision: Accepted! **

Stats:[ul]
[] SAT: 2230 (720 M, 740 CR, 770 W)
[] SAT IIs: 750 iic/720 physics/650 spanish (ahhhhh)
[] GPA: 3.98 UW/4.51 W
[] Rank: 8/390
[li] Other stats: national merit, 36 on act, varsity soccer w/ a few honors, pres of: nhs, spanish hs, young democrats club; vp of ping pong club, nothing spectacular though[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Essays: strong
[] Teacher Recs: strong
[] Counselor Rec: very strong
[] Hook (if any): n/a

[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[] State or Country: Overland Park, Kansas
[] School Type: Competitive Public
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Male

[/ul]Other Factors: Good interview i think
General Comments: College is too expensive! No merit money either :(

Apollo1331 · February 12, 2006, 9:33pm

CONGRATULATIONS EVERYON!!!1

i hope you all will choose rice!

JimmyEatWorld711 · February 12, 2006, 10:18pm

Apollo, I hope you choose Rice =P

Apollo1331 · February 12, 2006, 10:24pm

haha…thanks jimmy…you should IM me…no, actually ill IM you…just as soon as grey’s anatomy is done!! lol

Relwarc · February 12, 2006, 11:41pm

Oh…Grey’s Anatomy. I thought I could like no medical drama more than House…but yes, I just placed an order on Amazon.com for Season 1.

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