<p>So, I’m really interested in Rice, but I live in VT, so no one ever applies here. Consequently, I’m not too certain about its standards, but I imgaine they’re pretty high. Do I have a shot, based on your knowledge? </p>
<p>White Male
Public School in VT which has sent kids to Harvard, Penn, Yale, Stanford, Dartmouth, Cornell, Wesleyan, Middlebury, Carleton, etc. in the years I’ve been here.
2/240 class rank (our valedictorian is brilliant)
4.08 out of 4.33 unweighted (having taken the hardest classes)
SAT reasoning (from a single test date) CR-700 Writing-720 Math-780 (Comp 2200)
SAT 2’s Math2- 800 US history-770
AP stats and US history scores both 5’s (I’m now taking four more APs)
ECs:
9-12 Math League (President)
9-12 Student council (officer)
10-12 MUN (I’ve won numerous awards and gone overseas)
11-12 NHS-I’ve tutored kids to boost our school’s standardized test scores
11-12 Varsity Tennis
11-12 Scholars’ Bowl
I also work as a pharmacy technician
Awards:
MUN awards, RPI $60,000 scholarship, History awards, national Merit finalist, academic allstar
Miscellaneous:
Did a summer course at Brown U. and also did Green Mt. Boy’s State</p>
<p>As for my essay/ recs, I guess they’re good; I don’t really have a frame of reference.</p>
<p>^Yeah, that’s what I figured; I’ve NEVER met anyone from New Enlgand who had even heard of Rice. When I saw that the supplement about “How would you provide a different perspective?” I was ecstatic.</p>
<p>So, I just found out Rice is 53% Texans. Is this because they seek to make it a Texan majority, or is it that the school just doesn’t draw many out of staters? In other words, does this hurt or help me?</p>
<p>I thought it was more like 40% from Texas, though that may be the current freshman class, not the total undergraduate population. Rice wants to attract students from all over the country, so being from a state that doesn’t have many current students at Rice is to your benefit.</p>
<p>Rice is most renowned in Texas, and regional prestige plays a lot in college applications (hence, why tons of Californians apply to UC’s, lots of Pennsylvanians apply to Penn, Midwesterners to Northwestern/UChicago/WashU, Southerners to Emory, etc). And, Texas is one of the biggest states - consider the sheer size of the state, and thus understand why so many Texans apply to Rice.</p>
<p>Hypothetically speaking, just because someone is from Houston doesn’t mean Rice will discriminate against him/her, but just know that s/he against a LOT of competitive applicants from Houston, and Rice is seeking to expand geographic diversity. Even if someone is from Houston, if his/her academic record and application is Rice material, there’s no reason why Rice will keep him/her out. But if you’re not from Houston, that will play to your advantage.</p>
<p>It’s just that so many more Texans apply (along with people from Florida, other southern states, and California) than the rest of the other states in the country that they coincidentally make up the majority of the student body. By no means does it reflect Rice’s “preference” for Texan students, rest assured.</p>
<p>colinization, I know several people from New England who are very happy at Rice. Most of them I know are from MA but I’m sure that there are people from VT.</p>
<p>Oh, I’m not insulting the school at all, and from what I know, I think I would love it. I was just curious as to whether the Texan majority was intentional or not.
efs, knowing VT, I really wouldn’t be surprised if there were no Vermonters at all, but I’m completely fine with that. In fact, I’ve met about 10 or 12 Texans in my life, (on multiple occasions-it wasn’t just one big group), and they were some of the coolest people I’ve ever known. Same with Virginians. </p>
<p>And, hostasice, I know what you mean about regional prestige-that’s why about 20 or 30 kids from my class are applying to Middlebury.</p>
<p>According to the Rice web site Rice has a total of three students from Vermont in the entire student body, graduate and undergrad. Your combination of location and strong credentials will give you an excellent chance. Every university likes to have students “from all 50 states”, and Rice is getting low on Vermonters.</p>