Rice and Wash U and BC

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DD got into Rice!

GPA - 3.98 UW, 4.53 W (from a top Nova Highschool known for its course rigor)
SAT - 1560 ( single sitting) , ACT - 35
NMF, Good ECs, expected good LORs
It’s been one of her most favorite/ dream schools from the past 2 years and the craziness of this year made us wonder if we should have done ED. Grateful for yesterday's decision

Waitlisted at Wash U

Congratulations to everyone that got accepted and good luck to everyone else.

I find the parenthetical use above really obnoxious. No one cares that your kid got the SAT score in a single sitting but I guess you couldn’t resist.

It’s a big deal for self but yeah not for others. I guess poster wanted to emphasize that kid could’ve gotten higher if played the game.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DD got into Rice!

GPA - 3.98 UW, 4.53 W (from a top Nova Highschool known for its course rigor)
SAT - 1560 ( single sitting) , ACT - 35
NMF, Good ECs, expected good LORs
It’s been one of her most favorite/ dream schools from the past 2 years and the craziness of this year made us wonder if we should have done ED. Grateful for yesterday's decision

Waitlisted at Wash U

Congratulations to everyone that got accepted and good luck to everyone else.

I find the parenthetical use above really obnoxious. No one cares that your kid got the SAT score in a single sitting but I guess you couldn’t resist.

It’s a big deal for self but yeah not for others. I guess poster wanted to emphasize that kid could’ve gotten higher if played the game.

lots of posters on march SAT thread said their kids’ scores went down

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DD got into Rice!

GPA - 3.98 UW, 4.53 W (from a top Nova Highschool known for its course rigor)
SAT - 1560 ( single sitting) , ACT - 35
NMF, Good ECs, expected good LORs
It’s been one of her most favorite/ dream schools from the past 2 years and the craziness of this year made us wonder if we should have done ED. Grateful for yesterday's decision

Waitlisted at Wash U

Congratulations to everyone that got accepted and good luck to everyone else.

I find the parenthetical use above really obnoxious. No one cares that your kid got the SAT score in a single sitting but I guess you couldn’t resist.

It’s a big deal for self but yeah not for others. I guess poster wanted to emphasize that kid could’ve gotten higher if played the game.

lots of posters on march SAT thread said their kids’ scores went down

Yup but scores usually go up if retake was taken seriously. That being said, majority has a performance or ability cap otherwise every good student would make national merit.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Only applied at BC, of the 3. In with 4 years guaranteed housing (must be the top 15% bc doesn't fit other categories). 1580, 4.7 UW, did not click Catholic. In at UNC, UCLA, Amherst, NE and Pitt Honors (merit $), and a few others. Expect rejections to start tonight. Didn't like WashU, wish we had visited Rice.

Do you have to check which religion you are to apply to BC? As a non Catholic did you get an overtly religious vibe at BC or not? We’re touring there next month. Thank you!

You can leave it blank. My daughter is baptized, so is officially Catholic, but we have never practiced, and she doesn't consider herself Catholic. They push hard on the Jesuit/service aspect, not the Catholic - like Georgetown.

I think the most surprising thing to us is how sports heavy it is, that was our ignorance, but that was news to us.

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Anonymous wrote:DD rejected at BC and she’s devastated. It was a good match for her and she goes to a Catholic HS so we thought that would help at least a little.

I'm sorry. My Catholic hs dd was rejected at BC as well- it was more of a reach for her so we weren't overly surprised, but still a bummer because she loves that place. She's likely headed to St. Joe's in Philly.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Only applied at BC, of the 3. In with 4 years guaranteed housing (must be the top 15% bc doesn't fit other categories). 1580, 4.7 UW, did not click Catholic. In at UNC, UCLA, Amherst, NE and Pitt Honors (merit $), and a few others. Expect rejections to start tonight. Didn't like WashU, wish we had visited Rice.

Do you have to check which religion you are to apply to BC? As a non Catholic did you get an overtly religious vibe at BC or not? We’re touring there next month. Thank you!

You can leave it blank. My daughter is baptized, so is officially Catholic, but we have never practiced, and she doesn't consider herself Catholic. They push hard on the Jesuit/service aspect, not the Catholic - like Georgetown.

I think the most surprising thing to us is how sports heavy it is, that was our ignorance, but that was news to us.

Thank you. This was very helpful.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DC got into Rice and UMich(OOS) (College of Engineering) Waitlist in Wash U. Unweight 4.0, 7AP (4's and 5's), 2 college UC credits, lot of EC.
It is going to be a hard decision between Rice and UMich. DC is leaning toward UMich.

My DS chose between Rice and Michigan for engineering; he went with Rice because he figured he'd get more research and project experience as an undergrad, which turned out to be correct. That said, though, they're both great schools and your DC can't go wrong. Congratulations!

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Which would you choose? Rice or Wash U?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Which would you choose? Rice or Wash U?

Rice

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I feel like the vent diagram is a huge overlap of applicants at wash and rice overlapping, then very few with BC. Isnt BC a step down from the other two? I say this as a BU alum, so I am not having an ego… BC is great, but in the 40s, aren’t the other two top 20 or higher pretty consistently?

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Anonymous wrote:I feel like the vent diagram is a huge overlap of applicants at wash and rice overlapping, then very few with BC. Isnt BC a step down from the other two? I say this as a BU alum, so I am not having an ego… BC is great, but in the 40s, aren’t the other two top 20 or higher pretty consistently?

BU would be a step down, but not BC. BU is the one ranked in the 40s. BC was ranked #36.

But seriously, these rankings are meaningless drivel which tell you nothing about the quality of the education that a student receives at any of these schools. The rankings only exist as a means to sell magazines and get hits on line. Don’t fall for illusion that there is really something there worth paying attention to. There isn’t.

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Anonymous wrote:I feel like the vent diagram is a huge overlap of applicants at wash and rice overlapping, then very few with BC. Isnt BC a step down from the other two? I say this as a BU alum, so I am not having an ego… BC is great, but in the 40s, aren’t the other two top 20 or higher pretty consistently?

Yes, if you are looking just at rankings you are correct. I'm guessing they draw different applicants? Rice and Wash U more similar and BC more Catholic?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I feel like the vent diagram is a huge overlap of applicants at wash and rice overlapping, then very few with BC. Isnt BC a step down from the other two? I say this as a BU alum, so I am not having an ego… BC is great, but in the 40s, aren’t the other two top 20 or higher pretty consistently?

Yes, if you are looking just at rankings you are correct. I'm guessing they draw different applicants? Rice and Wash U more similar and BC more Catholic?

Just anecdotal obviously but when running into other parents at the admitted student days for all three, a remarkable number were accepted to all three, with Berkeley, Northwestern and Emory. They seem to draw the same applicants and accept the same applicants

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I feel like the vent diagram is a huge overlap of applicants at wash and rice overlapping, then very few with BC. Isnt BC a step down from the other two? I say this as a BU alum, so I am not having an ego… BC is great, but in the 40s, aren’t the other two top 20 or higher pretty consistently?

BU would be a step down, but not BC. BU is the one ranked in the 40s. BC was ranked #36.

But seriously, these rankings are meaningless drivel which tell you nothing about the quality of the education that a student receives at any of these schools. The rankings only exist as a means to sell magazines and get hits on line. Don’t fall for illusion that there is really something there worth paying attention to. There isn’t.

36 v 42… it’s not night and day like when I went there when BC was in the 40s and BU in the 80s/90s. BU and BC are ranked 42 and 36, functionally the same population and worlds behind top 20. Rice is 17 and wash u 14. They’re way above BC. BC is not way above BU.

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Which school did your child pick?