Rice University (2025-2026)

[nocturne gazelle]

Huhhhh

[olive ingot]

umd 😛😛

[still canyon]

when i toured they said they are expanding undergrad size to 5k i wonder if thats leading to more ED acceptances

[cedar smelt]

Want me to go to the admissions office and see what they are doing tomorrow? 😂 😂

[olive ingot]

yea it has been 2nd week of dec usually

[nocturne gazelle]

Bro oml please

[olive ingot]

its becoming 1300 a class instead of 1200

[still canyon]

yeah it'd be marginal

[cedar smelt]

Possibly. My opinion is that it won’t change much. More and more people are applying each year anyways

[still canyon]

search trend analytics

[cedar smelt]

They just built a new res college to accurate

Accomdate

Accommodate

[still canyon]

oh yeah it was the asian one

[cedar smelt]

Yeah, I’m moving to it

[still canyon]

shit im getting cancelled

[cedar smelt]

Chao

Lol you’re good. It’s the Asian one 😂

[nocturne gazelle]

[still canyon]

im asian but not that asian

[nocturne gazelle]

Same lol

[still canyon]

cool twin what asian are you

[cedar smelt]

Im full Asian

[still canyon]

wait thats a weirdass question

[cedar smelt]

That’s not weird!

[still canyon]

im wasian which is the worst combo of races ever

[kindred egret]

i also got this video

[olive ingot]

me too :DD

[olive ingot]

we're all getting in

[kindred egret]

but a bunch of people on reddit said they got another email

[cedar smelt]

No wasians are great

[still canyon]

to make it worse im not even half white, its a quarter of that but it just manifested a lot

[olive ingot]

WHAT

[still canyon]

oh no

[cedar smelt]

What email?

[nocturne gazelle]

🍛 muncher 😭🤮🫩💔

[still canyon]

NO WAY ME TOO

[nocturne gazelle]

Lol I moved here only like 6 years ago from Raleigh

[olive ingot]

where do u see this

[still canyon]

youre intl?

[nocturne gazelle]

Citizenship wise no

[cedar smelt]

[still canyon]

ohh js residency

[nocturne gazelle]

Yeah I was gonna do duke otherwise 🤮

[still canyon]

reading my rice PDF sucks

whyd i fumble sm

[nocturne gazelle]

The essay one same lol

I MADE A TYPO

but non noticeable

[cedar smelt]

I am not seeing any reddit post about rice

[olive ingot]

same bro 😭😭

[cedar smelt]

Unless I am not looking at the right places

[still canyon]

i think my essays are eh, but i could have made my activities desc way better

i short-sold myself a lot

[olive ingot]

i think the ao's understand this tho

[nocturne gazelle]

r/Texas 🤠💔

[cedar smelt]

r/Texas?

Why is someone posting about that stuff in the Texas subreddit? 😂

[kindred egret]

the rice university subreddit

[still canyon]

they released transfer decisions today

[kindred egret]

they said the title of the email was like Rice welcoming community

[nocturne gazelle]

Thing is I thought that but like my friends and counselors say mine are good so idrk and I don't have supportive friends if ykwim

[cedar smelt]

That's prob the houston email no lol

[olive ingot]

i think ur parent gets that

[still canyon]

i got that

how are yalls parents getting emails

my mom doesnt even know what grade im in

[nocturne gazelle]

My mom cares too much 😭 its not better

[olive ingot]

my mom loves rice too

[still canyon]

neglect kind of sucks bro i wish they were more involved sometimes

[olive ingot]

she's also a rice simp

[still canyon]

my mom didnt know what it is :((

[nocturne gazelle]

Lowk had to convince my parents

[still canyon]

and my fam is indian so they will be making rice jokes if this decision goes well

they already have

[hallow finch]

Goals

[nocturne gazelle]

Like mother like offspring?
Idk what you are sorry lol

[nocturne gazelle]

A lot of people don't tho

[cedar smelt]

You know what was great about ed? You get to enjoy your winter break vacation.

[hallow finch]

Eww

[nocturne gazelle]

IF YOU GET IN MF

[still canyon]

yes im excited about that 🤞

i will fall off so bad 2nd semester

do you think rice will rescind for high B's

[cedar smelt]

Yes, I had a trip planned in Spain last winter break. Made it much more enjoyable knowing I was off to colelge haha

[hallow finch]

I hope you get in Lebanon

[kindred egret]

IF i get in ( i will🤞 )

[hallow finch]

Lebron

[still canyon]

wait why am i acting like im in

[cedar smelt]

No

[olive ingot]

i get hit with the rice jokes every day 🥀

[nocturne gazelle]

Senioritis season 😭

[cedar smelt]

They will rescind if you get a D. C a warning

[still canyon]

thats lenient

[cedar smelt]

It's like that for every college. As long as you pass your classes

[still canyon]

my friend who commited to northwestern last year got a warning for an A-

[cedar smelt]

Lol northwestern being a bitch then

[still canyon]

they are a bitch in ways more than one

[hallow finch]

Aw man I can't get D no more 🥀

[still canyon]

LMFAOO

[cedar smelt]

Lol my friend got into nortwhestern ed last year and he was just trolling the whole second smeester

He never got a warning haha

[still canyon]

speaking of that lebron how hot are the guys at rice

[cedar smelt]

what kind

[still canyon]

my friend said theyre a solid 7.5

[hallow finch]

Chopped cheese

[cedar smelt]

gimme a race

[still canyon]

any

[hallow finch]

Or so I've heard

[still canyon]

south asian

[cedar smelt]

Ok for your record, I am a straight man

[still canyon]

pls dont say theyre chopped

[olive ingot]

u shud go look at the decisions page

[hallow finch]

Anyway why am I in this rice thread I go to uc davis

[cedar smelt]

South asians are a good 7.5/10 yeah i agree

[olive ingot]

(albeit only the hot ppl would post there)

[cedar smelt]

8/10

[still canyon]

you can peruse the menu, just cant order

[still canyon]

thank you lebron

[cedar smelt]

😂

[hallow finch]

https://tenor.com/view/lebron-dunk-lebron-james-levronjame-gif-1038771198631298897

[still canyon]

i do that all the time its fun

[olive ingot]

(im straight too)

[cedar smelt]

The east asian men like myself especailly are 10/10

[still canyon]

mhmm

[cedar smelt]

Jk no its prob a good 7/10 too

Women on the otherhand...man

[still canyon]

bad or good

i play for both teams

[olive ingot]

i think he means good

[nocturne gazelle]

[still canyon]

fingers crossed

[cedar smelt]

I gotta admit, there is little east asian talent

[olive ingot]

on which side 😭

[cedar smelt]

south asian is good i feel, but they aren't my type so i cant comment on that

[cedar smelt]

women

[still canyon]

there's a girl named emma who posts about rice on tiktok she's also a freshman and east asian

[olive ingot]

oh emma yuan?

[cedar smelt]

Yeah ive never talked to emma before

She's cute, but she is very far away from me lol

[kindred egret]

my brother said rice is lacking on the abgs

[cedar smelt]

YES

100%

[nocturne gazelle]

😭 how lol

[cedar smelt]

Also if your an east asian male, you WILL be competing with tall white guys for an east asian girl.

[olive ingot]

😟😟

[nocturne gazelle]

Define tall tho

[lucid grove]

none of you are gonna pull so talk abt smth else

[cedar smelt]

6 foot lol

What grade is he in

[lucid grove]

enough

[cedar smelt]

Alright guys

no more

[nocturne gazelle]

Ah shit just missed it

[cedar smelt]

[kindred egret]

same as you

[cedar smelt]

He 100% correct.

Anyways yea Rice is a great school

[lucid grove]

humidity

my favroite

[olive ingot]

love rice

[olive ingot]

wait the weather was so good when i visited

like perfect weather

[lucid grove]

When

[olive ingot]

april

[nocturne gazelle]

we Stan a glorious school

[cedar smelt]

Summer is horrible

[lucid grove]

It’s not horrible in April but not great

[olive ingot]

and under the trees it felt rly good

[lucid grove]

Yeah summer is bad

[cedar smelt]

oh yea we got hella trees

very shady

[lucid grove]

I visited my aunt and uncle in Houston in August and we just stayed inside the whole time

[cedar smelt]

[olive ingot]

dyk what the moss on the trees is called

i never found out

[lucid grove]

Moss

[cedar smelt]

probably moss

[olive ingot]

D:

[nocturne gazelle]

Yo Asians in the chat how often do y'all eat meat

[olive ingot]

every day 💀💀

i dont have any restrictions 😭

[cedar smelt]

Every day

Protein man

[nocturne gazelle]

I swear one of my replies got deleted or sumn lol

[ember niche]

lol i also got it 🙂

also why am i specifically catching strays 😭

[hallow finch]

Never

[ember niche]

almost every day

[kindred egret]

every meal🤤

[nocturne gazelle]

Man I try to keep it balanced health type shit 🤪

[nocturne gazelle]

😭 mb for singling you out gang

[still canyon]

im vegan

[still canyon]

wait do you know a girl in your year named neya or a guy named ansel

[nocturne gazelle]

🫩✌️ in the big 25 dawg

[ember niche]

isnt balanced supposed to be like u eat a bit of everything each meal

so u should be eating meat every meal 😉

[still canyon]

how often do yall eat rice

[ember niche]

2+ times a day

[still canyon]

me i would say 3x a month

[still canyon]

hella asian mad respect

im a bad bad asian

[ember niche]

breakfast is the only time it might not be rice

[nocturne gazelle]

I mean yeah lol but idk I just eat a lot of none no in betweens

[ember niche]

o

yea thats also balanced i guess

[nocturne gazelle]

Averages out 1 time everyday prolly

[ember niche]

1/4 my minutes but like 10x the artists

wtf

[open violet]

Pretty accurate to my listening habits. Wide range, shallow depth

[still canyon]

respect unc, not too bad

[nocturne gazelle]

Me on yt music 🫩

Doesn't matter tho lol I alr know it's kanye

[ember niche]

yt music has wrapped now

right?

[still canyon]

listening age 65 is wild unc

[nocturne gazelle]

My friend got pink panthress

we don't talk anymore

[still canyon]

guy or girl?

either way mad respect

[nocturne gazelle]

Guy lol but like yeah

[still canyon]

he hasnt been in my wrapped since like 2019 lol

[ember niche]

somehow i got a #12 listener on some guy who only makes covers

[still canyon]

what's wrong with pinkpantheress

[nocturne gazelle]

Js not a pophead

[still canyon]

fair lol

shes not really pop at least not mainstream

[open violet]

bc we fun and active?

[still canyon]

davis a glorified farm

[dry tide]

rice seems so cool its js the weather and size that's making me hesitant

[ember niche]

cuz we dont have tb

[cedar smelt]

Dm me their instas. Maybe lol

[ember niche]

yea i have js been ignoring weather for all my schools

cuz like

if its cold

js wear more stuff

[open violet]

y'all joke, but our previous university prez was named David Leebron. We made t-shirts calling him Leebron James and Leebron>Lebron merch too

[ember niche]

and if its hot

js wear less stuff

[still canyon]

the size is good, like not too big like a flagship not too small like an LAC

and i hate the cold

[ember niche]

but like im in ca so my extremes arnt even that bad so idk if its actually important

[dry tide]

ive been living in texas all my life idk if i can stand more 105⁰ days, and houston is more humid than my city

[ember niche]

yea i think ive had maybe 1 day ever that was 100+

maybe 2

[still canyon]

im also from CA but i made the big move to texas already and have made amends with horrible weather

[ember niche]

in my lifetime

but i believe

i can adapt

hopefully

[dry tide]

bro once i had to wait in a bus stop outside with no seat and no roof for an hour in 117⁰ heat index at 5pm

right after i went to the gym

[hallow finch]

not too fast

[open violet]

weather is not as bad as everyone makes it out to be. you're not here during the worst of it unless you stay in Houston over the summer. and the size is quite nice imo, small enough to get access to tailored support but just big enough that there's plenty of opportunities to go around

[cedar smelt]

Ok no I don’t know a neya or ansel lol

[ember niche]

oh yea im not in yet

[hallow finch]

https://tenor.com/view/it's-time-to-stop-gif-9416155803997449261

[ember niche]

well im also applying to ucs so

[still canyon]

i just found his ig do you still want it lol

[ember niche]

theres also a chance i go to tb school

[hallow finch]

whats ur major

[still canyon]

ansel is my friend's ex

[dry tide]

ive been in small schools all my life i feel a little tired of it

[still canyon]

i've been tasked with stalking him if i get in to rice

[ember niche]

its still like 2k class size right

[cedar smelt]

Nahh it’s okay

[ember niche]

thats still pretty massive

[dry tide]

my 1st-8th school had 40 ppl per class on avg and my hs currently has 90 ppl per class

[cedar smelt]

Haha that’s funny😂 😂

[dry tide]

thats true ig

[ember niche]

wtuf

thats so much

for hs

[cedar smelt]

Why is ur friend still on her ex like that haha

[ember niche]

oh wait nvm

[dry tide]

the whole grade

[ember niche]

im dumb

[cedar smelt]

Operations research

[ember niche]

yea i js realized thats what u meant

yea thats pretty small ngl

[still canyon]

shes kind of funny like that 😭 she's only applying to one school (yale) with 2 EC's lol

[dry tide]

lol u aight

[ember niche]

but still rice is what 20x that

[open violet]

humidity keeps air temp down, but bumps up the feels-like temp. you'll be fine

[still canyon]

thats based

[ember niche]

so it should still be large enough imo

[dry tide]

thats true but relative to other universities

[ember niche]

yea true

like berk has like

20k i think

[dry tide]

but isnt the feel like temp the one that acc matters

[cedar smelt]

What the troll

[ember niche]

but berk is also like v large n public n stuff

so thats the opposite extreme

[hallow finch]

fuck berkeley

[open violet]

burh, what? our undergrad size is almost 5k. if you add the grad population, we're over 7k strong

[dry tide]

but i see your point, where are you from?

[hallow finch]

WE hate berkeley

[ember niche]

though rice is in the middle

[ember niche]

sorry i meant per year

[cedar smelt]

We’re expanding our student body size too!

[ember niche]

as a rich old money winehead living near it i have bias for it remember?

[hallow finch]

fuh naw

[ember niche]

like class of '30

[hallow finch]

fort i hope you get accepted to rice ive been rooting for you since 2020

[ember niche]

.

lol

[open violet]

H-Town, born and raised

[still canyon]

thats based unc

unc thank you for all your insight yesterday i really appreciate it

[dry tide]

yes thank u uncle

[open violet]

about 1.2k-1.3k per undergrad year, give or take, i think

[cedar smelt]

[still canyon]

im so excited for all the concerts if i get in all the good artists go to houston

[ember niche]

oh what?

i was js looking at past year accepted # of students lol

czu i assumed that

[open violet]

homie, i hope so too lol

[ember niche]

obviously everyone who gets in would want to go

[dry tide]

fr my city isnt niche but isn't really popular at the same time

[cedar smelt]

food here is super good too ngl. but obv la/oc has the best lol

[open violet]

anytime, swara! it's why i'm in these spaces

[ember niche]

how expensive is it tho

[hallow finch]

oh lol we have a mutual

[dry tide]

la/nyc try to get apartment under 5k/m challenge

[cedar smelt]

Bruh way cheaper than la and oc for sure lol

[ember niche]

nice nice

[cedar smelt]

You can get a cheap banh mi here for $5 but itll be $10 in la

[ember niche]

wait thats so good

[dry tide]

is houston car dependent

[cedar smelt]

yes

very

[dry tide]

bruh ok

[dry tide]

do u have 1

[cedar smelt]

i just uber if i need to go anywhere

nope

[dry tide]

oh ok

[cedar smelt]

uber

[ember niche]

wtf

isnt that expensive

[dry tide]

samee just got back from 1

[cedar smelt]

i onyl uber when i go get a haircut

cheaper than a car lol

[ember niche]

is there like buses tho

[still canyon]

if i get in (hereby abbreviated to IIGI), im bringing my car to campus yay

[ember niche]

/ other public transportation

[cedar smelt]

yes, but whoever manges the metro passes wont give me one. i filled out the form like 3 months ago and have not recieved a metro card lol

😂

[ember niche]

haha i dont even have a drivers lisence

[ember niche]

😭

unlucky

[dry tide]

rip u cant js pay w cash?

my city lets ppl do that

[still canyon]

you have to lock in twin

[ember niche]

i did \

and then i failed the driving test

[open violet]

unfortunately yeah. it's the result of little to no urban planning, loose to no zoning laws, and growth of the metro area catering to industry first and then developing residential areas around or away from those locations. it's literally the largest city in the US by land area. we are spread out af

[ember niche]

cuz i didnt look behind me

at the bike lane

when i was abt to right turn

like i looked everywhere but straight backwards

[cedar smelt]

yea but through rice its free

[ember niche]

cuz like i thought

no way a bike would be there i saw no bikes for the past like minute

but i guess thats an insta fail

[still canyon]

unc did you enjoy the museum district in your time at rice

[dry tide]

well i could prob uber if i had to

[hallow finch]

JUST ONE MORE LANE BRO

[ember niche]

im sure i can js run n stuff

hopefully

like if u think abt it

its only what

10x slower?

[dry tide]

7 hour walk

[ember niche]

not even that bad

[dry tide]

4 minute drive turns into a 7 hour walk prob

[ember niche]

maybe like 40 min i think

cuz cars cant drive that fast in cities right

[open violet]

two metro rail stations right next to campus, on the most convenient line connecting you to most stadiums and arenas in Houston, the museum district, midtown, all the way into downtown

[dry tide]

ohh let's go

[still canyon]

they can when im driving them

is it a day completed if i dont borderline hit a curb

[open violet]

it got to the point where i made friends and acquiantances at Rice by offering rides around town. i was my residential college's best chauffeur

[dry tide]

dangg

[still canyon]

my tour guide told us not to tell others we have a car otherwise we become a chauffer

my tour guide was soooo fine i wanted to ask for her ig

but then i realized thats weird

[dry tide]

if i get into rice ill prollly not stay in houston after i graduate no offense houstonians

[dry tide]

😭

[open violet]

oh ye of little faith. all my boys in Houston Texas (swanging and banging). speed limits on most highways are more like suggestions for the minimum speed in the middle and right lanes

[still canyon]

i want to go to grad school on the east coast or ca

[ember niche]

lol

[cedar smelt]

[ember niche]

be like the guy who interveiwed me and get a masters at berk 🙂

[open violet]

you say that, until your job prospects or cost of living tell you otherwise

[still canyon]

my interviewer goes to like a t10 med school

[dry tide]

we will see

[ember niche]

berk is ca tho 🙂

[ember niche]

oh yea also js a random question

for application result page does the video autoplay?

[still canyon]

THERES A VIDEO?

[ember niche]

like if u get in right?

i saw it in a college app rxn video lol

[open violet]

loved the heavily discounted or free access to museums as a Rice student. my two personal faves are the MFAH (Museum of Fine Arts - Houston) and HMNS (Houston Museum of Natural Science), with the Menil Collection being a close 3rd

[still canyon]

im so underprepared i feel like i dont know 5% of what ygs know

[still canyon]

omg thank you unc that's awesome

[ember niche]

anyways yk how they like use a command prompt to open cases in cs2

i wanna do that for the application

[still canyon]

i think i aimed too high with this ED

are my ecs chopped

im crashing out

[ember niche]

nah u got this

[still canyon]

i wasnt nervous until i got here

[open violet]

girl, it's ED1. you're supposed to aim high. otherwise, what's the point????

[ember niche]

but if the video autoplays then on the top of the page on the tab list there will be a little speaker icon

and that will ruin the suspense

[still canyon]

yes but unc my app is chopped

[ember niche]

unless i go from bottom of page to top

which is weirder imo

[still canyon]

are you making a video

[ember niche]

no but imma unbox it w my friend

whos doing stanford rea

[still canyon]

i am just for friends, but if i get in ED i'll only have like 3-4 reactions (which i am totally content with lol)

[ember niche]

with the same strat

[cedar smelt]

Lol, right when you open it you'll know if you got in or not. Confetti = you got in
No confetti= defer/waitlist/reject

I didnt even need to scroll when i opened it

[still canyon]

shit bro

[ember niche]

ok but if i like put a black screen over it b4 it finishes loading

[still canyon]

lebron im not making it to next saturday

[cedar smelt]

yea you can do that haha but what the point

[cedar smelt]

you got it

[ember niche]

more dopamine

cuz u analyze each pixel

[still canyon]

idk what CS thing you were talking about but couldnt you just click open status update when you wanted to see

[dry tide]

so glad i don't gotta worry ab college apps rn ❤️‍🩹

gl to yall tho fs

[still canyon]

enjoy your youth goat

[cedar smelt]

You should start in April

I started mine April junior year

[dry tide]

college apps??

[ember niche]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-GTKEc1Rnc](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-GTKEc1Rnc)

something like what this guy does at 28:26

[cedar smelt]

Yes.

[dry tide]

how

like writing essays?

[ember niche]

but with new window function to quickly load it instead of open command prompt

[cedar smelt]

Well, i applied to ucs. uc prompts are always the same

so i started with those

and common app prompts are usually the same too

[still canyon]

omg i did not start till late september 😭

[dry tide]

u got into rice so ill take your advice then

[ember niche]

i mean i procrastinated until last minute for ucs but like yea u should start b4

like was planning to start summer

i wrote like 200 words

[still canyon]

i finished UC's a few weeks ago

[ember niche]

and then like

[dry tide]

when do they even open lol

[still canyon]

august 1

[ember niche]

gave up

lool

[dry tide]

do ivy league supps change each yr

[cedar smelt]

i finished ucs in october

[dry tide]

ik there's the 1 common app essay idk the prompt tho

[ember niche]

how r u guys so responsible

wtf

[cedar smelt]

I did them slowly from april to october while workign on common app

[ember niche]

october i started on rice lol

b4 that was all just common app

[still canyon]

i did rice so long ago i was scared

[cedar smelt]

Doing UCs first is the strat. Then you have essay ideas for common app and supplementals for other schools lol

[still canyon]

doing activity list first is also the strat

[dry tide]

would but oos aid is genuinely trash

[ember niche]

this

its actually so tech

[cedar smelt]

Yes it is. LOL

[ember niche]

cuz like u then get ideas

abt what to write

[cedar smelt]

So you can start common app and activity list planning durin the summer

Do not procrastinate lol. So many of my peers procrastinated their essays and deadlines

While i was just chilling

[still canyon]

agreed

[dry tide]

u have 10 slots in common app activity list? how many

[cedar smelt]

10 yes

[still canyon]

finish essays at least like a week before

[dry tide]

hmm

[still canyon]

10 slots and 5 honors

[ember niche]

so i should prob start working on rd soon right?

[still canyon]

i combined tm 😭

[ember niche]

lmao

[still canyon]

i finished RD pretty much lmao

[cedar smelt]

uh you shouldve started in nov

[ember niche]

hey nov rounds to dec

[cedar smelt]

I finished my rds mid dec right before ed

[ember niche]

which rounds to dec 13th

[cedar smelt]

or some of them not all

[ember niche]

how many rds

[dry tide]

well i helped my mom around the house and with money and i go to the gym that's an activity right

[cedar smelt]

I applied to like 8 schools EA

Would've submitted like 10 more RD

[still canyon]

how was it withdrawing from all of those 😭

EA*

[dry tide]

allat effort 💔 💔

[ember niche]

i did 5 ea

[cedar smelt]

I had to withdraw from like 8 schools including the UCs. Wasted so much money

[ember niche]

planning like 10 rd aswell

but like 3 of them i dont need to do anything

[cedar smelt]

I know a lot of people who don't withdraw their apps after ED lol

[ember niche]

cuz they r canadian schools which dont need essays

[cedar smelt]

didnt*

[cedar smelt]

Damn nice

[dry tide]

when do ED/EAs open for most t20s? early August?

[still canyon]

i know but i dont mind wasting the $ if it means getting in here 😭

[still canyon]

i did like 11

[cedar smelt]

yes exactly. My parents said it was an investment

Told me not to worry

[ember niche]

lol waterloo is actually good for cs so its like actually so worth

no effort needed aswell

[still canyon]

cant they get rescinded?

[cedar smelt]

Yea waterloo is fucking good

[cedar smelt]

Yes if they get caught

I didn't want to risk it

So i withdrew

[dry tide]

this university of waterloo?

[cedar smelt]

I feel it is difficult to get caught though. You got to be extremely stupid to get caught

[ember niche]

yup

thats abt to be me in 4 yrs

[cedar smelt]

I am not encouraging this btw lol

Please withdraw ur apps

if you get into rice ed

[dry tide]

job security and skills earned would prob be worth

[dry tide]

im betraying yall i think i'll ed to columbia 💔 💔

[ember niche]

lol yea

[open violet]

just please don't fixate over it. ignore it to the best of your ability. live your life. when the email notification pops up, then you can think about it. until then, it ain't worth sweating over

[ember niche]

rice has ed2 😮

[dry tide]

when is deadline for that usually

[ember niche]

yea me fr ive been just playing minecraft since ucs were done

[ember niche]

dec

[dry tide]

i think columbia ed decisions release in mid dec idk

[ember niche]

actually jan

ed2 is always after ed1 decisions

[cedar smelt]

jan

[ember niche]

so u can but ed1 and ed2

and if u wanna u can ed0 uchi

but like then u need to go to their camp

[cedar smelt]

ed0 uchicago is such a stupid thing lol

Pay to win

[ember niche]

yea frfr

[dry tide]

p2p p2w

[cedar smelt]

It's a hack though ngl if you're cracked enough

[open violet]

that's true for public schools generally. they're legally obligated to prioritize residents of their state when it comes to admittances and aid and scholarships

[cedar smelt]

My friend could've done it but he didn't want to go to uchi

[ember niche]

yea + its #1 for econ

[cedar smelt]

He ended up at ucla so its fine

[dry tide]

glad we have good public schools in tx i think

ut austin

[ember niche]

@hallow finch ucla mentioned

[ember niche]

oh yea i did apply to here

i almost forgot lol

[dry tide]

25% ar 💔

[open violet]

ED2 and RD are due January 4th, 2026

[dry tide]

👍

[ember niche]

im oos tho

im p sure its harder no?

[still canyon]

i will do anything if i get in

making a feetfinder

[dry tide]

sub 20% prob then

[ember niche]

cs

[nocturne gazelle]

calling pink panthress niche

[ember niche]

so like sub 10

[dry tide]

y r u applying to an oos public js wondering

[ember niche]

speaking of sub 10

i threw a sub 10 run yesterday

🙁

[still canyon]

not popularity niche, her genre

[dry tide]

💔 💔 💔

[dry tide]

in what

[ember niche]

minecraft

lol

[dry tide]

rsg?

[ember niche]

it would have been pb

no ranked

rsg is boring

[dry tide]

what is ranked what lol i haven't been tapped in since 2021

[ember niche]

its like guranteed a playable seed

and u 1v1 someone

same seed same rng

[dry tide]

that acc sounds cool

[ember niche]

yea its so fun

[dry tide]

sub 10 thats pretty cracked tho

[ember niche]

my pb rn is 12:30 but i got an amazing seed

[nocturne gazelle]

Can we riot against QS

[ember niche]

never heard of it

[still canyon]

dartmouth is several dozen spots lower

[nocturne gazelle]

should be lol

[still canyon]

qs is airball

[open violet]

you joke, but oomfs did have an of account to help pay for their cost of attendance during the COVID era

[dry tide]

id assume rice is like t50 globally

[ember niche]

yea sub 10 would have been so cool since i js started like a month ago

[ember niche]

rice is #1 in my heart 🙂

[still canyon]

what is oomf

[ember niche]

with berk at a close close 2nd

[dry tide]

goodbye to getting a job 💔 💔 💔

[ember niche]

a very very very close 2nd

[still canyon]

my friend at cornell CS made an OF to pay for his tuition

[open violet]

one of my friends acronym

[still canyon]

its working hes pretty conventionally attractice unforch

[still canyon]

damn i wasnt tapped in like this unc

[open violet]

it's fine. they said they never showed face

[nocturne gazelle]

It should be top 20
Deadass only oxford cambridge NUS NTU compete with US unis

[ember niche]

js make ai do of for u

[buoyant bridge]

Which

[ember niche]

oh wait u got the usnews rankings right right?

or most accurate?

[still canyon]

nvm i googled it, it is ranked 16 not t10
UTSW

[buoyant bridge]

Yes

[dry tide]

oomf js made b2b saas ai gpt wrapper startup about labubu brainrot collecting but was lowkenuinely yearning for limerence so he hired abgs and got funded by yc

[still canyon]

i am not tapped into med school rankings

[nocturne gazelle]

Us news is semi accurate but still kinda bs

[ember niche]

lol nice only thing i predicted right was berk > ucla

[buoyant bridge]

There is no official med school ranking that anyone considers valid

But yes UTSW is considered a t20 by most

[still canyon]

the concept of predicting college rankings

[dry tide]

tsinghua and peking

[still canyon]

https://tenor.com/view/d9luxe-concept-gif-11664351923916387395

[ember niche]

its just for fun lol

[nocturne gazelle]

why do you sound like biggleyipsnip

[nocturne gazelle]

hell nah

for a non chinese citizen

[ember niche]

isnt that the sameing

[dry tide]

btw tsinghua has 30% ar and good aid i think for int 👀 👀 👀

compared to 0.1% for domestic due to gaokao

[still canyon]

@ember niche @nocturne gazelle it's letting me update test scores do we think this is a portal astrology rejection sign

[ember niche]

oh peking is bei da uni

[ember niche]

wtf its been letting u

[nocturne gazelle]

Yeah lol I'm not dissing dont get me wrong

[still canyon]

yeah did you apply TO

[ember niche]

no

[dry tide]

id probably get extremely homesick and sad living in China tho

[nocturne gazelle]

NAH they want you dawg

[cedar smelt]

Lol I was able to update test scores too

[dry tide]

nah acc ts increases your chances by 5.356%

[cedar smelt]

It means nothing

[still canyon]

what does your portal look like

[ember niche]

only + abt cn is that its near the factories so you can get cheap pc parts

[still canyon]

yay!!

[ember niche]

same

[still canyon]

fuck

[cedar smelt]

[unique loom]

why did I miss like hundreds of messages

[dry tide]

and build an iphone

[unique loom]

i just got out of a biochem exam lol

[ember niche]

cuz we r the most active thread

#1 for the right reason

[still canyon]

bro my ec descs were soo chopped im cooked

[dry tide]

the concept of portal astrology js wait for the decision 😭

[cedar smelt]

Trust me, rice admissions doesn’t do portal astrology

[still canyon]

I CANT WAIT IM GOING TO LUIGI MYSELF

[cedar smelt]

Aos prob laugh at you all for speculating stuff like that 😂 😂 😂

[ember niche]

wait same i expanded them for ucs and i realized how cooked they were

[dry tide]

im becoming an ao and supporting portal and interview astrology

[still canyon]

a week ago, i'd have been laughing at this too
but this discord and mere waiting is just killing me

[nocturne gazelle]

hmmmm I think my bio related ECs are my strongest point but I dont have much like olympiad shit ykwim

[ember niche]

lol i dont even have research 🙂

its ggs

[still canyon]

my awards are chopped and I FORGOT NATIONAL MERIT ON THERE

[ember niche]

but i still believe

[still canyon]

i have a few but lowk overrated

[nocturne gazelle]

depends on your major lol

[unique loom]

i applied as a bio major with MUN and rock band ECs. You guys will be fine

[dry tide]

i lwk need awards i only have 2 but one of them is for a state championship so it's not horrible

[open violet]

lol good luck having time for that while drowning in applications you need to read

[ember niche]

ce/stats 😉

cooked af but its fine

[still canyon]

3 of my 5 awards are from junior/senior year you'll be fine lol

[ember niche]

cuz rng will carry me

[still canyon]

my major is niche as hell, idk if that's bad or good

[ember niche]

like the stars will align when my ao is reading my file

[cedar smelt]

Good

Being niche is good

[ember niche]

and the ao will js click accpet

[nocturne gazelle]

then dont worry lol

[ember niche]

yep thats y im js playing mc rn

[cedar smelt]

Admissions is lowk kind of luck

[dry tide]

in my spare time

[ember niche]

yea exactly

so just get lucky 🙂

[nocturne gazelle]

rice has same level of difficulty for all lol its tuff like that

[cedar smelt]

Yea

[still canyon]

please lord and heavenly father let my AO have the most amazing morning when she reads/has read my application

[nocturne gazelle]

mmm mods or nah
real test of a cs student

[cedar smelt]

[dry tide]

i hope i get blessed with wanting a niche major so i don't gotta panic like CS majors

[ember niche]

yes technically

theres the mod called mcsr ranked

but like all the gameplay is vanilla

its just allows u to play ranked

its v fun

[dry tide]

cs majors having to make $5m startup in 9th grade to even be considered for t50

[still canyon]

well yeah, it's easier to stand out though
my profile was education policy + transgender policy + newspaper + criminal justice + civic engagement + smaller things

[cedar smelt]

Decisions have probably already been finalized. They’re probably just doing some small tweaks right now

[dry tide]

and have 8000 leetcode problems or whatever they do

[ember niche]

yea lowk only thing going for me is like a 20k small buisness

[cedar smelt]

[dry tide]

9876 github commits to the linux source code itself

[still canyon]

ts is bringing me to tears

[dry tide]

thats rlly good whats it ab

[ember niche]

building pcs

i think i said this b4

[nocturne gazelle]

competitive mc in the big 28 gl gang

[dry tide]

omg im flipping pcs rn

[ember niche]

omg nice

i started like a year ago

and like its soo fun

well slightly more than a year ago

[nocturne gazelle]

Yep definetely CS students are scrutinized bc they might not be able to lol this is good

[dry tide]

the money is the fun part for me ngl lol

[ember niche]

o

[dry tide]

i just bought my mom a Christmas present bc of pc flipping
i still really like pcs tho don't get me wrong

[olive ingot]

lol rice megathread just decided to explode again

rice should let me in so i can have another breakfast omelette there

[ember niche]

thats y we're #1

[still canyon]

ok based

[nocturne gazelle]

all cus I was crying about the mails lol

[still canyon]

i was going to ED to a t40, when did i get this delusional

[ember niche]

yea i think a fun part for me was like just chatting w other ppl while building lol

and i also listened to a lot of music

like thats prob how i got a lot of my 120k minutes from spotify this year

[ember niche]

arnt u guranteed a t30 anyways

ur chilling

[dry tide]

being able to chill and listen to music while doing it is def a huge plus for me too
so u just built pcs for people as a service? or did you flip pcs

[ember niche]

flip

i have a spreadsheet if u wanna see

[dry tide]

fs yea

[nocturne gazelle]

minutes?
I have deadass 500 hours on kanye this year

[still canyon]

yes but it's a bigass conservative school, i'd rather not

[nocturne gazelle]

My counselor said ED emory

[ember niche]

yea

[dry tide]

ED t20 or nothing

[still canyon]

i will be inconsolable if i dont get into this stupid grain school

[ember niche]

yea i started w like 600 dollars lmao

[still canyon]

is life worth living

[ember niche]

msged u

[nocturne gazelle]

guys if I ever become that guy who hates on rice after getting rejected find me and 🔫 me

[open violet]

always, even if it doesn't seem like it in the immediate moment

[open violet]

i'll pass on the word to my people

[still canyon]

thank you unc

[ember niche]

water gun?

[still canyon]

https://tenor.com/view/tweaking-wegeekinghard-blud-tiktok-animatronic-tweaking-gif-18331326635054461479

[ember niche]

as in that one water fight at rice?

[nocturne gazelle]

yerr

power washer

[cedar smelt]

Guys you’ll be fine

My friend got suspended in hs and he’s at Berkeley haas rn

The other one who got suspended is at ucsd

However I will say the one at ucsd applied ed2 to rice and he got rejected

[hallow finch]

Fucla

[still canyon]

lebron im crashing out

[open violet]

tbh, ED2 last year was a mess

[ember niche]

Yea y was it 6%

[cedar smelt]

😂

I’m sure it’ll be more organized this year

Less than ed1, higher than rd

[cedar smelt]

Ur fineeeee dw abt it

There’s nothing you can do

Btw if any of u visit rice, lmk and i can get u guys in the servery (cafeteria)

I still have all my guest swipes

[open violet]

bc i heard that a bunch of uncompetitive applicants applied ED2, so they had to deny due to the bulk of applicants just not cutting it

[still canyon]

youre the best lebron

[still canyon]

is it the same uncompetitive pattern for ED1

[lucid grove]

If I worked at a school I would create falsified portal astrology

I would speak to the IT department and get them to include bits of code in the inspect element that are given to applicants by rng in numbers relatively similar to our acceptance rate that mean absolutely nothing

[cedar smelt]

That’s evil

😂

[lucid grove]

My dying wish for the A2C community is to create a portal astrology video game

I’ve said this for years

I have so many ideas for how it’d work too

[kindred egret]

yall the megathread is hereee https://www.reddit.com/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/1pdpyds/rice_university_2026_megathread/

[lucid grove]

Reddit is harder to live chat

[ember niche]

just commented first 🙂

ggs

[lucid grove]

Now we have ur reddit

[ember niche]

its the same username lol

i have the same username everywhere

[still canyon]

what is a mega thread

[ember niche]

including my bank account

[open violet]

not nearly as uncompetitive. ED1 mostly knows what they're doing

[still canyon]

unc im getting cut FUCK

https://tenor.com/view/tweaking-wegeekinghard-blud-tiktok-animatronic-tweaking-gif-18331326635054461479

[lucid grove]

https://tenor.com/view/the-tribe-has-spoken-survivor-jeff-probst-torch-snuff-gif-22015530

[cedar smelt]

Nice, just saw the A2C Rice reddit thread posted

[open violet]

just a massive chain of messages and posts on a subreddit

[lofty bay]

wait guys

1. Please explain why you wish to study in the academic areas you selected. 150 word limit.

whys it plural

like should we explain

our rank of choices???

[lucid grove]

Some people might’ve selected multiple I assume

[cedar smelt]

I ranked multiple choices. However, I only talked abt my first choice

[lofty bay]

okkk

also on common app for the maors in the eng school theres only an option for chemical engineering, though on the website, it says chemical and biological engineering

imma assume theyre the same thing

bc bioengineering is separate from both

[nocturne gazelle]

maybe thats a masters

[nocturne gazelle]

def do not

[lucid grove]

Anyone have any good Instagram reels I can use to artificially inflate message count in other megathreads

[cedar smelt]

How does that work

[lucid grove]

Im hoping people will discuss the reels

You can see the recently active threads I’ve posted in a few

[open violet]

it's not that deep. if you're genuinely interested in multiple, you can try to make your case for as many as you want. just be sure you really make a good case for your top ranked choice

[open violet]

you're correct

[cedar smelt]

We don’t need that in the rice thread huh😂

[open violet]

cooking the books

[lucid grove]

You should follow the middle school teachers on Instagram like I do bc they help me keep up with the latest slang

There’s one guy who every week makes a reels abt the top phrases his middle school class has been saying and defines them

And then when a2cers use them I can say ik what it means

[open violet]

no need. my office gets educated by our resident iPad kid (one of my younger colleagues addicted to online brainrot)

[hallow finch]

For future use

[lucid grove]

Huh

[hallow finch]

elephant in the room

[olive ingot]

how do we have 2.8k messages lol

I swear a few days ago there was like sm less

[nocturne gazelle]

@cedar smelt can you deadass ask AOs to let all of us in

Like how can you demonstrate more interest than this 😭 ✌️

[cedar smelt]

I am just a puny freshman 😂

[nocturne gazelle]

Who got into the best uni in the world ❤️ 🫠

[cedar smelt]

[lucid grove]

I’m aware but why is that relevant

[olive ingot]

day 37 of manifesting

[ember niche]

yay

[still canyon]

i just remembered i cursed in my interview i dont think i can manifest anymore

[cedar smelt]

What...

Which curse word and context?

Lol

[olive ingot]

aaaaaaaaa

[open violet]

what my interviewer notes would've read: "colorful and passionate personality" ✍️

[lucid grove]

You are applying to a school that runs beer bike

I don’t think ur getting rejected bc of a curse word

[patent stump]

when is rice decision date out

[lucid grove]

Idk ask an AO

[patent stump]

Ok brb

[lucid grove]

A bunch of AOs are 2nd degree connections to me on LinkedIn bc I connected to a2cers who connected w their aos once they got in

[cedar smelt]

[dry tide]

ik ts is an old convo but u thought i should start in April junior year or April sophomore year?

[cedar smelt]

Junior year

I forgot you’re a sophomore right now my bad

Lol dw abt it rn

[dry tide]

oh ok lol ty

[still canyon]

she asked "how do your friends describe you" and in my answer i mentioned that a lot of my friends tell me they thought i had an RBF (i didnt spell it out obviously 😭) but they think differently once they get to know me

[ember niche]

yay I’m ignorant again

What’s rbf

Sounds like the mod cbf for the hit game geometry dash

[still canyon]

resting bitch face

[ember niche]

Ok that one I feel is impossible to guess

I thought the bad word was at r lol

[still canyon]

it's an incredibly common acronym wdym

[cedar smelt]

Haha that’s funny

Did the interviewer laugh

[still canyon]

it comes up

[still canyon]

she did but it could have been out of pity

[cedar smelt]

Haha

[ember niche]

o ok

[cedar smelt]

Interviews for rice is not a huge weight so dw abt it

[still canyon]

unc how good is the mock trial team

[lucid grove]

Rice Class of 2029 Results

A2C Discord

Early Decision (14 applicants)

• Accepted: 3 (21%)
• Deferred: 3 (21%)
• Rejected: 8 (57%)

Regular Decision (121 applicants)

• Accepted: 29 (24%)
• Waitlisted: 27 (22%)
• Rejected: 65 (54%)

[still canyon]

only 3 got in from a community of collegemaxers im done for

[cedar smelt]

Interesting

[olive ingot]

pls rice pls

[still canyon]

WE are getting in (please rice)

my "why rice" essay was a total piece of shit

[cedar smelt]

Ramen today

Perfect for the cold weather

[runic kindle]

how do u get these stats on here

the search bar?

[lucid grove]

Last year’s thread

We ran polls

We just ping everyone in the thread once decisions come out

And then they answer

[runic kindle]

ah

[cedar smelt]

Can’t believe that was a year ago already

Time flies too fast man

Tell your parents you love them everyone❤️ ❤️

[still canyon]

i would but my dads been in vegas for a week idk where he at

[cedar smelt]

GAmbling or work?

[still canyon]

both

[cedar smelt]

Haha

I hope he wins some money

[lofty bay]

RICE PPL

any suggestions for doing good research on rice

and residential life?

also im interested in chem and bio engineering

[still canyon]

look up their strategic plan

[still canyon]

i went on each resco's website and looked at all their traditions
overall on rice specifically i spent like 15 hours and a longass google doc just researching

[lofty bay]

mmmmm damn

im tryna finish by fri night or saturday midnight

fri night

tmr night

[cedar smelt]

What’s that

[olive ingot]

momentous

i think

https://momentous.rice.edu/

[still canyon]

i went... insane researching this grain-named institution https://rice.app.box.com/s/enl6ncc4ejohcivqrdb7u3z6dc08xjrr

and momentous

[cedar smelt]

Yea idek what that is

[olive ingot]

im actually so scared

[nocturne gazelle]

[olive ingot]

i need rice

[still canyon]

same

[olive ingot]

rice is my love

[still canyon]

what major did you apply for

[nocturne gazelle]

ong

[olive ingot]

(my rd essays are so far behind 😭)

[olive ingot]

bio

but i wanna double in computational/applied math

maybe operations research :D

[nocturne gazelle]

I'm not starting till the rejection

[olive ingot]

aaaaaaa

[nocturne gazelle]

Same bro
I wanna do bioengineering + cs

Not cs

But something close

[dry tide]

24% ar aint even that bad

[deft dragon]

yummmy

[olive ingot]

computational bio :O

[olive ingot]

isn't this a server of college maxers tho 😭😭

(im not a college maxxer)

[still canyon]

same but im going on vacation right after

[dry tide]

still tho

[nocturne gazelle]

20 percent is good but aren't we all super interested and therefore a bit better than most lol?

[still canyon]

thats why i got terrified

[dry tide]

24% is basically 25% and thats 1/4 and thats pretty good

[nocturne gazelle]

Christmas midterms 🔪🫠🫩

[nocturne gazelle]

Exactly that's scary

[still canyon]

https://tenor.com/view/tweaking-wegeekinghard-blud-tiktok-animatronic-tweaking-gif-18331326635054461479

[olive ingot]

fr 😭😭

[nocturne gazelle]

Bro even if I get in I'll prolly be DEI for test optional

[dry tide]

whats dei

[kindred egret]

diversity, equity, and inclusion

[dry tide]

isnt that good

[nocturne gazelle]

It's a joke lol

And I mean mayyyyybe

BC realistically how many ED applications are test optional

[nocturne gazelle]

What I said not DEI 😭

[dry tide]

does rice say it? i remember there being like a stat for % of test optional applicants

[nocturne gazelle]

Should be but I think that's natural and anyone with no sat applying to rice needs to max out their other stas so they are probably the 4.0 UW and cracked ECs and essay

[dry tide]

how come youre test optional

[nocturne gazelle]

11th big health scare so I didn't show up to my planned one

Couldn't study for shit BC of my eye

[dry tide]

thats a p big extenuating circumstance

[nocturne gazelle]

And then in 12th exams LITERALLY ON THE SAME DAY AS THE SAT ISTG

yes on sat

Urday

[dry tide]

assuming u mentioned that?

[nocturne gazelle]

Did in add info yeah

[dry tide]

ok good

https://tenor.com/view/manifest-it-latto-yo-mtv-raps-s1e2-im-manifesting-it-gif-25832087

[nocturne gazelle]

Somehow maintained GPA lol

[nocturne gazelle]

Ty Ty gang 🤪

[ember niche]

How long does the poll last

[lucid grove]

Usually a couple weeks

[ember niche]

oh ok

I thought it was like a day or two

Cuz I might open it late lol

[olive ingot]

day 38 of manifesting for Rice University 🍚

[nocturne gazelle]

6-10 days till doomsday

[open violet]

They're pretty dang good! http://mocktrial.rice.edu/ You should also check out Rice's Forensics Society, which is our speech and debate team too: https://humanities.rice.edu/speech-and-debate Their history pages have all of the competition records and accolades

[open violet]

that's a very quick turnaround. pls don't do that to yourself. get to writing

[nocturne gazelle]

I physically cannot tho

also rice '20 wth 😭

[open violet]

lol respect your elders

[open violet]

really hope you noted that somewhere in your app

[nocturne gazelle]

Yeah I did but I didnt want to make it like a sob story
Not completely but it was a major point in my 500 word rice essay

[open violet]

no clue about the ED1 breakdown, but i heard in an interviewer training last year that about 30% of the admitted students overall were admitted without any testing

[nocturne gazelle]

🫡 wya rn

[nocturne gazelle]

oh wow
thats so amazing

wait am I getting in 😭

[open violet]

lol i'm at the office procrastinating

[nocturne gazelle]

I meant like job wise dawg 😭 💔
what did you major in?

[pine palm]

hi rice people

[nocturne gazelle]

wsg cornellian

[open violet]

majored in history, currently working in higher ed administration

[nocturne gazelle]

wait at rice ....

[open violet]

nah. i played traitor/turncoat

[nocturne gazelle]

wah 😭 ...
I meant are you working for rice

cus thats fire

[open violet]

lol i meant that i work for a different school

[nocturne gazelle]

oh which one lol if you dont mind

[open violet]

i'd rather not distract from my alma mater

[nocturne gazelle]

Valid

[cedar smelt]

[lucid grove]

Go take an office summer trip to see Rosalía

Her artist presale signups are open until the 7th