Rice University (2025-2026)

[still canyon]

i would assume they look at fit to major? at least somewhat

[olive ingot]

@cedar smelt u better let us into the serveries during owl days >:D

[steady osprey]

what I wouldn’t 😭

[cedar smelt]

mr vanderbilt george tech whatever school there is google

[steady osprey]

what are owl day

[cedar smelt]

ya sure i gotchu

lmk when ur on campus

[mossy girder]

man i love vanderbilt

i was considering withdrawing

[still canyon]

admitted students day

[mossy girder]

but i wanna go now

[cedar smelt]

alr good for u bro

[olive ingot]

its like the admitted sutdents day

[steady osprey]

oh cool

[light drum]

damn i wanna go to rice now

[olive ingot]

u mean rice right

[mossy girder]

southern harvard

[olive ingot]

rice

[steady osprey]

ofc you do

[still canyon]

whats harvard

[mossy girder]

vanderbilt

[cedar smelt]

rice is the ivy of the south

[olive ingot]

rice

[steady osprey]

what typa stuff u on rn

[mossy girder]

vanderbilt

[olive ingot]

get this vandy propaganda outta here

[mossy girder]

spreading propaganda

vanderbilt's campus is so nice

[cedar smelt]

Yo buddy imma ban you

[mossy girder]

have u seen the peabody college building

look

[olive ingot]

bro 😭😭 ts is the rice chat

[still canyon]

vanderbilt dickriding goes crazy

[olive ingot]

rice >

[cedar smelt]

Have you seen Lovett Hall?

[mossy girder]

but look at this building

[light drum]

chill w the words twin

[olive ingot]

lovett hall is crazy cool

[still canyon]

? 😭

[steady osprey]

bro @mossy girder read the top of ur screen

[cedar smelt]

Get diffed

[olive ingot]

sallyport :O

[mossy girder]

i see college-megathreads > vanderbilt university

[steady osprey]

this is js d1 trolling atp

[light drum]

do u play valorant, ive heard my friends syaing that shit

[cedar smelt]

Hell yea

[cedar smelt]

no

[still canyon]

yeah go glaze vandy over there

[light drum]

BRUH

oh alr

[cedar smelt]

no i dont play valorant

yes

[light drum]

alr

nice to know!

[mossy girder]

bro im gonna crash out if they defer/reject me

[olive ingot]

crash out in vandy chat

[light drum]

i hope they dont defer anyone off ed2

[cedar smelt]

i hope you get rejected

[steady osprey]

vandy chat is out that way bud

[cedar smelt]

jk

[mossy girder]

😭

[steady osprey]

LMAO

[cedar smelt]

[light drum]

although i think theyll defer a lotta ppl off ed2

no way they finished apps in 21 days

aint now ay

[mossy girder]

rd is a death sentence for vandy bru

rd vandy is like 2-3%

[light drum]

BRO NO ONE CARES ABOUT VANDY

[olive ingot]

but if they weren't done w apps they wouldnt release this early yk

[steady osprey]

Yeah it was really shocking

[olive ingot]

they would take another 2 weeks

[light drum]

FUCK OFF FOR A SECOND

[steady osprey]

k.

[red parcel]

hey all can we pls keep chat to rice in here 🙂

thx

[mossy girder]

is that a rule tho

[steady osprey]

thanks Jake!

[cedar smelt]

Stop taling back

[steady osprey]

BRO seriously

[formal perch]

yo how important is rice interview

[still canyon]

clock it

[mossy girder]

not my fault vanderbilt chat is dead as f

[light drum]

Yea thats fair too

[cedar smelt]

Not very important

[light drum]

then why u polluting our chat

[cedar smelt]

Someone ban orz bro

This guy lol

[light drum]

ong

[mossy girder]

💀

[formal perch]

i had one that lasted like 40 minutes but bro i was so nervous

i sounded like a bot

[cedar smelt]

All good lol

[mossy girder]

yall all getting in

[olive ingot]

i think 40 minutes is the max time

[steady osprey]

@red parcel come back please

[mossy girder]

i trust

[olive ingot]

my interviewer cut me off at 40

[cedar smelt]

Just dont be an npc

😆

[olive ingot]

this ^

[formal perch]

sounded like one 😭

[mossy girder]

please get in so u can withdraw georgia tech and i get in

[olive ingot]

even if u think u were nervous im sure u were fine

[cedar smelt]

Ya just make sure ur human

[olive ingot]

i remember feeling rly bad abt mine right after

[formal perch]

thank u

[still canyon]

mine was about 90

[cedar smelt]

and treat it like a convo

[steady osprey]

ah ok now we’re talking my language

[olive ingot]

dawg what

my interviewers zoom thing ran out 😭

[still canyon]

we hit it off (i stalked her on every platform before the interview)

[mossy girder]

💀

[steady osprey]

If I get in rice imma be super quick at withdrawing my apps @mossy girder dw

[still canyon]

i made my friends record her insta highlights just in case she had the sticker trap

[steady osprey]

LMAO

[olive ingot]

luckyy

[mossy girder]

yes same bro

i was considering rice ed2 but texas is not for me

[olive ingot]

my interviewer was the opposite of me 😭

[still canyon]

as opposed to tennessee 😭

[formal perch]

i wish i ed'd to rice

[mossy girder]

bruh texas is so much hotter

[still canyon]

houstons gotta solo nashville

[formal perch]

too bad were middle class

[cedar smelt]

bro houston is way better than nashville lol

[steady osprey]

I just feel like it’s hella mean to keep your apps open or your accepted schools waiting when someone else could take that spot

[light drum]

uhh

okay

[still canyon]

finaid was pretty good for me
plus 120k merit

[mossy girder]

bro nashville has insane chicken

[cedar smelt]

I feel you dude

[mossy girder]

and music

[cedar smelt]

bro

rice got dave's hot chicken down the street

[mossy girder]

have you been to taco mama in nashville

[light drum]

90K PER YEAR IS WILD SHIT

[steady osprey]

do you even know the Texas pledge?

[mossy girder]

taco mama???

[mossy girder]

i only know houston has hella asian food

[still canyon]

ball knowledge

[formal perch]

i wouldve but my sister got in a few cycles and rice asked for an absurd amount

like 50 something k

[mossy girder]

USC is 100k

[still canyon]

they just increased the tuition coverage or something

[steady osprey]

eggxactly I lived in tx for 5 years before

[mossy girder]

💀

[still canyon]

where

i just moved to dallas 3 years ago

[cedar smelt]

Rice actually has one of the most gerneoru fin aid programs in the country

[steady osprey]

I LIVED IN DALLAS

[light drum]

Yeahh its need aware for intls

so basically full pay or ur not getting in

.

[still canyon]

no wayyy
dallas proper or dallas suburb?

[steady osprey]

up in Frisco (if yk where that is)

[cedar smelt]

Where are you now erkgoat

[steady osprey]

not Dallas proper

[steady osprey]

Switzerland

[cedar smelt]

wtf

[mossy girder]

oh shi i know frisco

[cedar smelt]

lol

[still canyon]

not the 'sco 😭 how was it in the hood
i live in dallas proper

i hate the suburbs

[light drum]

https://tenor.com/view/smol-smolcat-smolcatcoin-smol-cat-coin-roswell-gif-5972314891354809109

[steady osprey]

WHAT in the hood?

[steady osprey]

moved around 7 times before staying in switz so yeah

[still canyon]

its a joke because frisco is so... suburbia

[steady osprey]

Frisco is nice but I get your point

[cedar smelt]

Jeez, parent's work?

[steady osprey]

a lot of gated communities there tho

[steady osprey]

yuppers!

[still canyon]

ive been to their library, its way better than dallas

[mossy girder]

i know for a fact your favorite season is the summer

[steady osprey]

yeah it’s actually really big surprisingly

[steady osprey]

Who?

[mossy girder]

all of you

[steady osprey]

nah I prefer fall actually

[mossy girder]

110 degree texas weather aint for me

[steady osprey]

nahh it’s not that hot tbh

[still canyon]

the concept of bitching about the weather when you want to go to nashville...

[mossy girder]

man i cant even survive in 85 degree weather

[mossy girder]

ITS NOT TEXAS THO

[light drum]

also chat my mid term report still shows missing, so will i even get my decison cuz its alr in the main transcipt

[cedar smelt]

bro acting like he gonna be on campus in the summer lol

[mossy girder]

well you never know ykykk

[still canyon]

they dont expect midyear grades yet

[steady osprey]

Email admissions, not required for ED II applicants tho

[cedar smelt]

Why would you voluntarily stay in houston nover the summer

when u can go home

😆

[still canyon]

so... do we know when school starts

like what month

[bitter gale]

wild

lmao WHAT

[light drum]

i did mail them, they didnt respond its been like a week or like 9 days

ish

[steady osprey]

nah they sent me an email after I emailed them abt it

[cedar smelt]

girls do baker13 lol

[mossy girder]

ummm maybe in 67 years

[steady osprey]

email them?

[light drum]

i did

EMAIL

[steady osprey]

again then

[light drum]

bruh

[steady osprey]

u wrote mail buddy

[still canyon]

i mean deadline-wise
what day did they tell you

[steady osprey]

if ur franking a letter to them

[light drum]

imm jus wait for wednesday

[steady osprey]

oh I’ll send an ss

[mossy girder]

dang\

yall getting ur decisions in 3 days

crazy

wtf

[still canyon]

how many ed2s are there here

[light drum]

i estimate like 7-10 here...

[cedar smelt]

I got my decision a year ago

[steady osprey]

after I emailed them saying heyyyyy I sent my mid year grades but they aren’t in the portal

[steady osprey]

oh nice!

[still canyon]

there were only like 7 ED1s so theres got to be fewer

[cedar smelt]

[mossy girder]

ddue im like the only ed2 for vandy

in this entire server

[cedar smelt]

womp womp

[light drum]

wait

[cedar smelt]

there were def more ed1s; they're just lurking.

[light drum]

who all ed2 to rice, can they type ME

[still canyon]

well the poll

[steady osprey]

I’m so lucky I’m considered domestic because rice didn’t accept a SINGLE person from Switzerland last year

[steady osprey]

can u bump it down again pls

[cedar smelt]

oh i forgot about that

[still canyon]

@steady osprey #1418457784172675182 message

[mossy girder]

bro at least you're not intl from china

ts worse

[light drum]

.

here

[steady osprey]

Thank you!!

[still canyon]

dont reply she gets pinged 😭

[light drum]

ohhh

[still canyon]

copy message link next time, but dw i got it

[light drum]

SORRRY

CHLOE

[steady osprey]

There were 70 people from china but I’m not intnl anyways

[cedar smelt]

my oweek sister is from switzerland

lol

[mossy girder]

thats 100% not true bro

[cedar smelt]

whatcha mean

[steady osprey]

wanna bet bro

[mossy girder]

like completely from intl chinese highschool

[steady osprey]

Wanna bet

[mossy girder]

no ABC

no Greencard

no US highschool

[cedar smelt]

yea there are hella chinese kids here

[steady osprey]

https://admission.rice.edu/apply/class-profile

check rn

scroll down

[cedar smelt]

erkgoat u sure no one from switzerland got in last year? my oweek sister is from switzerland

[light drum]

chat @cedar smelt @still canyon my ENGLISH PROFICENCY SCORE DET doesnt show here

what do i do

[steady osprey]

oh shit

[mossy girder]

70

[steady osprey]

@mossy girder

I want to apologize

[mossy girder]

bro

[steady osprey]

I read it wrong

[mossy girder]

70 is INSANE

like do yk how many kids are applying from china

[cedar smelt]

Erm idk lol did u send it in officially?

[mossy girder]

it's a death sentence

[light drum]

yes i did

[cedar smelt]

Email

[steady osprey]

Ask her which part

[still canyon]

maybe it only shows sat?

[light drum]

2 days before the decision day?

[cedar smelt]

u said last year no one from switzerland got in

[steady osprey]

The profile says no so idk??

[cedar smelt]

heh intersting

ok

[steady osprey]

There was no Switzerland listed

[cedar smelt]

u gotta try lol and make sure they got it

[light drum]

see

[mossy girder]

bruh only 3 hong kong kids

insane

[still canyon]

maybe shes also counted as domestic

[olive ingot]

wait i got that the 120k too

is it common

[steady osprey]

Does she have a Swiss Reisepass though? It’s extremely hard to get one and she might’ve lived in Switzerland under a different nationality

[cedar smelt]

Yea she might be counted as domestic i frogot where she said she lives but she went to school in switzerland

[still canyon]

yayy twins
need-based was less than i expected but its still somewhat in the doable-range

[still canyon]

oop clocked

[steady osprey]

boarding school student i assume then

[cedar smelt]

no its not i knew no one from ed1 who gto that scholarship

[light drum]

r u sure i should?

[still canyon]

@cedar smelt how many get the 120k

[steady osprey]

I’m also American abroad and I won’t count as from switz

[still canyon]

r we special

[olive ingot]

being odd number rice simp gives u the scholarship ig :O

[cedar smelt]

yes very. or rice is just being really generous this year...but you guys are very smart and special!

[cedar smelt]

yes, you can't take any risks

[bitter gale]

oo wait thank u email? what do i say

[still canyon]

thank them and mention something specific from the interview

also if you have any questions

ask them in the email

that you didnt get to in the interview

[cedar smelt]

email now

[steady osprey]

Yo it’s almost 1 am and I got school tomorrow fml

[cedar smelt]

go to sleep bud

[still canyon]

why are people still asking me for college essay reviews

[mossy girder]

six seven

[steady osprey]

I will thanks LeBron James

[cedar smelt]

lol how

[still canyon]

thats not tooo bad

[still canyon]

like what deadlines are still open 😭

[cedar smelt]

like none????

LMAO

[steady osprey]

6:45 wake up time to take train to school

[still canyon]

i gts at 3-4am 😭

[cedar smelt]

oh i know they probably want you to rate it

To see if its good

but that doesnt do anything lol

[light drum]

@cedar smelt this fine?

[steady osprey]

I wish people would ask me to rate their stuff but i don’t have as impressive of an acceptance yet

[cedar smelt]

yes schedule it to send tomorrwo at 8 am cst

monday 8 am cst

[still canyon]

theyve been asking me since before
cuz im an english major (well not anymore but it was on the cards)

[bitter gale]

vro what

[steady osprey]

ahhh

[still canyon]

i like helping people

[steady osprey]

me too!!

[cedar smelt]

can you reveal my lil bros essays next year

😆

review

[still canyon]

lebron i think youre more qualified than me 😭
but yes

[steady osprey]

why is your server tag bomb?

[mossy girder]

guys what is the southern ivy

rice or vandy

[olive ingot]

arent they closed tmrw

[cedar smelt]

i didnt apply as ane glish major tho so clearly ur english skills are TOP NOTCH!

[olive ingot]

rice is THE southern ivy

[cedar smelt]

remote operations

so they may be working from home

[still canyon]

its a server my friends and i have 😭
the first tag idea i have was "gays" but my hbs totally slimed me for that

[steady osprey]

LMAO

[olive ingot]

actually rice is better than ivies

[mossy girder]

nah its duke

[steady osprey]

Duke is in NC?

as in north…

[still canyon]

my ex is from duke i fucking hate it

[light drum]

yup done thanks

[still canyon]

well not from

[olive ingot]

stop

[steady osprey]

from?

[still canyon]

he got in ED

[steady osprey]

was he conceived on campus

[steady osprey]

ah

[mossy girder]

ok i guess it's all 3

[still canyon]

he was concieved in the depths of hell

[light drum]

alr imma dip bye yall

[steady osprey]

“Old money reputation” LMFAO

[mossy girder]

kinda is ngl

[steady osprey]

goddamn!

[still canyon]

#🚀-general-chat message

average duke student

[steady osprey]

what the actual fuck

[bitter gale]

lmFAO

[still canyon]

and hes a coke scholar
or well, hes gotten past all the finalist rounds and will most likely make it

[steady osprey]

should’ve clipped that and sent that to admissions but yeah!

[bitter gale]

what the fuck

[bitter gale]

wait yea

[still canyon]

its duke tho all the guys are like that

[bitter gale]

what the fuck

[bitter gale]

bye duke i no longer gaf ab ts

ahh relaxed

[steady osprey]

I know a guy who goes to Duke and he’s literally a sweetcake

[still canyon]

theyre either very nice or satan spawn

[mossy girder]

i havent met a single toxic person from a t20 school

[steady osprey]

lmao fair

[steady osprey]

me too surprisingly

[olive ingot]

this is very true

[steady osprey]

ok peace out people cya Tmmrw

[cedar smelt]

👊

[cedar smelt]

There are plenty

Rice probably has the least

[bitter gale]

yay

[mossy girder]

uchicago has hella toxic ppl tbh

[cedar smelt]

Ya

[mossy girder]

man im telling u

if rice was in the bay or smth i 100% wouldve done ed2 there

[cedar smelt]

grass is green ah statement

if it was in the bay everyone and their moms would want to go

[bitter gale]

rice is lowkey 30 mins away from me

so my mom says she likes it cuz its close but tuition is too high

[cedar smelt]

real

theres a lot of houston kids here

[bitter gale]

do u not do anything extra for scholarship

[still canyon]

merit?

they gave it automatically

[still canyon]

run tuition calculator

[grand shale]

How’d it go?

[tall abyss]

bro i only want to go to rice to participate in the naked run

[bitter gale]

#1418457784172675182 message

[light drum]

bro lasted 18 mins with 4 mins of hi bye introduce urself

[unique loom]

gimme the name

Im a bakerite lol

i feel betrayed man

[cedar smelt]

[unique loom]

hey okay. Baker 13 is a long and storied tradition. We have special rules and everything.

all jokes aside it's a very optional thing. Most people never participate lol

[light drum]

So did u know her

The interviewer

[unique loom]

I didn't get a name

and I ain't going to say if I know her lol

[bitter gale]

bro it wanst anything to do w me

[light drum]

u coulve stetched the convo?

talked more about ur passions and rice

did she full cut u off?

[bitter gale]

yes

[tidal leaf]

Same herer

Cypress?

[bitter gale]

nah

[bitter gale]

does evb know evb

[tidal leaf]

Did you apply Ed2 or Regular?

[bitter gale]

i am close to there tho

[bitter gale]

regular

[mossy girder]

bruh georgia tech ignored my update message but rice responded to me

u think it's cuz gt is done w their decisions

[tidal leaf]

please don't tell me you're not a katy isd kid 😭

[bitter gale]

😓

what does ts meen

[tidal leaf]

IYKYK

[bitter gale]

wait

u said NOT

[unique loom]

what does evb mean

[bitter gale]

everybody

[unique loom]

ah

Rice is a small school but not that small

i would prob recognize a name especially of bakerites tho

[cedar smelt]

I’ve never been to Katy but I’ve heard great things about the city

[bitter gale]

update we like saw eachother yesterday at an event

[bitter gale]

horay

[cedar smelt]

I heard you guys have an asian town

as an asian that sounds very attractive

[bitter gale]

LOL yea

[olive ingot]

asian town?

[cedar smelt]

Yea that’s what it’s called

I think?

[still canyon]

everyone ik from katy is asian

[bitter gale]

me +1

[bitter gale]

katy asian town

[still canyon]

this is a stretch but do you know a nina wang who goes to umich now

[cedar smelt]

I needa gooo I see so many good eats at Katy on reels or tiktok

[still canyon]

dyt most people bring their car to campus

i dont know if i want to
charging will be a nightmare

[bitter gale]

uhhhhhh no

[bitter gale]

fr???

wtf typa food am i missing out on tf

(i dont touch gras lillololol)

[tidal leaf]

the only reason id be going to katy competition is for the food😭

[cedar smelt]

Only if they live in Texas lol

[bitter gale]

grass is greener on the other side

[cedar smelt]

Also electric cars aren’t the move here

[cedar smelt]

Yes bruh I see bunch of good Asian food

But I also go to Chinatown which is already solid

[still canyon]

wait why not

actually yeah the closest chargers were really far

[cedar smelt]

Very few chargers and gas is cheap here

I’m also from Cali so it’s the opposite over there 😆

So many chargers and gas is expensive

[kindred egret]

i did

[steady osprey]

@still canyon @kindred egret when you opened your acceptance letter did it play any music or show confetti?

[mossy girder]

@steady osprey

it has confettis

i opened @olive ingot 's decision w him

[steady osprey]

ah okay thank you

[mossy girder]

dang

good luck bro

it's in 3 days

[kindred egret]

yea there was confetti so my eyes weren’t even looking at the letter yet but I knew I got in

[steady osprey]

ok ok thank you

[steady osprey]

preciate it man I'm hoping for the best but idk

[cosmic tendon]

How bad is it if you didnt req an interview

ed2 intl

[steady osprey]

why didn't you

[steady osprey]

was it available right at the time they said it was? or was there waiting beforehand? just wondering because I'm going to have to stay up till 2am to get my decision

[kindred egret]

it came out the exact time

[kindred egret]

you're fine im also an international and didnt request interview

[cosmic tendon]

yea i got p stressed that i didnt

i sent in an initialview but idk how much that helps

[steady osprey]

ah okay thank you

[steady osprey]

no it helps, I emailed admissions about a rice interview vs a initial view and they reccomended their interview more but they said initial view was still good

@lucid grove how does the server look when it's outside of RD/ED, like in summer? Is it super dead in here or

[still canyon]

i think there used to be a video a few cycles ago, but there was confetti for us 😭
i still havent read the actual letter yet

[steady osprey]

you should!!! Apparently its personalized

[steady osprey]

lowk sucks that there isn't a video because I think that's super cool

[still canyon]

the physical mail is!! but not the letter itself

[grand shale]

Alright today is the day I gotta lock in

[harsh cloak]

AHHHH I hope I get in

[runic kindle]

rice sends personalized letters to all admitted students?

[steady osprey]

I saw on TikTok

[steady osprey]

ok I know it’s the AI overview (booooo) but it’s still accurate to what I’m saying

[runic kindle]

lowkey it might also be them kinda wanting to increase yield rate lol cause ive heard its not great

which is weird cause Rice is a really cool university, but ig its better for us cause they have to admit more kids to compensate for lower yield

[still canyon]

a personalized banner in the mail

[mossy girder]

vandy 🤝 rice

[cedar smelt]

I have a good friend at vandy so only him

[light drum]

@cedar smelt

bruh i already sent them a mail saying my main transcript has my mid year report

do i resend/reply to this mail with that again?

does it rly even matter cuz the decision drops in 2 days anyway

atp my decision is sealed

[cedar smelt]

Yes

Or call them lol

Easier to communicate

[bitter gale]

music? is that common

[bitter gale]

🎊

[bitter gale]

waiit i needa be doing that i be having hella delayed reactions bc i read the letter 😭

[bitter gale]

gll

[steady osprey]

for some schools yeah

[grand shale]

tyy

[steady osprey]

yes ! they did the same thing to me when i emailed them

[light drum]

so what did u do

regarding mid year grades

[still canyon]

why are they expecting midyears already

its not customary to have them finalized before end of january

[steady osprey]

I just emailed them again and explained it again and said they were sent

[steady osprey]

it's optional for ed ii but required for rd, only if you email them do they send that to you

[light drum]

well i jus emailed them saying the mid years are already a part of my main transcript

[steady osprey]

yeah that's the boiler plate email they send to everyone

only after I followed up did they acknowledge it

[light drum]

ahh i see

BRUH

bruh another mail?

whatever im jus not

[runic kindle]

I think cause most schools end first semester before winter break in December? Tho maybe my school finalizes transcripts earlier than most schools

Cause I already have mine

[steady osprey]

you should!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[light drum]

alr bruh

[steady osprey]

pls don't let the bureaucracy discourage you

[light drum]

6th mail of the day

[steady osprey]

lmao

it's okie dokes though

[light drum]

i hope me bothering them this much doesnt effect my app

[steady osprey]

no it wouldn't

I think you're doing what you're meant to do, it's not overly bothering them or anything

[light drum]

alr

i jus sent it

NO MORE NOW

[bitter gale]

cornell w the jan 16 deadline 💀

[bitter gale]

yea lowk idek what is taking them so long

well for my school they have final exam makeups till jan 20 😭

[steady osprey]

yeah me and my friend were freaking out about the deadlines so we had to finish our TOK essays earlier

[bitter gale]

your what essays

[steady osprey]

theory of knowledge (for the IB)

[runic kindle]

Final exam makeups after winter break is interesting

[bitter gale]

cuZ our final exams are the last week of school so theres no other way

except idk why we need 20 whole extra dsys when these ppl had all winter break to study

[runic kindle]

My school doesn’t even do makeups for them if you fail you fail lol

[bitter gale]

wdym

[light drum]

@steady osprey

what the fug

[bitter gale]

its not for if u fail its if u cant come and miss the week

[steady osprey]

oh.

well at least you've definetly demonstrated interest!

[light drum]

bruh...

[steady osprey]

I highly doubt they'll actually take that long ❤️

and were your grades significantly better than before?

[light drum]

no...

[runic kindle]

Ohh at my school I’ve only ever heard makeups in the context of failing a test and making it up later to get a maximum of 70 (minimum passing grade)

[light drum]

😭 🥲

[steady osprey]

I think by now they already made the decisions lowk, they are jus prepping stuff so unless it was a dealwinner (like it would've increased your chances significantly) it'll be a okay

[light drum]

yup

[steady osprey]

it

is so nerve raking

[bitter gale]

that called a retest

[unique loom]

i believe in you all lol

[bitter gale]

and the makeup is like makeup ap exam

[mossy girder]

rice responded to my update email in like'

3 hours

[light drum]

oh alr

[mossy girder]

oh wait nvm

it took them 2 days

bruh time is passing by so quickly

wtf

[steady osprey]

I HOPE YOU DO TOO

[steady osprey]

LMAO

[steady osprey]

thank you I really appreciate it

[light drum]

yo can anyone whos alr in this class

take like an ss of there acceptance offer letter or smth

i jus wanna see how it looks

[olive ingot]

ull get confetti

[steady osprey]

pretty please

[olive ingot]

when u open the thing

[still canyon]

confetti

[still canyon]

this is what it looks like (after confetti)

and address blurred

[steady osprey]

thank you

[steady osprey]

oh no!!! /j

[light drum]

ts so cool

[olive ingot]

u also get a paper version in the package/envelope thing they send u

i got like a week and a half after decision

[steady osprey]

YOU GOT AN ACCEPTANCE PACKAGE
please show

[still canyon]

its an envelope 😭

cool stickers though

[olive ingot]

i didn't take pictures of the letters

[light drum]

BROOOO TS FIRE

[steady osprey]

WOAHHHH!!!!!

[still canyon]

the other side of that banner is personalized^^

[steady osprey]

Ah!!

[olive ingot]

yea

[steady osprey]

YESSSS I HEARD

[olive ingot]

i think they just took the stuff from ur why major

and then added "at rice"

[still canyon]

its cool but not too exciting

[olive ingot]

yea

i was just looking forwarrd to which thing they would refer to

[steady osprey]

Oh that’s cool

[still canyon]

they misinterpreted my why major

[olive ingot]

they could've said smth about dinosaurs smh

[steady osprey]

🙁

I’m so excited lowk

[olive ingot]

how does this happen 😭

[still canyon]

i dont think they were reading very closely

appreciate it tho 💯

[grand shale]

interview in 2 hours

ahahaha

im so nervous

[bitter gale]

gll

[steady osprey]

GOODLUCK!!! YOU GOT THIS

[bitter gale]

i mean no one can be worse than me at interviews and mine was fine so i think youl be fine

[olive ingot]

good luck!!

[steady osprey]

yeah its weird how late they added it to their story

did anyone else also get the email way earlier?

[light drum]

Yeahh

[light drum]

Ofc

[steady osprey]

okok

[still canyon]

for us they didnt even post on their story until the day of/before i think 😭

[steady osprey]

RICE ED 2
2 days
52 hours
3149 minutes
188940 seconds
until Wednesday, 28 January 2026, 19:00:00 (Houston time)

[grand shale]

nooo im sure you did well

[cedar smelt]

LFGGGG

[bitter gale]

yea thats what im saying

even I did well

[light drum]

FUCKING FINALLY

@steady osprey @cedar smelt

Do i write a thank you mail to this or js let it go

[steady osprey]

HI!!! I'm happy they responded so quickly, I knew they would.

[light drum]

they jus removed it off my chcklist all togther

[steady osprey]

You can write a thank you mail saying thank you for being so prompt, but it is unlikely they will respond to it, depends on your personal preference tbh. For me I typically don't because they will just read it and not respond, and it's just another email for them to read.

[steady osprey]

yeah but it'll probs show back up check marked later

But in this case @light drum I'd probably send a thank you email but keep it really short.

[runic kindle]

Does Rice care a ton about ECs like standout ones like research or super selective competition awards and stuff

Cause lowkey I feel like my ECs are too mid even tho I’ve been dedicated and have leadership in them, and I don’t think essays can carry me that hard 😭

[grand shale]

wait it went well

😭 all this only to get rejected

[unique loom]

your interview?

Current student or alumn

[chrome helm]

help i didn’t say thank you to my interviewer through email

[light drum]

jus send it now

stop crine

[grand shale]

alum

[unique loom]

...out of curiosity, I just checked my old emails

[light drum]

what major was he

there

[unique loom]

I didn't say thank you either

lmoa

[light drum]

oh

ew

[grand shale]

she now is a computer scientist

[light drum]

did she say anything about ELEC/engineering there?

give her view on anything

[grand shale]

funny enough she works in the same building my dad does

[grand shale]

no... she kept trying to sell me on the sports analytics major

[light drum]

she was selling u?

[grand shale]

her partner did the major i applied to

[light drum]

ahhh i see

[grand shale]

no like talking it up

[tall abyss]

rice portal astrology

[light drum]

ull get banned, dont talk about it

[grand shale]

does this matter?

[unique loom]

oh nah I was just curious

[grand shale]

ahhh ok

[tall abyss]

i talked about cold emailing one of the rice professors in my essays even tho the dude couldnt have me work for him he gave me like 10 emails at rice that were looking for help

[still canyon]

i also forgot, but she emailed me after i got in so i told her then

[tall abyss]

im praying ts like the trump card that gets me in (it wont)

[unique loom]

wait what department

[light drum]

i did that too

for all my colleges...

i found so many ppl from purdue but not one rice guy replied to my mail

NOT ONE

i mailedlike 8 of them

[still canyon]

physical mail 😭

[light drum]

no

email

dude

[still canyon]

i know

[light drum]

bruh

[still canyon]

god

[still canyon]

do you actually think i believed you were mailing envelopes to rice staff lol 😭

[tall abyss]

goat

[light drum]

idk

[tall abyss]

thres gotta be atleast 1 person in a2c who has done this before

[unique loom]

ahhh social science

the school that has the most students actually

[grand shale]

ok i've done what i could

now to wait until march 😭

[tall abyss]

actually? wtf

did not know that

[grand shale]

i applied to social sciences

[tall abyss]

yea same

[still canyon]

REALLY OMG YAY

[unique loom]

ye it's a common misconception that engineering or natural sciences is biggest

[still canyon]

what major

[tall abyss]

anthro

[still canyon]

sport management?

[tall abyss]

im praying my school gets wednesday off too 😭

[grand shale]

sports analytics yea

wbu?

[still canyon]

sopa
and english minor probably

[bitter gale]

yayy

[grand shale]

sorry whats sopa

[tall abyss]

pre law?

[grand shale]

yeah i think she liked me... from the beginning she was like "my job is to get you into rice"

[bitter gale]

no way

[still canyon]

yes

[unique loom]

social political analysis

[still canyon]

policy something something

[grand shale]

and at the end she was like "i'll write up a nice report for the admissions office, fingers crossed for ya"

so surely thats good

[light drum]

ohh thats fire

[grand shale]

oh wait thats really cool, i thought you were doing anthro

[light drum]

bros being set up from the rice gods himself

[tall abyss]

i wonder how many frisco kids end up going to rice 🤔

[still canyon]

are you from the 'sco

[bitter gale]

bruh if only

im lit cs major too

[tall abyss]

the SCO

[still canyon]

i know two people from frisco who are rice '29

[bitter gale]

but u got that

[grand shale]

she works in my dad's building 😭😭

[tall abyss]

bro i live in the SCO and i didnt get an interview which is why im COOKED

like genuinely how does that happen

unless they dont want me

[still canyon]

i bet its just a lot of interest
because i live in dallas proper, and from what i know about the suburbs, EVERYONE applies to rice

[grand shale]

idk one of my essays was lowk too apsirational the change agent one

[still canyon]

bc proximity

[tall abyss]

mmm

screw FISD bruh

😭

[still canyon]

DISD on top

[tall abyss]

screw UT asw

ngl

[still canyon]

what why

[tall abyss]

deferred 💔

[still canyon]

love UT
i wanted to see what would hv happened for 40 acres i got invited but i withdrew my acceptance already

[still canyon]

what major

[grand shale]

i know ricei s private but does texas resident help

[tall abyss]

public health

[tall abyss]

actually ive seen more non texas residents

[grand shale]

hmmm

[still canyon]

not technically, tho a lot of tx residents apply due to proximity so there's a greater representation of them by default

[grand shale]

right this makes a lot of sense

[grand shale]

that doesnt add to 100?

oh wait im a dumbass

[tall abyss]

somone already got flat out rejected from rice with significantly better stats than me ed1

😭

lets see how ed2 goes

[grand shale]

are you intl

[tall abyss]

nah im from tx

[grand shale]

rice is a hard school to get into

rejection is always the most likely outocme

[tall abyss]

yea but the person genuinely seemed like they would get in or at least deferred

you never know though

🤷‍♂️

[grand shale]

i mean rice probably isn't like upenn that basically defers all domestic ED applicants

they probably selectively defer

[tall abyss]

i got flat out rejected brown

not expecting much but we'll see

[grand shale]

what are your stats if you dont mind me asking

[tall abyss]

dms

[grand shale]

k sorry for asking here bro

[tall abyss]

u good boss 🫡

[tidal leaf]

same here

If i get in im gonna try to a lot of research at baker and kinder

tbh

[still canyon]

oh sweet what major

[tidal leaf]

Political Science

[still canyon]

my interviewer emailed me after i got in about baker and kinder connections she had
yay

[still canyon]

nice!
i applied as sopa, idk if i want to keep it though

[tidal leaf]

Only problem with rice is that

theres not really direct with state leg

and I wanna go into state leg for ai policy

[still canyon]

true but do we want to work with texas state leg 💀

ah i see

[tidal leaf]

well

some of the people there are interesting

[still canyon]

im sure theres good opportunities nonetheless

[tidal leaf]

thats all ima say

i have a good amount of connections but i hope rice can extend it tbh

but thats if i get in

[still canyon]

ed2?

[tidal leaf]

yeah

im in cypress

rice is good one for me

[cedar smelt]

[bitter gale]

oo r we combining them now

[tidal leaf]

The demand is rising but people haven't realized

The big policy foundations don't have policy experts on Ai yet

[bitter gale]

u better lock in on that mcq now

[tidal leaf]

💀

Shh

[bitter gale]

ull be on the other side of my stuff

cuz im making ai ig

[tidal leaf]

Nah

3 years of HS Comp Sci is enough for state leg

[bitter gale]

i see

[cedar smelt]

Hopefully you catch the wave. You should be able to. I’m heavily invested in AI/tech stocks, I see that legislation surrounding AI is starting to ramp up but it still not prominent just yet. Please pass legislation that will make me rich.

[tidal leaf]

Not many in the states' ruling party that Ik of has realized the need for AI legislation.

[cedar smelt]

Yes, but it’s starting to get recognized

Very early stages

Just pls don’t kill it or else my money gone

[tidal leaf]

I'm starting to try to convince a candidate for a powerful statewide office to do an initiative Ai, but I'm not sure how far it's gonna go.

[bitter gale]

woa

[steady osprey]

@light drum Mid year grades were also removed from my portal

[harsh cloak]

Same, they were a ticked item before and now they are just not there

WHAT DOES THIS MEAN!?!!?!?!

[unique loom]

oh it's tomorrow

wowie

[steady osprey]

It’s because it’s optional for ED ii applicants and they probably don’t want them freaking out about how there’s an x there

[steady osprey]

yes!!!

[light drum]

ONE DAY

[steady osprey]

IKKKK it's crazy

you want it in hours minutes seconds again?

Look what I found

[olive ingot]

whered u get this 😢😢

[steady osprey]

Rice AO gave it to me at a college fair a year or two ago and I've had it in my room ever since

[olive ingot]

woah

i wish i had one 😔😔

unfortunately my ao didn't visit this year

[steady osprey]

you get an acceptance package though no?

[steady osprey]

mine did and I lowk felt I wasted the conversation by talking about how I used to live in Tx and talking about sports

[olive ingot]

yea but there was no flag thingy

flag > banner

[olive ingot]

i mean u spoke w them tho!

i spoke w mine when i went to houston

i feel like you just wanna show that u a real person and not a bot

[steady osprey]

but the banner says personalized stuff though

[steady osprey]

eggxactly but they recently switched the AO so the one I had talked to previously wasn't here this year or last year, so G9 and G10 I was forgotten

[olive ingot]

i want a flag too lol

:P

[steady osprey]

you can probably get one lowk

how long after you were accepted did your acceptance package arrive @olive ingot

[olive ingot]

i search up rice flag and i get korean flags 💀💀

[olive ingot]

it was like a week and a half

december 22

so 9 days later

[steady osprey]

this is absolutely diabolical, I think you need to order it from their merch store

[steady osprey]

ah okay thank you

[olive ingot]

ooh its like 12 bucks

[steady osprey]

fr?

[cedar smelt]

Ok

[olive ingot]

ok

[steady osprey]

but it

is probably much bigger

mine is like about an iphone 17 pro and a half

[olive ingot]

how much is shipping 😭

[steady osprey]

wait where is the rice university merch store

like online

[olive ingot]

ykw ill just buy it when i visit campus again

[steady osprey]

just incase I get accepted im buying stuff

[olive ingot]

https://www.bkstr.com/riceuniversitystore/home

[olive ingot]

where r u from?

[steady osprey]

like originally or where I live now?

[olive ingot]

where u live now lol

cuz if u live close enough i would say to just visit in person

[steady osprey]

switzerland

[steady osprey]

can

[olive ingot]

oop

😭😭

[steady osprey]

*can't do that unfortunately

😢

[olive ingot]

shipping gonna cost sm 🥀

[steady osprey]

if I get accepted I'm visiting in April

[olive ingot]

wait if u get in ur prolyl gonna be at owl days

yea

and then u can buy stuff then

[still canyon]

its kinda lame

[steady osprey]

well most schools don't even send one

[cedar smelt]

The banner is nice though. It's personalized.

[still canyon]

no offense

dont tell them i said that lebron

[cedar smelt]

Free shirt too, but it loosk ugly lowk

[still canyon]

its so ugly

[cedar smelt]

Yea lmao

[still canyon]

im going to cut the collar hopefully it looks better

[cedar smelt]

Its fine, you will get plenty of free shirts during oweek lmao

[still canyon]

but guys cant do that it would look goofy

outta luck

[cedar smelt]

Lol yea i see a lot of girls cut their rice shirts to make it look better

Valid

[still canyon]

i did appreciate the stickers

they were heat

[steady osprey]

thats lovely

[still canyon]

the swede

[steady osprey]

yes

[still canyon]

she has this MASSIVE crush on this guy who's a mechE freshman at rice right now

like massive she spent all of last year stalking him

[steady osprey]

steal him

[still canyon]

im sure lebron knows who he is

[steady osprey]

no way

[still canyon]

NO BUT
I TOLD HER I HEARD FROM SOMEONE AT RICE THAT HES GAY

for the pure love of the game 😭 meanwhile i havent spoken to this man

[steady osprey]

LMAOOOO

valid

[still canyon]

shes a horrible person lmao

[light drum]

I feel like ur the horrible person

Who does that

[still canyon]

do you know the backstory twin

no one is talking to you

[light drum]

Okay

[steady osprey]

it's ok bro dw

[light drum]

Nah Imma dip from here bye yall

[still canyon]

good luck tmrw twin

[steady osprey]

THANKs

[still canyon]

oh good luck to you too

[olive ingot]

good luck peeps 🙏🙏

[still canyon]

im excited for ed2
more friends hooray

[unique loom]

oh these mfs are a HUGE pain in the ass to fold

like stuffing that stupid thing into an envelope

hell

[steady osprey]

LMAO noooo they just gave it to me at a fair

[cedar smelt]

27 hours

[light drum]

exactly one day left 💀

[still canyon]

good luck guys!!

[tall abyss]

https://tenor.com/view/i-could've-sworn-there-was-a-gif-of-this-whatever-squid-game-squid-game-edit-squid-game-edit-meme-i'm-so-scared-gif-12360771953743496060

[urban halo]

what is this gif name

[mossy girder]

good luck!

[gentle flume]

For the Financial aid section on the Rice Portal, it tells me that I have Foreign Income documents pending. However, I and my family, live in the US so technically we have no foreign Income. So what do I submit if I have to submit anything at all ?

[short veldt]

good luck to all rice applicants!

[cedar smelt]

It’s ed2 not rd

[light drum]

♥️♥️

[tall abyss]

“im so fucking scared”

[steady osprey]

It's today guys!!!

ED 2

I wish everyone the best

I hope we all get in

[light drum]

♥️♥️

[steady osprey]

❤️

rice please I need this

[tall abyss]

same

😭😭😭

hope we all make it

[steady osprey]

me too

how many people here actually applied for Rice ED II?

[light drum]

Uhh like 4-6 i think

[steady osprey]

damn that’s not a lot

[light drum]

I'm predicting only like 500-700 ppl

Applied in total

Considering they finished so quick

[mossy girder]

when is it

[light drum]

So they'll accept like 40 prolly which isn't good odds

[light drum]

Uhh 12 hours and 21 mins

[mossy girder]

nah

they accept hundreds

[light drum]

Not for ed2

Cuz it's binding...

[mossy girder]

bro there's only one other person in this server who did ed2 to vanderbilt

im lile the only person talking in that thread

[light drum]

Rice is better so a lotta ppl hee applied

[mossy girder]

lol

vandy is better

[light drum]

Let's stop kidding ourselfs

[mossy girder]

vandy is the og southerni vy

and it has better weather

rice is better for engineering

[light drum]

Rice basically is an Ivy...

[mossy girder]

vandy is better for med

[light drum]

If I get in I'll glaze it or else fuck rice

[mossy girder]

lmao

bruh vandy/jhu/uchicago all releasing in over 2 weeks

[light drum]

Uiuc gtech uw madison umd maybe purdue

All releaseing in 2 days

[mossy girder]

ya im getting gt back in 2 days

[light drum]

Gl