Rice University (2025-2026)

[grand shale]

oh rip

if you requested one you're good

[hazy plume]

yea i requested

lowkey i wouldn't want to go to to rice as much

but it's still worth a shot

[grand shale]

👍

still requested that interview so thats great

[hazy plume]

yea that's true

[hardy dawn]

not getting an interview has no effect on u

it is just an opportunity to show who you are beyond an application if they give u one

most my friends at rice never got interviews

[compact saffron]

I’ll tell her!! Dk if she’s too much of a discord person tho :P

[grand shale]

But I believe everyone should at least request one

To show a little interest

That’s my attitude

[hardy dawn]

yeah u should request one fs but its fine if he didnt get one

[grand shale]

Of course

Control what you can control

[steady osprey]

Ah okay

[brisk bridge]

what do i do here?

i applied for fee waiver

[steady osprey]

International don’t qualify for fee waiver

[brisk bridge]

how do i pay it then

i dont see an option via ommonapp

[steady osprey]

In your portal I think you can do it

if not email them

you got this

[terse oyster]

Has rice removed the mid year grades from the application checklist for anyone else applying rd?

Mine was submitted a couple of weeks ago and was on the checklist as received, but it’s no longer there when I checked this morning

[grand shale]

same they removed it for me too

[terse oyster]

Alr

[terse oyster]

You submitted yours right

[grand shale]

i still had my cousnelor submit mine like a ocuple days ago

[steady osprey]

They removed it for everyone. They confirmed they had received mine and it disappeared from the portal

[terse oyster]

Alright thanks for letting me know. I had emailed admissions just in case because I wasn’t sure, but this is reassuring

[steady osprey]

Yeah, it’s good you emailed them to confirm it. I think they are going to add it back into the checklist soon, the reason they removed it (at least in my opinion) is that it was telling Rice ED II people they had to submit MYG (even though they don’t).

[steady osprey]

hey rice people

how are we feeling on Groundhog Day!

[ember niche]

When should I submit update

[runic kindle]

What update?

[ember niche]

Like for deferral

[olive ingot]

like now

[ember niche]

oh

Due date is uhh

March tho

[olive ingot]

well u wanna give them time to consider it

I think you might wanna ask in another channel too

[ember niche]

Well it’s fine I need to start soon anyways

Yea I’ll ask some other ppl ofc

[ember niche]

O

Lowk I’ve been doing absolutely nothing lol

I guess I’ll submit this week then

nice nice

I’m from ed1 lol

It’s been 2 months

nice

Hopefully u do well on hackathon

Ngl I gave up on academics in sr year lol

But I have some things I can still write abt

[short veldt]

oh awesome

what hackathon

[placid otter]

bro does rice not give app waiver

why won't my commonapp waiver work

don't tell me i have to pay 75 dollas for ts

🫩

[steady osprey]

If you're international you don't qualify for it.

[steady osprey]

.

[placid otter]

yea i had to pay

🫩

pmo

[steady osprey]

worth it for Rice

like seriously

[austere wren]

um i dont see rice on my idoc portal

and my app portal has checkmarks for everything

am i good or not

[steady osprey]

I like your name, oh also @open violet sorry for the ping I feel like you’d know the answer

but check your rice financial aid section then?

[still canyon]

rice wasn’t in my idoc either

but they lwk nerfed me with this aid so might not be a good sign

[austere wren]

oh ok ty

[steady osprey]

Bro my name literally used to be pikachulover347 this is a blast from the past

[austere wren]

how likely is it that if i send my css late, my eligibility for free tuition for low income would be denied if i send late

[steady osprey]

how late r u?

[austere wren]

😭

[austere wren]

sent feb 1

processed prolly today

[steady osprey]

when was it due

[austere wren]

feb 1

[steady osprey]

ah then probs not a problem

they always allow slight leeway yk

Because there can always be delays and such

[austere wren]

sweet, but is it a possibility if im a couple days late?

or just a late award letter

[steady osprey]

I would email admissions and let them know

[runic kindle]

Is CSS/FAFSA for RD also been due or is that due later?

[steady osprey]

Just go “dear Rice admission, I hope this email finds you well. Im writing to inform and apologize that my CSS document will be received late” or something like that

[steady osprey]

Has been due

[austere wren]

due feb 1st

[steady osprey]

did bro forget to send fafsa and css 😭

[austere wren]

oh ok thanks pikachulover2 i will remember u forever

[steady osprey]

LMAO I gotchu, come back to the rice chat if you have any other questions or just dm me!

[hazy plume]

wait erk what was ur rice box

[still canyon]

u should be good

mine was like
a little late but the aid was still on time

[hazy plume]

i didn't send css yet 😭

[still canyon]

omg get on it twin that shit takes a long time

[hazy plume]

no i finished just never sent to rd colleges

[runic kindle]

Didn’t know it was due already 😭

Would they accept it 3 days late or am I just cooked?

[still canyon]

they will

[open violet]

iDoc typically only shows if you're missing anything after submitting your CSS Profile (and FAFSA if you qualify for it)

[open violet]

it's preferable that you send your FinAid app as fast as you can, bc Rice likes to send out acceptances with your scholarship and financial aid package attached

[open violet]

they'll take it, but do not wait much longer. they have less than 2 months until RD decision release, so they need all the time they can get

[jaunty saddle]

if i wont qualify for need based aid do
i still need to send css

[steady osprey]

well I mean if you're shooting your shot for aid yes?

[terse oyster]

Do you need to send css for merit scholarships or nah? I won’t qualify for need based aid

I’ve sent my fafsa to every university tho

[steady osprey]

are you international?

[terse oyster]

Domestic

I’m from Texas

[still canyon]

no

[steady osprey]

no

(as in no you don't need to)

[open violet]

the CSS profile is still needed to complete your FinAid app for Rice, even if you've already submitted the FAFSA

[open violet]

no, neither the CSS nor the FAFSA are required for merit scholarships. for merit aid, all admitted students may qualify, but whether or not you get any of that money depends on the competitiveness of the applicant pool this year

[hardy dawn]

its called like trustee distinguished scholarship right

[olive ingot]

yuh that's one of them

idk what the others are

[hardy dawn]

i'm still eligible for merit scholarship if i apply for aid right

[grand shale]

yes bro

[steady osprey]

Yeah

[hearty turret]

who here doing RD 🥶

[grand shale]

Me

[runic kindle]

Me

Don’t have high hopes tho Rice is too hard

[hearty turret]

tuff

[jaunty saddle]

me

[hearty turret]

i think its like 10% RD

[jaunty saddle]

i feel i have a chance my essays were alright and i had a great interview

[hearty turret]

or 8%

[hearty turret]

during my interview the persons roommate walked in and i nearly lost it😭

[grand shale]

Good interview and alright essay but good major fit

[runic kindle]

i liked my essays but got no interview

[hearty turret]

im pretty rice jus does it randomly

doesnt really matter

[runic kindle]

i believe its like 6% for RD

yeah i just hope rice vibes with my essays and think my ECs are good enough thats the biggest part

[hearty turret]

did yall actually try for the box photo

[runic kindle]

wdym try, like make something?

[hearty turret]

did u put in effort to make it like decent

[runic kindle]

i just put a pic of me holding my just born niece in the hospital

who was born a couple months ago

[hearty turret]

i just took a quick photo of a plane model

[hearty turret]

Ooo shii thats niche

i was under the impression ppl try and make em super high quality

[runic kindle]

i mean it can be abt anything with some relevance to you

holding my newborn niece was an important moment for me, regardless i doubt it influences much at all

the other parts of ur app matter infinitely more than the box

[hearty turret]

imagine if you dropped them 😨

[runic kindle]

bro hell no 💀

[still canyon]

less

[still canyon]

its nonevaluative so doesnt matter

[grand shale]

Around 5-6

[still canyon]

mine was a troll basically

[hearty turret]

im jus imagining you with a smartphone in 1 hand the baby in another 😭

[grand shale]

ED skews the number

[still canyon]

they dont review your app but its location/availability based

[hearty turret]

I think its prob availability

[runic kindle]

oh nah i didnt take a pic while holding her 💀 someone else took a photo of me holding her

[still canyon]

i know its availability 😭

[hearty turret]

type shit

[runic kindle]

idk how rice wasnt available to interview me when i live in texas tho 😭

[still canyon]

availability
high # of tx applicants

[hearty turret]

what major yall doing

[runic kindle]

oh shoot ur right lol

[still canyon]

i applied under something TOTALLY diff to what im doing now lmao

[runic kindle]

i applied for electrical as first choice, materials engineering as second

[grand shale]

Sports analytics

[runic kindle]

and i put psych as 3rd....tho nothing on my app had anything abt psych i just put it randomly

[hearty turret]

yo niche ass major bro

[runic kindle]

hopefully they dont care

[hearty turret]

Tuff

i applied for the AI major

[grand shale]

My ECs line up like crazy im ngl

[hearty turret]

u prob got it then niche ecs for a niche major

[grand shale]

And my interviewers hubby did that major and she was lowk convincing me to go

[hearty turret]

a niche gem

[runic kindle]

@still canyon do yk if Rice cares that much abt second or third choice major in admissions. like my why major essay was all abt my first choice

[still canyon]

my ECs very fit to major
i kinda catfished admissions because i was gonna switch anyyways 😭

[grand shale]

Still tough

[still canyon]

thats okay, i didnt really reference my 2nd/3rd choice

[hearty turret]

i lwk fucked up the interview the guy asked for my yt channel i forgot to send it after 😔

[runic kindle]

oh cool

@hearty turret what abt you

the major u chose

oh wait u said AI mb lol

interesting not just CS tho

[hearty turret]

Yes

i will be the reason RAM prices are high

[still canyon]

lol the person who said they got in ed2 messaged something on app questions 😭 they were a troll

[runic kindle]

i just wanna do robotics and make robots 🥲

thats all i did in highschool too

well not literally but yk

[hearty turret]

i wonder if ur discord tag could relate to this🤔

[runic kindle]

lol yeah thats the robotics comp ive been in for a while

[hearty turret]

i volunteered to be the driver at my schools ftc then crashed into the band closet

then i promptly retired 🥶

[runic kindle]

wait like u left the team?

[hearty turret]

Nah im joking i jus wasnt really active after that

cuz i tapped into other ECs

[runic kindle]

oh sad

yeah understandable

[hearty turret]

did yall ed2 anywhere

i did ed2 to uchicago might have airballed though

[runic kindle]

nah i didnt ED anywhere itd be stupid

cause i dont even know if my parents would allow me to leave the house nor am i sure abt financial aid of any college

[hearty turret]

wym leave the house dont u gotta leave for college 😭

or acc are u hella local

[runic kindle]

i mean living on my own

90% of ppl in my community end up commuting to UTD from their home

for college

not living on their own or moving out for college

[hearty turret]

can you commute to rice?

[runic kindle]

#1 Rice is a 6 hour drive away

#2 Commuting to Rice takes away so much of the normal college experience that id like

so no

[still canyon]

utd is 4 hours away from rice

[still canyon]

7?
are you in the DFW?

[runic kindle]

yes

[still canyon]

because then it should only be 3-4 hours

not 7 😭

[hearty turret]

what city is Rice in again

[runic kindle]

Houston is a 6 hr drive from me lol

[still canyon]

but still not commutable

[hearty turret]

oh right Houston

[still canyon]

wait you applied to rice?

[hearty turret]

wait crazy mandella effect i thought it was in Dallas

😭

[still canyon]

yikes

[runic kindle]

nah lol Dallas doesnt have any super good schools

[still canyon]

the only good school we have is SMU tbh

[runic kindle]

UTD is fine and the safety everyone here goes to but like

I want UT or higher lol

[still canyon]

ut is a t30 😭

but good luck

[runic kindle]

yeah exactly

[runic kindle]

nah SMU is full of rich annoying people (from what ive heard) i dont like that school

[still canyon]

i did research there, i mean youre not wrong 😭

[runic kindle]

loll

[hearty turret]

im in the DMV yet 32 ppl at my school applied to my rice 😭

[runic kindle]

whats DMV?

[still canyon]

maybe because its a t20 😭

[runic kindle]

im assuming u dont mean the driving thing

[still canyon]

virginia dc maryland

[runic kindle]

oh interesting

[hearty turret]

yes

[hearty turret]

ye but even more then harvard and mit

[still canyon]

because we're better than harvard and mit

[runic kindle]

well more ppl apply to Rice from my school than those cause....Texas

but still only abt 5 people per year apply Rice

[hearty turret]

Yall mad lucky for that auto-admit texas law

[still canyon]

yeah omg it let me have 0 safeties or matches
i only applied to reaches

[runic kindle]

im not 🙁 external circumstances screwed my ranking past top 5% so im a bit scared for UT even tho all my other stuff is good enough

PS: top 5% at my school is only 3 people 😭

[hearty turret]

isnt it top 10% u guaranteed

top 5% is just UT austin

i think

[runic kindle]

yea but the only public school i care abt in Texas is UT

[hearty turret]

yall also got texas tech

[runic kindle]

UTD i alr got accepted to in november

[still canyon]

shitty school tho

a&m is... okay

ut is the only good one but even that got really worse this year

[hearty turret]

goated sports though 🥹

[runic kindle]

a&m doesnt guarantee engineering major even after an entire year at the school

so i didnt apply there

[hearty turret]

every state should have this law

[runic kindle]

nah more holistic review imo is better

[still canyon]

the law actually sucks

everyone is a rank chaser

[runic kindle]

u dont know the quality of a student outside of grades for this auto admit rule

[still canyon]

university admissions is insanely overworked

[hearty turret]

Damn

my school system doesn't do class rankings 😭

[still canyon]

yeah when i went to tour rice the rice AO used to work for UT and she said she hated it because you never got to actually learn about the applicant

[hearty turret]

i think they could do like certain GPA requirements or smth like that

like having a guarantee is good

[runic kindle]

nah gpa isnt standardized across schools

so hard to implement

[runic kindle]

lucky

[hearty turret]

ye its to prevent rank chasing so ur kinda right

[grand shale]

Pls rice I need this

[gentle flume]

https://tenor.com/view/ishowspeed-meme-trying-not-to-laugh-laugh-homeless-gif-9458928528704746136

[gentle flume]

Me too

[cedar smelt]

Ur location doesnt matter lol

Its all online interviews

It's all random, dont worry about it

[gentle flume]

Pls rice we need this

[hearty turret]

whats the craziest thing thats happen at the rice campus when yall were there rice students

[bitter gale]

me

[compact saffron]

me too

[unique loom]

define crazy

[hearty turret]

most like idk random stuff

like dorm fires

diabolical stuff 3am evacuations

[surreal belfry]

me and i probably won’t even get in 🗣️

[hearty turret]

u got king UMD though so ur chilling

[surreal belfry]

ur right i wouldnt even go to rice anyway

rejection hurts a little sometimes :,)

[still canyon]

noo u should believe in yourself calico twin

[surreal belfry]

ugh but i feel like my supps are bland

idk

whatever

[tawny heron]

Unrelated but I love how we share one mutual 😭

[tawny heron]

Me too 💔 😭 all my friends did ED

And now they’re chilling in the rice discord

[hearty turret]

we will be joining ur hbs in march 😂 ✌️

[tawny heron]

I think one of them friended (or at least attempted) every single rice admit 😭

Now I share one mutual with everyone in this channel

[tawny heron]

WOOO 🔥 we can feed the squirrels together

[still canyon]

oh yeah, i havent talked to them yet but i know they are in the rice discord lol 😭 i think they friended everyone

[tawny heron]

He did 😭

He was talking about how the rice AO still hasn’t accepted his friend request 🪦

[lucid grove]

Networking at its finest

[runic kindle]

Cooked

ED2 a scam fr

[runic kindle]

If I got rejected from UT (offered CAP) is it wraps for Rice…

I was non-auto but I thought ECs or essays were good enough ;-;

[olive ingot]

nah trust

🙏🙏

[runic kindle]

Nah but realistically now I don’t have any hope for this school now either

[still canyon]

ut and rice two different schools that are in no way contingent on each other

[tawny heron]

nooo believe 😭 🙏

[ember niche]

I trust

[tawny heron]

but also like UT prob doesn't go as in depth as rice would on fit and stuff due to the sheer amount of applicants they have (?)

so if you have good essays and whatnots you will probably have a higher chance!

don't give up yet ❤️

[runic kindle]

I’m just worried that if my profile isn’t good enough for UT then what chance is there at Rice 💔

My only cope is that ppl have gotten rejected from UT but into MIT and Princeton before

[tawny heron]

it's gonna be you with rice trust 🔥

[runic kindle]

Thanks bro

[hardy dawn]

nah

ut is goofy

they rejected hypsm kids

[runic kindle]

Really? You saw any?

[hardy dawn]

my friend got in MIT last year

rejected ut

well capped

[runic kindle]

Dude I applied to MIT, I hope this same thing happens to me 😭

Why do you think UT rejected if they were good enough for MIT?

[hardy dawn]

too many applicants they get things wrong a lot of the time

or yield protection

[runic kindle]

Do yk what major they applied for

[hardy dawn]

i think cs

competitive ☠️

but idk

[runic kindle]

And their rank, cause I feel like rank is the main reason I got rejected

If I was auto I rlly feel like I could’ve gotten it

[hardy dawn]

yeah i dont think rank matters too much if ur not auto but like texas sort of glorifies class rank so idk

[runic kindle]

But instead only top 15% cause of extenuating circumstances

[hardy dawn]

like ivies and stuff dont look that deep into ur rank

as long as its not fully cooked

[runic kindle]

Oh thank god

[grand shale]

At least you didn’t get straight up rejected

[hardy dawn]

does UT only CAP?

[grand shale]

I didn’t get cap

[hardy dawn]

tf

[runic kindle]

I mean CAP is essentially a soft rejection, even if I were to do it major still isn’t guaranteed lol

[hardy dawn]

r u oos

[grand shale]

Yes

[hardy dawn]

yeah i think they mostly cap in state

idk

[grand shale]

Oh damn

[runic kindle]

Oh they don’t offer CAP to OOS

[hardy dawn]

all my friends got capped

[runic kindle]

So that’s prob why straight rejection

[hardy dawn]

likely yeah bc no one at my school in tx got rejected

well ther emigh tbe

but my friends all got capped

[steady osprey]

Yeah 8% ish

[steady osprey]

I probably would’ve been rejected from UT tbh

OOS and in state is lowkey insane

Only my friend who got into Yale got accepted at my old school in tx

[steady osprey]

(Don’t know tho)

[austere wren]

hi pikachulover dos

i got into uta 😎

[steady osprey]

Hello

[steady osprey]

nice!!!!

Congrats man

[austere wren]

ty ty, now we see if i get into rice

[steady osprey]

yes!!! We can hope

How low is your gpa to call yourself “low gpa guy”

[austere wren]

people started calling me academically disqualified since i got into cockrell with my stats lol

3.55 uw / 1320

[steady osprey]

lmao nah

[steady osprey]

people are usually wrong

[austere wren]

haha its all good, im just playing into the joke

im just stuck deciding between both schools, rice is a lot closer than ut

ill cross that bridge when i get there

[runic kindle]

yeah ik UT isnt as holistic as most top schools

being top 5% rank for auto admit matters WAY too much

so hoping Rice or MIT can see my value and fit unlike UT 😔

[tawny heron]

They will don’t worry 🙏

[olive ingot]

its test recommended

[steady osprey]

ya

[unique loom]

r i c e

[olive ingot]

🍚🍚🍚🍚

damn it's almost been a quarter of a year since ed results

[compact saffron]

lol

the rd wait is killing me

[olive ingot]

less than 1 month!

[compact saffron]

true

but i just want all of this to be over 😭

i want to know where im spending the next 4 years of my lifeeeeee

i NEED to

[olive ingot]

trust trust you got this 🙂‍↕️

[compact saffron]

ty rice simp 🥹

if (WHEN) I get in I’ll revive the rice ‘30 discord which I’m sure is dead 😭😭

[olive ingot]

surprisingly its not dead 😭

i muted it cuz it was beign too loud 😭

[grand shale]

I just realized I sounded super ambitious for a line in my rice essay

Might be over

[fluid glen]

stop looking at them after u submit

[tawny heron]

Ong bro don’t reread I swear if I reread mine it’s like 10000% more cringe 😭

[fluid glen]

genuine advice. i FOUND TYPOS IN MY PRINCETON ONE

[tawny heron]

Let the past stay in the past 🥹🥹🤞

[tawny heron]

TWIN I FOUND TYPOS IN MY RICE ONES

[fluid glen]

its quirky trust

shows ur an innovator

yfm

they wnatchu bad

[tawny heron]

Fr fr

U are so right twin

Spitting facts right now

[compact saffron]

it will be twice as loud when i get there

[unique loom]

it's very active lol

I don't read half the stuff in there

[cedar smelt]

[runic lion]

Does rice take new awards/ecs

Also anyone know when rice rd comes out?

[olive ingot]

prolly late march

[olive ingot]

send in an update

[strong lake]

Should be March 25-27 based on past releases

[grand shale]

Is it just me or does rice send hella emails

[fluid glen]

its been march 26 like two years in a row i thjnk

[compact saffron]

i dont think so, but i enjoy reading them so maybe im biased lol

[strong lake]

Yes. They send out emails if you’re subscribed to their admissions page even in reading season whereas other admissions offices don’t send out anymore emails after the deadline

[severe crystal]

Did everyone get that housing email

[severe crystal]

ivy day lol

[fluid glen]

this yr yes

[compact saffron]

i think so

i got it

[grand shale]

Yes

They promote a ton

[severe crystal]

dam 😢

[unique loom]

did any of you email and ask about the dress code of a tradition they mentioned lol

[runic kindle]

Why?

[unique loom]

just curious

[compact saffron]

does rice have a naked tradition like stanford was it??

[frozen remnant]

t20s try not to streak challenge

[unique loom]

that wasn't what I was referring to here

but uh yeah

[compact saffron]

tf is wrong with us colleges

[unique loom]

hey now

it's a time honored tradition

we love Baker 13

[runic kindle]

Tradition justifies too many things

[compact saffron]

just read about it, thats ten times worse than a simple naked tradition

if someone presses their shavin cream slathered butt on MY dorm room they shouldnt expect to see daylight again

[ember niche]

lol I needed to lock in for rd apps

but now I’m allowed to be jobless

[olive ingot]

j*bless

bro i highk need a j*b

i accidentally got pulled into a very expensive hobby 😭😭

[ember niche]

what?

i started collecting pokemon lol and lowk im already down 5k

[olive ingot]

photography 🥀🥀🥀

i bought a camera and 1 lens and now im broke

[ember niche]

oh wait

my friend also got into that 2nd semester lol

but that was last year

[olive ingot]

shit is so expensive 😭

bro rice doesn't even give free creative cloud fahhh

i need to cop a research position or on campus job asap

[ember niche]

yea i remember going with him to a random place to get a secondhand camera off craigs list lol

[olive ingot]

thats boutta be me

bro im gonna get kidnapped

[ember niche]

lol

To be safe u can always meet in front of police stations

[olive ingot]

LOL

[jaunty saddle]

this shit too real

[ember niche]

Yea it’s so cooked but I can’t stop buying

[severe crystal]

wanna buy mines gng 😭

I got a psa 10 or whatever

[ember niche]

lmao what do u have

[severe crystal]

I bought it in

japan

so idek

💀

[ember niche]

I’m trying to get a psa 10 skyridge articuno but like every single one is overpriced 🙁

[jaunty saddle]

just got a phantasmal flames etb for $50 at my kroger’s vending machine

gonna open it on my bday

[ember niche]

bro packs are so scary to open

its like a college decision letter

what if u dont get anything good

[jaunty saddle]

real

but it’s for my bday so 🤷

even tho i paid for it

oh well

[ember niche]

lol gl hopefully u get the zard

[jaunty saddle]

🙏🙏🙏

if i did i would trade it

it’s not my favorite card

[ember niche]

o

whats ur fav card?

[runic kindle]

Wait is doing research at universities usually paid?

I thought in college if I wanted to do research I’d have to do both a part time job and research cause I assumed research would be unpaid

[olive ingot]

i think research is paid

normally

but high school research is usually not paid

[compact saffron]

i hope it is

[olive ingot]

i think

[compact saffron]

you are an adult working

[olive ingot]

(my prof wasn't able to figure out how to pay me)

[compact saffron]

you should be receiving compensation

[olive ingot]

but he knew how to pay college students

^

[compact saffron]

couldnt he pay ur parents?

either way ig for hs research its more justifiable bc hs students typically have to be taught how things in the lab work??

like the learning is the compensation

ig u could say the same thing abt undergrad research tho

oh well

🫠

[runic kindle]

I mean college research

If I could get paid to do research then I won’t have to do a part time job in college which would be great

[fervent sundial]

that and a lot of research is being cut so its hard to even pay college students!

[open violet]

not unless you take a class that requires access. i got free access to the full suite after taking a photography class. managed to keep that subscription for a few years after graduation before the department finally cut me off

[open violet]

research at Rice can be either a paid position or compensated with course credit (there's also unpaid positions, i believe, but def don't hear about them as much)

[olive ingot]

ig I'm taking digital photography now :D

[olive ingot]

that's be weird lmao

its ok I'm learning a lot

[compact saffron]

oh, I can see how

[open violet]

nah, be cooler and take black and white film photography instead. you get to use the darkroom to develop your film

[olive ingot]

i did that in high school

first sem senior year

so i wanted to do more digital stuff

the film photography was actualyl rage baiting me at times

[runic kindle]

Dang ur high school had a specialized class like that?

[olive ingot]

nah its just photography 1

and sem1 has darkroom stuff

i couldn't fit band into my schedule so I took photo for my arts credit

its rly fun tho

im glad I'm taking it

[iron haven]

when does rice come out

[olive ingot]

march

[runic kindle]

No it’s April 1st

[olive ingot]

oh fr?

[void solar]

just pirate it smh

got exceedingly bored

[olive ingot]

dawg 😭

how did u eve nfind me here

[void solar]

wait i lit like

saw your original rice celebration msg

💀

and also i was just scrolling through the threads

and rice was the top one

and then i looked in

[olive ingot]

bruu

[steady osprey]

hi rice(ees)

[olive ingot]

🍚

[runic kindle]

Not yet 😔

[steady osprey]

you applied RD right?

[runic kindle]

Yup

[still canyon]

surprisingly it’s not

[still canyon]

REALL i only just started talking 😭😭

[still canyon]

not confirmed yet

[still canyon]

i can’t waittttt

[olive ingot]

sureeee

[severe crystal]

when is ts?

[open violet]

some time later this month usually

[severe crystal]

k

[upper dirge]

Someone I know got their acceptance today

[compact saffron]

to rice??

[cedar smelt]

Proof?

[chrome helm]

larping

[terse oyster]

When does rice come out

[runic kindle]

When was the decision date last year

[runic kindle]

Send the proof bro

[torn urchin]

Yoink

[compact saffron]

March 26th

[upper dirge]

I can’t it’s on his insta and shows his name

But I swear he sent an ss of his acceptance

No if he is trolling IDK about that

[upper dirge]

Yes

[compact saffron]

Either he’s trolling or got an early acceptance

There’s nothing on my portal

[runic kindle]

Definitely trolling

[olive ingot]

tf

[severe crystal]

scholarship or sum?

[runic kindle]

Ngl the message wording doesn’t seem professional enough which makes it seem a little fake

[compact saffron]

the letter in itself looks pretty legit tho

[severe crystal]

i agree

but

i think its fake

hes just good at faking

[hardy dawn]

trustee distinguished scholarship?

is this their form of likely letter lol

[fervent sundial]

oh he faked it lol

the same picture is on google

let me send

[compact saffron]

Just looked up rice acceptance letters and that is the message they use

[runic kindle]

Lmaoo

[compact saffron]

even with the date?? 💀

That is the one thing convincing me it’s legit

[fervent sundial]

look at the confetti

[compact saffron]

Like it doesn’t look fake

[fervent sundial]

the confetti in the screenshot is coincidentally at the same spot

falling..

[hardy dawn]

holy fake

[fervent sundial]

.

[compact saffron]

ur absolutely right

[hardy dawn]

whats the point in doing this then putting it on ur story

[gentle flume]

Ikr

[compact saffron]

attention

[runic kindle]

Yeah exact image lol, definitely fake

[fervent sundial]

like id believe it but i feel like when u have confetti that falls, the chance of it being at the exact same spot..

[runic kindle]

All this just to get most likely rejected on the real decision day lmao

[strong lake]

Schools don’t just release results early. It will only be in the form of a likely letter.

[fervent sundial]

oh here is a better picture

[upper dirge]

Damn gg

I deleted it because he is a good friend so didn’t want him to get made fun of online

But yeah it does seem to be fake

[fervent sundial]

omg he stole that picture from the uh

guy who got rescinded from brown

after he transferred from columbia

there thats higher quality u can tell

its the same picture

[compact saffron]

Sometimes they do though

Mostly to those at the top of the pool

[hardy dawn]

yeah I dont think rice did likelies this yr

[compact saffron]

I have seen it

[runic kindle]

Tell ur friend to stop chasing clout

[compact saffron]

I’ve never heard of rice likelies tho

[hardy dawn]

same i dont think they do them

[strong lake]

Rice did not do likelies, and even likelies don’t come in the form of an acceptance letter with a changed date.

[compact saffron]

Most probably

[upper dirge]

An actual ED2 friend of mine also got it outside of the actual release date

Like a week early. That one I know isn’t fake because he committed and payed(and took the placement test)
So it is possible

[compact saffron]

Yeah, Rice this year actually released ed2 superrr early

like Jan 28 I believe

[cedar smelt]

Stop spreading fake information please. RD is not out yet; Rice does NOT do likely letters.

[compact saffron]

No one is??

We were discussing whether a supposed acceptance letter was real or fake

[steady osprey]

p sure it was fake no?

[open violet]

in my experience, Rice has never sent a likely letter in the past decade+. i don't think they're gonna start that with the amount of apps they keep getting

[hardy dawn]

yeah it was confirmed that image was fake

someone took it from google and changed the year

[grand shale]

nah they'll make an exception for me

[torn urchin]

Yo what’s

[severe crystal]

fr. I mean they really like us

[dry tide]

theyre gonna send all of us a likely letter

[tawny heron]

Speaking facts right now 🗣️

[hardy dawn]

WE are gonna get the first likely letters in rice history

[compact saffron]

Yep

[cedar smelt]

https://tenor.com/view/speed-ishowspeed-speed-stream-ishowspeed-stream-speed-nod-gif-1082323842437565509

[drowsy ravine]

whens rd day

[runic kindle]

When do they typically announce it?

[fluid glen]

march 26 for two years in a row i think

[lucid grove]

It’s not gonna be on ivy day

It better not

My prediction is Wednesday the 25th 8pm ET

[lucid grove]

A few days before iirc

I forget exactly how many

But not many

[strong lake]

^ probably this

[fluid glen]

u da goat so i cant even say nun

[runic kindle]

got rejected from both UT and MIT now Rice is actually wraps

[gentle flume]

We lowkey on the same boat

[open violet]

ok, but UT Austin is legit hard to get into if you're not an in-state auto-admit, and even then, you might not get your major. MIT is just difficult af normally. don't stop believing just yet

[runic kindle]

thank you ❤️ my essays are so community centered i rlly hope they do

[grand shale]

mr. fort is spitting that wisdom

[white oracle]

When does rice releas

[olive ingot]

this month

[steady osprey]

bro lock the fuck in. You don’t know that yet. You got ts

can’t be a Debbie downer til it happens

and besides I believe you can get in

[terse oyster]

What’s better for an electrical engineering major, Rice but full cost of attendance or Texas A&M full ride

[frozen remnant]

tamu

don't go into debt for college

also idt rice eng is that good right

[terse oyster]

Parents can afford rice full cost, I won’t have to go into debt personally

[terse oyster]

It’s pretty good overall

[steady osprey]

Rice engineering is good. Surely better than TAM

[steady osprey]

How comfortably can they afford it?

[frozen remnant]

i stand corrected, rice i was not familiar with ur game

[steady osprey]

If they can’t comfortably afford it go to tam. If they can I would go to rice, but are you waiting on your decision?

[steady osprey]

looked up the ranking or?

[frozen remnant]

nah

i just thought it was a humanities school lowk

no one from my school ever applies to rice

[steady osprey]

lowk it’s right by nasa

[frozen remnant]

like i dont think we know this school exists

[steady osprey]

no one puts respect on that

[steady osprey]

yes that’s the one thing about rice

[olive ingot]

mfw when i ed'd for stem 😭

[white oracle]

thank you.

[wise sky]

🍙 jelly donut university

[chrome helm]

😲😲

[deep nimbus]

when does rice results comes out usually

[still canyon]

its the opposite of a humanities school

😭

also... whats georgetown again? i've never heard of it

[runic kindle]

It’s mainly stem?

[grand shale]

It’s honestly a good mix of both

[runic kindle]

Good news for me if it’s top in engineering cause that’s what I’m applying for lol

[grand shale]

I applied to sports analytics

Which it’s #1 for but idt that matters to much

[frozen remnant]

top premed school

[steady osprey]

late night. I was up till 2 am. They will tell you in an email that they send. You will definetly get notice beforehand, so don't worry

[steady osprey]

oh which engineering did you say you wanted to study?

[cedar smelt]

No one thinks rice is a humanities school

It’s the most stem school ever

Quit the rage bait ain’t no way you said rice engineering is not good

[olive ingot]

yea rice is good for everything ong yes yes 🙂‍↕️

[grand shale]

its good but way harder to get into purdue

which does have a better engineering program than rice

¯_(ツ)_/¯

[chrome helm]

it’s mainly pre meds and engineers at rice right

[runic kindle]

I think cause I don’t usually see Rice in top 10 or so for much engineering compared to say

UT or UMich or Berkeley or MIT or Georgia tech yk

Those schools are known engineering powerhouses

[grand shale]

dude forget those schools, gimme purdue engineering over rice

[runic kindle]

Electrical and Computer 🙂

[runic kindle]

Purdue is another one

[grand shale]

give me virginia tech engineering

[runic kindle]

But like I’d rather go to Rice over all those schools cause of all the other factors lol

[grand shale]

actually that might be a hard one

[steady osprey]

lovely

[grand shale]

you're doing aero right

[grand shale]

what about cost 💀

[placid otter]

yo rice come outttt

when r we expecting

25th?

[grand shale]

i think i have a good chance at rice compared to the other schools ive applied

(upenn, cornell, NU, berk, la)

[runic kindle]

Aid?

[grand shale]

is rice generous with aid

[runic kindle]

All those out of state schools are hella expensive with no aid

But rice gives out good aid I’ve heard

[grand shale]

oh ok

[olive ingot]

rice gives merit too

[steady osprey]

considering ECE + Math lowk

[grand shale]

smart

[steady osprey]

Chloe predicted the day before Ivy Day, but I expect you'll receive an email soon

I got one 1 week + before the decision release date

[grand shale]

i did sports analytics but if i go, i'd probably transfer out of it to statistics

and double major in sports analytics

[steady osprey]

Correction, I got it 8 days before decision release

[grand shale]

they had less ed2 applicants, so maybe they got to RD applicants quicker

i think they are still going to release near ivy day tho

[cedar smelt]

No one cares about rankings

That shit is stupid

[steady osprey]

I personally believe that there was more balance of ED II, I think they tested it out last year and didn't expect the volume of application

[cedar smelt]

“Babson is ranked higher than Yale omg it’s better 😱😱”

[steady osprey]

rice doesn't admit by major btw

[grand shale]

Purdue is well known for engineering, more well known than rice for engineering

not a hot take at all

i think engineering programs in general are similar, maybe better research at rice because its smaller

[grand shale]

oh really

nvm them haha probably going to be very very difficult

[cedar smelt]

Yeah I won’t disagree with that of course Purdue would be more well known for engineering

Quality of education though? Might be the same

[grand shale]

sure i dont disagree

with this

[cedar smelt]

Rice might have a leg up with the smaller class size

[steady osprey]

ya

[grand shale]

i also agree with this

[cedar smelt]

Yes and business

[grand shale]

rice pre-med i've heard is extremely extremely good

like up there with harvard, emory, etc

[cedar smelt]

Yes it is

We’re right next to the largest medical center in the world

Super easy to get research even if you’re a freshman

[runic kindle]

what about opportunities outside of the classrom, like getting engineering internships or research or joining a project team

[runic kindle]

hmm on the a2c polls here the past two years acceptance rate for RD have both been 24%

[grand shale]

thats actually insane

[cedar smelt]

Research and joining a project team easy

We have rice electric vehicles

Racing

Eclipse

Rice bikes

Internships obv u gotta lock in

No school will “hand” an engineering internship at a company to you

[runic kindle]

yeah thats fair

yo rice has some fire stuff cool

[chrome helm]

is rice bio harder to get into than rice bio engineering

[runic kindle]

wait so is it not like those other competitive engineering schools that needs like 3 rounds of interviews before being able to join a club 💀

cough Cornell

[grand shale]

georgia tech isn't like this at all

you are free to explore!

if you want research/club, you'll get it

(quick gt plug my bad)

[runic kindle]

u dont even go to GT 💀

[grand shale]

i probably will at this rate

if I dont get off CMU waitlist

[cedar smelt]

Nope lol we’re pretty inclusive

Most interviews you’ll do for a club is 1 and it’s usually bhsinsss clubs

[cedar smelt]

Rice doesn’t admit by major

[grand shale]

Then why do they have a why major essay 😭

I had to spend another hour writing ts

[cedar smelt]

So they can know why u wanna study ur preferred major

[grand shale]

So while I’m not getting admitted to said major, they evaluating me in context of the major I select

[cedar smelt]

I guess? Not sure but they say they don’t admit by major

[grand shale]

Ah ok

I have a bunch of sports analytics ECs so I really thought it would help me with the sports analytics major

[cedar smelt]

It will

You should choose a preferred area of study rhat matches ur profile ofc

[grand shale]

👍

Forgive my stupidity I can be slow at times

[cedar smelt]

You're good

[upper dirge]

Can someone look at my essay real quick? The community essay might have had some issues so just wanted someone to check

[olive ingot]

theres like nothing u can do now lol

[grand shale]

agreed

[runic kindle]

Ngl could I see it for fun

I wanna see what other ppl have written for that essay

[upper dirge]

I will send in DMs

[runic kindle]

Ok

[iron haven]

Did anyone apply to communication here

Does rice even have communication major

[cedar smelt]

No

[iron haven]

Do they have media study major

I lwk want to transfer here

Rice seems so cool

https://tenor.com/view/rice-basmati-best-rice-behsad-real-basmati-gif-15608864

[runic kindle]

Why didn’t you just directly apply here

[iron haven]

It’s too late lol I m senior

💔💔

[runic kindle]

Yeah I know why didn’t you apply earlier in the year

[steady osprey]

haha

[steady osprey]

I can look at it @upper dirge

[upper dirge]

Thanks I will dm

[steady osprey]

Yeah nw

[open violet]

yeah, Media Studies is one of our newest programs here. Check out what classes might look like here.

[lucid grove]

Guys who is your March madness pick

[hardy dawn]

duke

caleb foster injured tho

[frozen remnant]

arkansas

🗣️

[cedar smelt]

rice

[olive ingot]

rice aint even in march madness 🥀

[iron haven]

https://tenor.com/view/rice-chef-chris-cho-cooked-rice-asian-rice-cooking-gif-20952894

[open violet]

if only our girls had beaten UTSA in the conference championship then i could've picked Rice for the women's tourney

[steady osprey]

duke (rice women's missed 🙁 )

[drifting jolt]

Anyone know when Rice is dropping

[drifting jolt]

o

ok

wow that's like a week

[high fog]

bruh

p late

icl

[steady osprey]

They gave an email 8 days before ED II so prob expect one this week or the next announcing the date

[olive ingot]

the ed1 email was 4 days before release

so email should be soon

[steady osprey]

yes

[drifting jolt]

Ohh ok

[sleek olive]

can rice stop spamming me with their emails 💔

[sleek olive]

I eat rice everyday

[hardy dawn]

fr bro its baiting me to think im getting in

[olive ingot]

yall got this

[sleek olive]

was slate/idoc thing even proven for other unis?

aint no way it actually worked

[hardy dawn]

nah it doesnt matter

its all just freaked out applicants trying to find a reason of hope to get in 😭

[somber copper]

so it should be 7 days from now

[iron haven]

I’ve been eating rice since I was 1

Rice let me in plz

[ember niche]

Wait I haven’t received a single rice email lol

[tawny heron]

pretty sure u sign up to be on their mailing list 😭

[ember niche]

Wait it was after I got deferred that I stopped recieving

So idk

[sleek olive]

not the finding your family at rice email

[ember niche]

No 🙁

it’s ggs I’m cooked

[sleek olive]

when does rice usually release rd?

is it a day before or after ivy day

[grand shale]

ive gotten that way earlier

💀

[grand shale]

i guess so

[sleek olive]

25th according to a2c calendar

[grand shale]

my bad i didnt read your message fully

reasonable to speculate for next week

Wed-Fri

[sleek olive]

maybe maybe maybe

already saw how much of a bloodbath last year

[grand shale]

im hopeful rice is like the only reach i have a shot at getting intp

[uneven lion]

anyone willing to review my rice supplement essay? i know im gonna get rejected anyway so id like to know everyone's thoughts

[grand shale]

just wait a week

im sure it was fine

[uneven lion]

I saw someone else doing this on this server and they got accepted so

Day 1 of manifesting rice acceptance as a questbridge applicant

(This school will be the death of me I swear)

Day 2 of manifesting rice acceptance as a questbridge applicant

[echo orchid]

is anyone able to access rice

financial meeting

[uneven lion]

wdym

[echo orchid]

check dm

[grand shale]

Gng

What does this even mea

[echo orchid]

nvm

[charred fox]

next week is going to be so stressful

😞😞

[olive ingot]

manifesting is goated

[steady osprey]

if you're talking about updates for when it releases you're automatically signed up through the portal

[steady osprey]

who was it lol

[olive ingot]

u shudve been here in November 🥀🥀

[steady osprey]

well I was in the https://discord.com/channels/786557653924708373/1400589090465910817

[olive ingot]

rice is better anyway

[steady osprey]

but I made my name Rice for like two to three months before I received my decision anyways

[steady osprey]

real

I'm just excited to see who here gets into Rice

it'll be cool to have the influx of people to the disc server

[olive ingot]

yesyes indeed

[drifting jolt]

Rs

Manifesting for u too

As a fellow qb kid

I applied to Rice thru CA tho

[ember niche]

Nah weren’t u on like day 50 when decisions dropped

Ur the goat for that

[olive ingot]

46 lmao

I wrote 54 pages tho

[ember niche]

loll

[steady osprey]

y’all wanna see the rice wall?

[sleek olive]

yes

[sleek olive]

ooo nice

stickers look fresh out of pinterest

[sleek olive]

how was rice for you?

[steady osprey]

They give you them in your acceptance package

which you will hopefully soon get 🤞

[steady osprey]

haven’t been yet I’m Ed II

[steady osprey]

and the banner says something customized idk

[sleek olive]

isnt it something related to why you got accepted, right?

[rancid tree]

nope, some people were saying that "decisioned" meant reject at JHU, not true. even IDOC requests and stuff don't mean anything.

[sleek olive]

it would be strange for people to tell from slate/idoc, no way a college would let them know early

[rancid tree]

yeah a lot of these schools are also need blind so the admissions office works separate from financial aid

[steady osprey]

yeah kinda

[echo orchid]

Did anyone do rice business

[uneven lion]

From people who've been accepted to rice, how good is the aid? Ive heard good things

[olive ingot]

i got good merit

even as an ed kid

no need aid tho 🥀 (didn't apply 😭)

[uneven lion]

https://tenor.com/view/man-praying-black-man-praying-black-man-praying-and-crying-man-praying-and-crying-gif-23376408540985609

"no need aid"say it aint so

[drifting jolt]

Rice aid is p good

well I'm not accepted but

I went to SOAR and good aid was one of their main selling points

[olive ingot]

well i didnt apply for it cuz my parents thought it would lower my chances 💀

[drifting jolt]

I forgot the "cutoff" (guidelines) for a full ride but yeah there's good need based-aid and there's merit aid too

[olive ingot]

so glad i got merit

[uneven lion]

really hope you all get accepted as for me ive accepted my fate💔

[drifting jolt]

damn

I hope u get accepted twin

[olive ingot]

nono trust 🙏🙏

u got this

[drifting jolt]

ye

I believe

we got it

[runic kindle]

I know someone who applied for Rice business

[gentle flume]

If anyone in this chat is actually getting rejected, it’s me

[grand shale]

Anyone apply for rice sports analytics

[runic kindle]

Nah it’s me

[surreal belfry]

i’ll take one for the team (i’m not getting into this school)

[sand swallow]

any idea when rice is coming?

ts my last hope

before the blood bath on ivy day

[runic musk]

i think day b4

[sand swallow]

wtf

these colleges r gonna ruin my vacation 😭😭😭😭

[compact saffron]

Nah, I will take that spot twin

[still burrow]

nah

ill take it for both of you guys 🥀 🥲

[steady osprey]

guys don’t be negative

you got this

[formal moon]

Wait I’m sorry if this has already been asked but does anyone know when the decision will come out

[strong lake]

Usually it’s 1 day before Ivy day. So 3/25 EST evening

[formal moon]

ooh scary

okay

[uneven lion]

Day 3 of manifesting rice acceptance as a questbridge applicant

[steady osprey]

we don’t know yet, but you’ll def get an email this week or the next telling you when

ED II was 8 days (they sent me that email) before and ED I was 4 days before (according to @olive ingot)

[grand shale]

What if it just drops today 😭

[steady osprey]

they will DEF give an announcement

[sand swallow]

can it drop before 25th so it doesn't ruin my vacay

rice pls

my last hope