Is it hard to get into Rice University?

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Tasneem Hoda | Contributor-Level 10

a month ago

According to various sources, Rice University has an overall acceptance rate of around 9% making it very selective for international student admissions. Some of the general admission requirements for international applicants are given as follows:

ACT/SAT scores
Overall Student's GPA
Letters of Recommendation
High School Class Ranks
Financial Support Statement

The admission and enrollment highlights along with the acceptance rate at the university are given as follows:

DECISION PLAN	APPLICANTS	ADMITS	ADMISSION RATE	ENROLLED
Early Decision	2,953	486	16.5%	470
Regular Decision	28,106	1,961	7.0%	655
TOTAL	31,059	2,447	7.9%	1,125

<p>According to various sources, Rice University has an overall <strong>acceptance rate</strong> of around <strong>9%</strong> making it very selective for international student admissions. Some of the general admission requirements for international applicants are given as follows:</p><ul><li>ACT/SAT scores </li><li>Overall Student's GPA </li><li>Letters of Recommendation </li><li>High School Class Ranks </li><li>Financial Support Statement </li></ul><p>The admission and enrollment highlights along with the acceptance rate at the university are given as follows:</p><table style="width: 92.3418%; height: 125px;" border="1" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1"><thead><tr><th style="width: 24.0157%;" scope="col">DECISION PLAN</th><th style="width: 19.8819%;" scope="col">APPLICANTS</th><th style="width: 12.9921%;" scope="col">ADMITS</th><th style="width: 26.7717%;" scope="col">ADMISSION RATE</th><th style="width: 16.3386%;" scope="col">ENROLLED</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td style="width: 24.0157%;" data-label="Decision Plan">Early Decision</td><td style="width: 19.8819%;" data-label="Applicants">2,953</td><td style="width: 12.9921%;" data-label="Admits">486</td><td style="width: 26.7717%;" data-label="Admission Rate">16.5%</td><td style="width: 16.3386%;" data-label="Enrolled">470</td></tr><tr><td style="width: 24.0157%;" data-label="Decision Plan">Regular Decision</td><td style="width: 19.8819%;" data-label="Applicants">28,106</td><td style="width: 12.9921%;" data-label="Admits">1,961</td><td style="width: 26.7717%;" data-label="Admission Rate">7.0%</td><td style="width: 16.3386%;" data-label="Enrolled">655</td></tr><tr><td style="width: 24.0157%;" data-label="Decision Plan">TOTAL</td><td style="width: 19.8819%;" data-label="Applicants">31,059</td><td style="width: 12.9921%;" data-label="Admits">2,447</td><td style="width: 26.7717%;" data-label="Admission Rate">7.9%</td><td style="width: 16.3386%;" data-label="Enrolled">1,125</td></tr></tbody></table>

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Anushree Sinha | Contributor-Level 10

3 months ago

Yes, Rice University is a very competitive university to get into, as its acceptance rate stands at merely 9%. This figure tells us that only 9 out of every 100 applicants manage to get enrolled in the university, which is less than half of all the applicants. However, students must not get discouraged and fulfill all the Rice University admission requirements, i.e.; academic qualifications, standardized test scores, English language requirements, as well as relevant documents, to boost their chances of securing an admission in the university. Also, students must apply to the university within the deadlines in order to get en

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