Rice University Statistics Selectivity, Students Entering Fall 1998: Freshmen Transfer Students Test Scores Class Rank Distinctions Faculty Facts and Distinctions Enrollment and Class Sizes Majors, Schools, and Degrees Tuition and Financial Assistance Undergraduate Profile Ethnic Enrollment Student Demographics Commencement and Beyond Retention and Graduation Degrees Awarded Postgraduation Pursuits National Recognition Rice Resources		Selectivity, Students Entering Fall 1998 (Annotations)
		Freshmen
		Number of applications			6,463
		Students admitted			1,527
		Admit rate			24%
		Students enrolled			642
		Yield rate (percentage of admitted students who enrolled)			42%
		Rice admits students without regard to financial need and meets 100% of the demonstrated need of students who matriculate.
		Decision Plans
		Early Decision:
		Number of early decision applicants			429
		Number accepted*			138 (32%)
		Number enrolled			131 (95%)
		Interim Decision:
		Number of interim decision applicants			2,064
		Number accepted**			672 (33%)
		Number enrolled			290 (43%)
		Regular Decision:
		Number of regular decision applicants			3,970
		Number accepted			717 (18%)
		Number enrolled			221 (31%)
		*29 were deferred and admitted under a later plan. ** 58 were deferred and admitted under Regular Decision.
		Transfer Students
		Total applicants			354
		Number of students admitted			67
		Admit rate			19%
		Students enrolled			44
		Yield rate (percentage of admitted transfer students who enrolled)			66%
		Note: Mid-year transfer slots are not always available. Transfer admission rates vary greatly from year to year.
		SAT Scores
		Verbal, SAT I:
		Top 25% of class scored above			760
		Top 75% of class scored above			640
		Math, SAT I:
		Top 25% of class scored above			770
		Top 75% of class scored above			670
		Composite:
		Top 25% of class scored above			1510
		Top 75% of class scored above			1340
		ACT Scores
		Range	Applied	Admitted	Enrolled
		36-34	123	63	23
		33-31	329	62	26
		30-28	273	32	18
		27-25	143	13	6
		24-22	54	2	2
		<22	96	4	3
		Advanced Placement
		Number of entering students receiving AP credits			446
		Average number of credit hours earned			18.5
		Class Rank
		Percentage who were ranked #1			22%
		Percentage who were ranked #2			12%
		High school class rank in top 5% (includes #1 and #2)			77%
		High school class rank in top 10% (includes ranks above)			88%
		Note: These percentages exclude students from schools without ranking systems. Of this year's freshmen, 165 were unranked.
		Other Entering-Class Distinctions*			Number
		National Merit Scholars			168
		High school varsity athletes			210
		Organization presidents			168
		Editors-in-chief (newspapers, yearbooks)			50
		Community service activists			137
		Members of student government			72
		Student Council presidents			15
Senior-class presidents			9
Boys State or Girls State participants			30
Speak more than one language			79
Participants in drama or debate			117
...and a Presidential Point of Light award recipient for organizing a statewide youth summit focused on community service; a panelist for National Public Radio's "All Things Considered;" the co-chair of the Kansas City Mayor's Task Force on Race Relations; the President of the Connecticut State Student Council; the founder of a city-wide blood platelet collection center in California; a member of the NAACP Youth Council; the Grand Prize winner of the USA Mathematics Olympiad; and many, many more.... * Within this section, the only statistic that is attested is that concerning the number of National Merit Scholars. Other distinctions were self-reported and not part of the permanent student data base.     Go to Top of Page Go to the Rice University Undergraduate Admission Web Page Go to the Rice University Main Web Page Preliminary Selectivity, Students Entering Fall 1999