Rice University Statistics Selectivity, Students Entering Fall 2004: 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 2004 (Annotations)
		Freshmen
		Number of applications			8,106
		Students admitted			1,802
		Admit rate			22%
		Students enrolled			727
		Yield rate (percentage of admitted students who enrolled)			40%
		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			559
		Number accepted			168* (30%)
		Number enrolled			161 (96%)
		Interim Decision:
		Number of interim decision applicants			3,349
		Number accepted			938** (28%)
		Number enrolled			327 (35%)
		Regular Decision:
		Number of regular decision applicants			4,202
		Number accepted			616*** (15%)
		Number enrolled			210† (34%)
		*Eight (8) were deferred and admitted under a later decision plan. **Thirty-six (36) were deferred and admitted under Regular Decision. ***Forty (40) were admitted from the wait list. †Twenty-nine (29) of those admitted from the wait list enrolled. The total admitted includes three (3) admitted students who will enroll in Fall 2005.
		Transfer Students
		Total applicants			403
		Number of students admitted			107
		Admit rate			26%
		Students enrolled			58
		Yield rate (percentage of admitted transfer students who enrolled)			59%
		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			660
		Math, SAT I:
		Top 25% of class scored above			780
		Top 75% of class scored above			670
		Composite:
		Top 25% of class scored above			1510
		Top 75% of class scored above			1350
		ACT Scores
		ACT Composite Score
		Top 25% of class scored above			34
		Top 75% of class scored above			30
		Advanced Placement
		Number of entering students receiving AP credits			541
		Average number of credit hours earned			24
		Class Rank
		Ranked #1
		Applied			683
		Admitted			309 (45%)
		Enrolled			94
		Ranked #2
		Applied			239
		Admitted			102 (43%)
		Enrolled			28
		Top 5% (includes #1 & #2)
		Applied			2,494
		Admitted			896 (36%)
		Enrolled			339
		Top 6-10%
		Applied			665
		Admitted			90 (14%)
		Enrolled			44
Top 11-20%
Applied			568
Admitted			55 (10%)
Enrolled			36
Top 21-30%
Applied			223
Admitted			16 (7%)
Enrolled			12
Top 31-40%
Applied			101
Admitted			5 (5%)
Enrolled			5
Top 41-50%
Applied			49
Admitted			7 (14%)
Enrolled			7
<50%
Applied			62
Admitted			4 (6%)
Enrolled			4
Unranked
Applied			3,948
Admitted			733 (18%)
Enrolled			280
Other Entering-Class Distinctions			Number
High school varsity athletes			375
Community service activists			465
Organization presidents			249
Multilingual			197
Members of student government			145
Class presidents			37
Drama/Debate participants			149
Boys State or Girls State participants			24
Published authors			13
Editors-in-chief (newspapers, yearbooks)			21
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