Institution	Program (Season)	Decision & Date	St1	Date Added	Notes
Rice University	Chemistry, PhD (F20)	Rejected via E-mail on 18 Mar 2020 Undergrad GPA: 3.94 GRE General (V/Q/W): 163/162/3.50 GRE Subject: n/a ♦	A	10 Apr 2020
Rice University	Chemistry, PhD (F19)	Rejected via E-mail on 18 Mar 2020 Undergrad GPA: 3.94 GRE General (V/Q/W): 163/162/3.50 GRE Subject: n/a ♦	A	10 Apr 2020
Rice University	Chemistry, PhD (F20)	Rejected via E-mail on 18 Mar 2020	I	21 Mar 2020
Rice University	Chemistry, PhD (F20)	Rejected via E-mail on 19 Mar 2020 Undergrad GPA: 3.63 GRE General (V/Q/W): 149/168/3.00 GRE Subject: n/a ♦	I	18 Mar 2020
Rice University	Chemistry, PhD (F20)	Rejected via E-mail on 18 Mar 2020		18 Mar 2020
Rice University	Chemistry, PhD (F20)	Rejected via E-mail on 18 Mar 2020 Undergrad GPA: 3.77 GRE General (V/Q/W): 159/166/4.00 GRE Subject: 880 ♦	I	18 Mar 2020
Rice University	Chemistry, PhD (F20)	Rejected via E-mail on 26 Feb 2020 Undergrad GPA: 3.90 GRE General (V/Q/W): 158/157/4.50 GRE Subject: n/a ♦	U	28 Feb 2020	Had to email the damn admission office because they wouldn't give me a bloody decision.
Rice University	Chemistry, PhD (F20)	Rejected via E-mail on 11 Feb 2020	A	11 Feb 2020	3.5 GPA, 2 years research, 0 publications, Not Great GRE scores (Except writing, 81st %tile), reached out to them for an update and they notified me that I had not be admitted. Three strong letters of rec, one from a Rice PhD Alumni. I applied for Organic/Physical Chemistry.
Rice University	Chemistry, PhD (F20)	Accepted via Other on 5 Dec 2019	A	18 Jan 2020	Contacted via email and asked if I was available for a phone call from graduate admissions team. Spoke on the phone that day and got accepted. Very surprised since it was only one week after the admissions deadline!
Rice University	Chemistry, PhD (F20)	Accepted via Phone on 9 Dec 2019 Undergrad GPA: 3.75 GRE General (V/Q/W): 0/0/0.00 GRE Subject: 890 ♦	I	8 Jan 2020
Rice University	Chemistry, PhD (F20)	Accepted via E-mail on 20 Dec 2019 Undergrad GPA: 3.70 GRE General (V/Q/W): 153/164/3.00 GRE Subject: 800 ♦	I	4 Jan 2020
Rice University	Chemistry, PhD (F20)	Accepted via E-mail on 2 Dec 2019	U	26 Dec 2019
Rice University	Chemistry, PhD (F19)	Accepted via Phone on 27 Nov 2019	A	19 Dec 2019
Rice University	Chemistry, PhD (F20)	Accepted via E-mail on 10 Dec 2019 Undergrad GPA: 3.86 GRE General (V/Q/W): 156/170/4.00 GRE Subject: n/a ♦	I	13 Dec 2019	Unofficial announcement e-mail from one of faculty members. Highly surprised by very early decision!
Rice University	Chemistry, PhD (F20)	Accepted via Phone on 11 Dec 2019 Undergrad GPA: 3.82 GRE General (V/Q/W): 156/155/4.00 GRE Subject: n/a ♦	A	11 Dec 2019	So happy, one of my top schools! Anyone who's reading this, I'm sure you'll hear great news soon! :)
Rice University	Organic Chemistry, PhD (F20)	Accepted via Phone on 6 Dec 2019 Undergrad GPA: 3.76 GRE General (V/Q/W): 157/154/5.00 GRE Subject: n/a ♦	A	11 Dec 2019	Professor called me.
Rice University	Chemistry, PhD (F20)	Accepted via E-mail on 28 Nov 2019 Undergrad GPA: 3.71 GRE General (V/Q/W): 163/161/3.00 GRE Subject: 810 ♦	I	9 Dec 2019
Rice University	Chemistry, PhD (F20)	Accepted via Phone on 6 Dec 2019 Undergrad GPA: 3.56 GRE General (V/Q/W): 151/155/3.00 GRE Subject: n/a ♦	U	7 Dec 2019
Rice University	Chemistry, PhD (F20)	Accepted via Phone on 5 Dec 2019	A	6 Dec 2019
Rice University	Chemistry, PhD (F20)	Accepted via Phone on 5 Dec 2019	A	6 Dec 2019
Rice University	Chemistry, PhD (F20)	Accepted via E-mail on 7 Nov 2019 Undergrad GPA: 3.99 GRE General (V/Q/W): 158/162/5.00 GRE Subject: n/a ♦	A	9 Nov 2019
Rice University	Chemistry, PhD (F19)	Rejected via E-mail on 13 Feb 2019	A	6 Mar 2019	Funny thing is that the program reached out to me and then I was rejected, I guess you should never get your hopes up too high!
Rice University	Chemistry, PhD (F19)	Rejected via E-mail on 14 Feb 2019 Undergrad GPA: 3.60 GRE General (V/Q/W): 157/4/99.99 GRE Subject: n/a ♦	U	14 Feb 2019	Weird. Got admitted into much better schools. Oh well.
Rice University	Chemistry, PhD (F19)	Rejected via E-mail on 14 Feb 2019 Undergrad GPA: 3.15 GRE General (V/Q/W): 162/165/3.50 GRE Subject: 840 ♦	I	14 Feb 2019	Two 2nd authored pubs. 1.5 years of research experience, decent GRE and TOEFL and good LORs. One drawback was that I wanted to work on chemical biology which is not a major theme in Rice. Rice's strong point is materials/nanomaterials.
Rice University	Chemistry, PhD (F19)	Rejected via E-mail on 13 Feb 2019 Undergrad GPA: 3.80 GRE General (V/Q/W): 143/167/3.50 GRE Subject: n/a ♦	I	13 Feb 2019	3 first author publications and 3 under review. 4 years research experience. But no background of chemistry. Still waiting for chemical engineering!
Rice University	Chemistry, PhD (F19)	Rejected via Website on 13 Feb 2019		13 Feb 2019	Received an email to check the application status on the website and got a rejection. I think related research is more important for Rice. Well, the result is what I can expect :(
Rice University	Chemistry, PhD (F19)	Accepted via Phone on 8 Dec 2018	A	25 Jan 2019
Rice University	Chemistry, PhD (F19)	Accepted via Phone on 5 Dec 2018	I	25 Jan 2019
Rice University	Chemistry, PhD (F19)	Accepted via Phone on 19 Dec 2018 Undergrad GPA: 3.83 GRE General (V/Q/W): 162/153/4.50 GRE Subject: n/a ♦	A	19 Dec 2018	Call from POI. Three years of research experience, year and a half industry experience. Two publications, one first author, one mid author.
Rice University	Chemistry, PhD (F19)	Accepted via Phone on 8 Dec 2018		17 Dec 2018	Contacted by POI
Rice University	Chemistry, PhD (F18)	Rejected via E-mail on 10 Feb 2018 Undergrad GPA: 3.10 GRE General (V/Q/W): 149/151/3.50 GRE Subject: n/a ♦	A	28 Feb 2018
Rice University	Chemistry (Organic), PhD (F18)	Rejected via E-mail on 10 Feb 2018	A	15 Feb 2018	It was a long shot!
Rice Uniersity	Analytical Chemistry, PhD (F18)	Rejected via E-mail on 10 Feb 2018	A	12 Feb 2018	Steady collecting Ls
Rice University	Organic Chemistry, PhD (F18)	Rejected via E-mail on 11 Feb 2018 Undergrad GPA: 3.80 GRE General (V/Q/W): 153/159/3.50 GRE Subject: n/a ♦	I	11 Feb 2018	High number of applicants. Offer could not be made.
Rice University	Chemistry, PhD (F18)	Rejected via E-mail on 11 Feb 2018	I	11 Feb 2018
Rice Ｕniversity	Chemistry, PhD (F18)	Rejected via E-mail on 11 Feb 2018	I	11 Feb 2018
Rice University	Chemistry, PhD (F18)	Rejected via E-mail on 11 Feb 2018	I	11 Feb 2018	GRE 313 (Q-169); TOEFL 103; GPA 8.5/10; No Subject GRE; 3 publications; 3 conferences and 3 strong LORs.
Rice University	Chemistry, PhD (F18)	Rejected via E-mail on 10 Feb 2018	A	10 Feb 2018
Rice Ｕniversity	Chemistry, PhD (F18)	Accepted via E-mail on 24 Jan 2018	I	25 Jan 2018	master student from China, 3 1st-authored articles with other co-authored articles, decent GPA, general REUs
Rice Ｕniversity	Chemistry (theoretical), PhD (F18)	Accepted via E-mail on 23 Jan 2018 Undergrad GPA: n/a GRE General (V/Q/W): 152/165/4.00 GRE Subject: n/a ♦	I	23 Jan 2018	UNBELIEVABLE!!!
Rice University	Chemistry, PhD (F18)	Accepted via Phone on 15 Jan 2018 Undergrad GPA: 3.80 GRE General (V/Q/W): 165/164/4.50 GRE Subject: 630 ♦	A	15 Jan 2018	Was called this morning to be told of acceptance - was also told FA offer and welcome week information.
Rice University	Chemistry, PhD (F17)	Accepted via E-mail on 22 Jan 2017	I	27 Jan 2017
Rice University	Chemistry, PhD (F17)	Accepted via E-mail on 21 Jan 2017 Undergrad GPA: 3.85 GRE General (V/Q/W): 150/155/0.00 GRE Subject: n/a ♦	A	26 Jan 2017	REU experience
Rice Ｕniversity	Chemistry, PhD (F17)	Accepted via E-mail on 30 Dec 2017 Undergrad GPA: n/a GRE General (V/Q/W): 165/164/4.50 GRE Subject: 93 ♦	I	19 Jan 2017
Rice Uniersity	Chemistry, PhD (F17)	Accepted via E-mail on 8 Dec 2016 Undergrad GPA: 3.65 GRE General (V/Q/W): 163/159/3.00 GRE Subject: 800 ♦	I	8 Jan 2017	Foreign Internship, Strong LORs
Rice Ｕniversity	Chemistry, PhD (F17)	Accepted via E-mail on 1 Jan 2017	A	2 Jan 2017	1 REU, 1 summer research from home college. McNair Scholar, several departmental awards, no publications
Rice Ｕniversity	Chemistry, PhD (F16)	Rejected via Website on 6 Apr 2016	I	6 Apr 2016	It's kind of humiliating because I got way better places than Rice. Also that is so unprofessional they are not emailing to notify.
Rice University	Chemistry, PhD (F16)	Rejected via E-mail on 24 Feb 2016	A	29 Feb 2016	Honestly, not surprised.
Rice University	Chemistry (Organic), PhD (F16)	Accepted via Phone on 20 Dec 2016	A	10 Feb 2016
Rice University	Chemistry, PhD (F16)	Accepted via Phone on 30 Nov 2015 Undergrad GPA: 3.90 GRE General (V/Q/W): 170/168/5.50 GRE Subject: 790 ♦	A	28 Jan 2016
Rice University	Chemistry, PhD (F16)	Accepted via Phone on 25 Nov 2015	A	10 Dec 2015
Rice University	Chemistry, PhD (F15)	Rejected via E-mail on 4 Apr 2015	I	5 Apr 2015
Rice University	Chemistry, PhD (F15)	Rejected via E-mail on 26 Mar 2015 Undergrad GPA: 3.31 GRE General (V/Q/W): 154/168/3.00 GRE Subject: 890 ♦	I	31 Mar 2015
Rice University	Chemistry, PhD (S15)	Rejected via E-mail on 6 Mar 2015	U	6 Mar 2015	Wow so much excited! I don't know what to do with this life.
Rice University	Chemistry, PhD (F15)	Rejected via E-mail on 14 Feb 2015	A	14 Feb 2015	Got into 2/6 so far. Still waiting on GA Tech. Bummed, but I got a great offer from Penn State, so it's all good.
Rice	Chemistry, PhD (F15)	Accepted via E-mail on 2 Feb 2015	I	2 Feb 2015	4 yrs research, 1 REU, 1 MS. 1 1st author publication.
Rice University	Chemistry, PhD (F15)	Accepted via E-mail on 28 Jan 2015 Undergrad GPA: 4.00 GRE General (V/Q/W): 152/170/3.00 GRE Subject: 920 ♦	I	29 Jan 2015	One 2nd author publication in JPCB. Admitted to Physical Chemistry(Center for Theoretical Biological Physics)
Rice	Chemistry, PhD (F15)	Accepted via Phone on 11 Jan 2015 Undergrad GPA: 3.87 GRE General (V/Q/W): 157/163/4.00 GRE Subject: n/a ♦	A	11 Jan 2015	2 years undergrad research, 1 REU, 1 manuscript in progress. Call from POI
Rice University	Chemistry, PhD (F14)	Rejected via E-mail on 2 Apr 2014 Undergrad GPA: 3.77 GRE General (V/Q/W): 161/157/4.50 GRE Subject: n/a ♦	A	2 Apr 2014	0 pubs. Part of EPA P3 winning group.
Rice University	Chemistry, PhD (F14)	Accepted via E-mail on 4 Mar 2014	I	4 Mar 2014	Unexpected cause I applied without GRE subject score : )
Rice	Chemistry, PhD (F14)	Accepted via E-mail on 4 Mar 2014 Undergrad GPA: 3.69 GRE General (V/Q/W): 78/87/54.00 GRE Subject: 890 ♦	I	4 Mar 2014	Surprised...earlier the grad coordinator had said that ther was little chance of acceptance!
Rice	Chemistry, PhD (F14)	Rejected via E-mail on 27 Feb 2014 Undergrad GPA: 3.70 GRE General (V/Q/W): 78/87/54.00 GRE Subject: 890 ♦	I	27 Feb 2014	Grad coordinator says that ". It is not likely that you will receive an offer although your file has not been officially declined yet"
Rice	Chemistry, PhD (F14)	Accepted via Phone on 10 Jan 2014 Undergrad GPA: 3.60 GRE General (V/Q/W): 168/159/5.00 GRE Subject: 670 ♦	A	15 Jan 2014	Strong SOP, 3 Strong LOR. 2 years research. Correspondence with professor who called me.
Rice University	Chemistry, PhD (F14)	Accepted via Phone on 1 Jan 2014 Undergrad GPA: 3.68 GRE General (V/Q/W): 156/157/4.00 GRE Subject: 650 ♦	A	11 Jan 2014	3 pubs, one first Author, five years of multidisciplinary research experience, and two 6 month industrial internships.
Rice University	Chemistry, PhD (F14)	Accepted via Phone on 10 Jan 2014 Undergrad GPA: 3.79 GRE General (V/Q/W): 160/161/4.00 GRE Subject: 740 ♦	A	10 Jan 2014	3.79 GPA $26,000 stipend offer
Rice University	Chemistry, PhD (F13)	Rejected via E-mail on 28 Mar 2013	I	28 Mar 2013	really sad but got better one
Rice University	Chemistry, PhD (F13)	Rejected via E-mail on 27 Mar 2013 Undergrad GPA: n/a GRE General (V/Q/W): 149/169/4.00 GRE Subject: 810 ♦	I	27 Mar 2013
Rice University	Chemistry, PhD (F13)	Rejected via E-mail on 27 Mar 2013 Undergrad GPA: 3.34 GRE General (V/Q/W): 155/161/5.00 GRE Subject: 860 ♦	I	27 Mar 2013	Didn\'t expect any offer given that they were taking in only 25 students. graduate.rice.edu/chemdata/
Rice University	Chemistry, PhD (F13)	Rejected via E-mail on 27 Mar 2013 Undergrad GPA: 3.34 GRE General (V/Q/W): 155/161/5.00 GRE Subject: 860 ♦	I	27 Mar 2013	Didn't expect any offer given that they were taking in only 25 students. http://graduate.rice.edu/chemdata/
Rice University	Chemistry, PhD (F13)	Accepted via E-mail on 27 Mar 2013	I	27 Mar 2013	top choice, admission was competitive.
Rice University	Chemistry, PhD (F13)	Rejected via E-mail on 26 Mar 2013	U	26 Mar 2013
Rice University	Chemistry, PhD (F13)	Rejected via E-mail on 26 Mar 2013	I	26 Mar 2013
Rice University	Chemistry, PhD (F13)	Accepted via E-mail on 22 Feb 2013	I	22 Feb 2013
Rice University	Chemistry, PhD (S13)	Accepted via Phone on 5 Jan 2013	A	5 Jan 2013	Spoke to the chair. Said they are only making 25 offers. Letter is in the mail!
Rice	Chemistry, PhD (F12)	Rejected via E-mail on 13 Apr 2012	I	13 Apr 2012	the last school that gives result, too much later than others...having seen some international students got the offers in Feb...nightmare application finished and failed after this rejection...
Rice University	Chemistry, PhD (F12)	Rejected via E-mail on 11 Apr 2012	A	12 Apr 2012	If they are going to reject you, why not do it sooner??
Rice Universiry	Organic Chemistry, PhD (F12)	Accepted via Phone on 6 Feb 2012	A	7 Feb 2012
Rice University	Chemistry, PhD (F12)	Accepted via Phone on 6 Feb 2012 Undergrad GPA: n/a GRE General (V/Q/W): 710/730/0.00 GRE Subject: n/a ♦	A	6 Feb 2012	Wow. I'm shocked and delighted.
Rice Universiry	Chemistry (Physical Chemistry), PhD (F12)	Accepted via E-mail on 25 Dec 2011	A	26 Dec 2011
Rice University	Chemistry, PhD (F11)	Rejected via E-mail on 11 Apr 2011	A	13 Apr 2011	Nevermind, I emailed the department and they responded with a decision.
Rice University	Chemistry, PhD (F11)	Other via Other on 7 Apr 2011	A	8 Apr 2011	I'm beginning to wonder the same thing... Has anyone heard anything from Rice?
Rice University	Chemistry, PhD (F11)	Other via Other on 7 Apr 2011	O	7 Apr 2011	Has anyone been admitted to Rice's chemistry?
Rice Universiry	Chemistry, PhD (F11)	Interview via E-mail on 6 Jan 2011	I	6 Jan 2011
Rice	Chemistry, PhD (F10)	Accepted via E-mail on 22 Jan 2010	I	25 Jan 2010
Rice Universiry	Chemistry, PhD (F10)	Accepted via E-mail on 24 Jan 2010	I	24 Jan 2010	One of my dreams!
Rice University	Chemistry, PhD (F10)	Accepted via E-mail on 14 Jan 2010	U	15 Jan 2010	I love Rice. They said they made 40 offers.
Rice University	Chemistry, PhD (?)	Rejected via E-mail on 10 Apr 2009	A	13 Apr 2009
Rice University	Chemistry, PhD (?)	Rejected via E-mail on 10 Apr 2009	I	11 Apr 2009
Rice University	Chemistry, PhD (?)	Accepted via Postal Service on 18 Mar 2009	U	7 Apr 2009	25k stipend
Rice University	Chemistry, PhD (?)	Accepted via Other on 15 Feb 2008	I	21 Feb 2008
Rice Universityity	Chemistry, PhD (?)	Accepted via Postal Service on 17 Feb 2008	A	16 Feb 2008	Letter postmarked feb. 11, 2008. visiting weekends feb 21-24 and march 27-30. 22,400 stipend. Need to accept the offer by april 15.
Rice University	Chemistry, PhD (?)	Accepted via Postal Service on 18 Dec 2007	A	5 Feb 2008
Rice University	Chemistry, PhD (?)	Accepted via E-mail on 26 Jan 2007	I	2 Feb 2007
Rice University	Chemistry, PhD (?)	Accepted via on 28 Mar 2006	I	28 Mar 2006

Status¹ Key: A: American; U: International, with US degree; I: International, without US degree; O: Other; ?: Unknown.