US Top 50 · Houston, Texas · High Reach

Rice University莱斯大学

US News 2026 #17 (US News 2026 National Universities)

“Letters, Science, Art”

At a glance

Rice University is a High Reach school on our readiness map — that label describes how demanding the preparation is for international-school applicants, not an admission probability.

Based in Houston, Texas (US Top 50, US News 2026 #17 per US News 2026 National Universities), it reviews both AP and A-Level curricula, so the question is not which system you study but how strong your core-subject evidence is.

The benchmarks and admit-case chart below come from anonymized application records of Chinese international-school students, aggregated with percentile ranges to protect every individual case.

Requirements and next steps

Eligibility pending review. A readiness score does not confirm admission eligibility.

Official sources and scope

A current, program-specific policy has not yet been verified here. Do not interpret planning templates as official requirements.

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Planning targets are advisory. Historical admits are a selected sample, not admission odds. Program availability, costs and eligibility require separate checks.

Where past admits landed

Not enough complete anonymized data is available to display a chart. This does not mean there are no admitted students.

Case benchmarks (anonymized aggregate)

Median GPA3.88P25-P75: 3.30 – 4.00
Median SAT1530P25-P75: 700 – 1600
Median AP count6P25-P75: 3 – 11

Ranges use P25/P75 percentiles instead of extremes so a single outlier cannot skew the picture. These cases are not the full applicant population and cannot estimate admission odds.

Anonymized admit cases

建筑学 (Architecture)AP

GPA 3.9+ · TOEFL 114+ · AP 3-4 门

社会学 (Sociology)A-Level

GPA 3.6-3.79 · SAT 1450-1510 · TOEFL 107-113 · A-Level 4个A* (3个预估,1个实考)

人类学 (Anthropology)AP

GPA 3.8-3.89 · ACT 36 · TOEFL 107-113 · AP 5-6 门

Cases never include student names, school names, teachers, essay text or external application ids.