Calling all Rice (Jones) MBA Applicants: (2018 Intake) Class of 2020!

Rice has one of the lowest ratio for female/male in the class. So yeah, they look at the whole application package. And then in the end, except for a few exceptional cases, it is more about stats.
Not trying to discourage anyone, but it is in general a trend at any school.

I applied on the day of the deadline. Just got an invite. Haven't picked a slot yet, but will mostly pick one for the 9th of Feb.

Hi all,

I had my interview on 19.01.2018 10:00 AM CT (9:30 PM IST) with an MBA candidate from class of 2018.

The interview was great. My interviewer was a genuine and humble fellow which made things easier.

He asked me for a 60 seconds elevator pitch...and then followed it by 3-4 questions related to my experince in social engagement and community service, which I had mentioned in my resume....Then he asked the typical.."Why MBA"..."Why Rice" questions.....

The interview was very conversational...I felt much comfortable specially after bombing my Cox interview the evening before on 18th..

I think the key is to reherse your answers for typical questions well and be clear about your goals and how will Rice MBA help in this regard...

All the best to all those who are going to be interviewed...

Hi

I have my Zoom interview tomorrow at 9.30 pm IST. But I haven't received any communication from Rice since the day I booked this slot. I haven't used Zoom before. Should I wait for the until tomorrow or drop in an email?

Hi

I have my Zoom interview tomorrow at 9.30 pm IST. But I haven't received any communication from Rice since the day I booked this slot. I haven't used Zoom before. Should I wait for the until tomorrow or drop in an email?

I had my interview on 2/2 . All the questions were the standard ones, which were already discussed here. When the interviewer explained the next steps, the whole process felt bit strange. He said that he will fill out my report and he had been interviewing people since morning and there were many more interviews lined up. The way he explained the process, it almost felt like the interview at Rice is more of an addendum to the application rather than a filtering component. Am i the only one who felt like this?

My experience with Rice and all other schools which I converted was that the interviewers pretty much straight up told me they're going to recommend my candidature. While at Rice it was a current student, my other experiences were with alums or adcoms. I believe this difference in exposure (for current students vs adcoms) as far as dealing with admissions interviews is what leaves an impression of our interview not being such a differentiating factor but I do believe that it does act as a filtering component.

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