• Female
• Multiracial
• Heterosexual
• Minor in Engineering Design
• Part of Student Government
• Works as a teaching assistant
• Went to a private school in San Antonio, TX with a graduating class of 36 students

• Male
• Caucasian
• Gay
• Minor in Computational and Applied Mathematics
• Part of the non-major orchestra
• Part of Eclipse, which is a rocket ship club
• Tutors low-income students in the Houston area
• Went to a public school outside of New York City with a graduating class of about 150 students

Editor’s Choice

• Female
• Biracial: Half Hispanic and Half Caucasian
• Pansexual
• Has a leadership position in the Diversity Council for her residential college
• In the Rice Association for Mental Health Alliance
• Works as a coordinator and adviser for Orientation Week
• Went to a public school in Tampa, FL with a graduating class of about 650 students.

• Male
• Caucasian
• Heterosexual
• Global Health Technologies Minor
• Part of the Campanile Orchestra, which is the non-major student orchestra
• An SER Scholar
• Went to a public school in Michigan with a graduating class of about 180 students.

• African-American
• Heterosexual
• Data Science Minor
• In the Student Government Association and the National Society of Black Engineers
• Feels that the Black community has been integral in her experience so far
• Went to a private boarding school in New Hampshire with a graduating class of about 300 students.

• Asian
• Heterosexual
• Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies Minor
• Writes for the Rice Journal of Public Policy
• Went to a private school in the Bay Area with a graduating class of about 200 students.