<p>I stole this idea from other college forums, and I thought it was necessary to show how much cooler Rice is than most of those places. Add to the list already started.</p>
<li>Best-looking Spanish architecture of any college campus</li>
<li>5th highest endowment per student</li>
<li>#1 quality of life</li>
<li>#1 class/racial interaction</li>
<li>Smallest research university in the country</li>
<li>Shepherd School of Music</li>
</ol>
<ol>
<li>Residential college system</li>
</ol>
<ol>
<li>Best-looking Spanish architecture of any college campus</li>
<li>5th highest endowment per student</li>
<li>#1 quality of life</li>
<li>#1 class/racial interaction</li>
<li>Smallest research university in the country</li>
<li>Shepherd School of Music</li>
<li>Residential college system</li>
<li>Very close access to the Texas Medical Center</li>
</ol>
<p>I thought it was the "Texas Medical Center"</p>
<p>Isn't Caltech a smaller research university?</p>
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I thought it was the "Texas Medical Center"
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<p>oops haha it is.
I'm too tired to be on the Internet.
Sad thing is, I've had internships there for two years.
I fixed it :]</p>
<p>dianal: I'm not sure. You are definitely right that Caltech is smaller than Rice, but I was always told that "rice is the smallest research university." Perhaps Caltech isn't considered a "research university" because it doesn't do any research in the humanities? It's a stretch, I know, but if someone wants to go to Caltech (a very small group of people) then we probably aren't going to make them want to go to Rice more with this list, so i think it'll be okay to leave it this way.</p>
<p>rice is the second smallest research university.</p>
<ol>
<li>Best-looking Spanish architecture of any college campus</li>
<li>5th highest endowment per student</li>
<li>#1 quality of life</li>
<li>#1 class/racial interaction</li>
<li>One of the two smallest research universities in the country</li>
<li>Shepherd School of Music</li>
<li>Residential college system</li>
<li>Very close access to the Texas Medical Center</li>
<li>Champion Baseball team</li>
</ol>
<ol>
<li> Amazing profs</li>
<li> Nanosci!</li>
<li> The people there</li>
<li> Classes offered</li>
</ol>
<ol>
<li>Best-looking Spanish architecture of any college campus</li>
<li>5th highest endowment per student</li>
<li>#1 quality of life</li>
<li>#1 class/racial interaction</li>
<li>One of the two smallest research universities in the country</li>
<li>Shepherd School of Music</li>
<li>Residential college system</li>
<li>Very close access to the Texas Medical Center</li>
<li>Champion Baseball team</li>
<li>Amazing profs</li>
<li>Nanosci!</li>
<li>The people there</li>
<li>Classes offered</li>
<li>In Houston</li>
<li>Rice-Baylor</li>
<li>"Southern Ivy"</li>
</ol>
<p>17 Superman went there</p>
<p>well not really, but wouldn't it be something for any college to brag about?</p>
<ol>
<li>Best-looking Spanish architecture of any college campus</li>
<li>5th highest endowment per student</li>
<li>#1 quality of life</li>
<li>#1 class/racial interaction</li>
<li>One of the two smallest research universities in the country</li>
<li>Shepherd School of Music</li>
<li>Residential college system</li>
<li>Very close access to the Texas Medical Center</li>
<li>Champion Baseball team</li>
<li>Amazing profs</li>
<li>Nanosci!</li>
<li>The people there</li>
<li>Classes offered</li>
<li>In Houston</li>
<li>Rice-Baylor</li>
<li>"Southern Ivy"</li>
<li>next to the Lightrail</li>
<li>300 acre downtown campus</li>
<li>Rice Village</li>
<li>Brilliant and nicce and helpful students</li>
<li>Small number of people </li>
<li>Accesible Adminiostration</li>
<li>School of Engineering and Architecture</li>
</ol>
<p>... too many to list now</p>
<ol>
<li>Best-looking Spanish architecture of any college campus</li>
<li>5th highest endowment per student</li>
<li>#1 quality of life</li>
<li>#1 class/racial interaction</li>
<li>One of the two smallest research universities in the country</li>
<li>Shepherd School of Music</li>
<li>Residential college system</li>
<li>Very close access to the Texas Medical Center</li>
<li>Champion Baseball team</li>
<li>Amazing profs</li>
<li>Nanosci!</li>
<li>The people there</li>
<li>Classes offered</li>
<li>In Houston</li>
<li>Rice-Baylor</li>
<li>"Southern Ivy"</li>
<li>next to the Lightrail</li>
<li>300 acre downtown campus</li>
<li>Rice Village</li>
<li>Brilliant and nicce and helpful students</li>
<li>Small number of people </li>
<li>Accesible Adminiostration</li>
<li>School of Engineering and Architecture</li>
<li>The Marching Owl Band (MOB)</li>
</ol>
<ol>
<li>Still the best value in higher education </li>
<li>Produced the only PhD to quarterback an NFL champion.</li>
</ol>
<ol>
<li>Loads of fun</li>
</ol>
<ol>
<li>Yummy ethnic food in restaurants in the area</li>
<li>Warm weather (usually)</li>
<li>Only university to host both the superbowl and the G7 summit</li>
<li>Baker Institute speakers</li>
<li>Chris the hamburger guy at South Servery</li>
<li>Passport to Houston perks (free light rail and bus, discounted museum/theater/symphony tickets)</li>
<li>$5 tickets to the Astros</li>
</ol>
<ol>
<li>the honor code</li>
</ol>
<p>"26. Produced the only PhD to quarterback an NFL champion."</p>
<p>Who is that?</p>