<p>So, I already posted this in the arch major thread but I haven't gotten any replies so I thought I would repost here to get a different point of view.
I'm so torn right now between Cooper Union Architecture and Rice Architecture.
I was leaning towards going to Rice for architecture until I got my acceptance today from Cooper Union- Cooper union has been my dream school for years! But I started to really like the campus at Rice and how it is small, but diverse and there seems to be a really strong vibe of everyone working together and I would be able to get the college experience. I am afraid at Cooper Union I would be missing out on the college experience and I have heard it is cutthroat competitive? Does anyone have knowledge on each of the programs and can help me out here? I know Rice has an amazing preceptorship program that partners with the top firms to give you a year-long internship with one of them, but Cooper Union is in New York City which I feel like would provide great internship experiences already.</p>
<p>I am not an archi, but I go to Rice and I can tell you that they work their butts off (a friend of mine is eating lunch in the studio every day for a project that is due in two weeks). This is part of the reason it is consistently ranked in the top 5 or 10 undergraduate architecture programs. That being said, I have never at Rice encountered anything that I would ever call cutthroat. I know very little about Cooper Union’s campus life, so I cannot advise you on that front. I can tell you that your description of Rice’s is spot on.</p>
<p>@jfking01 Thanks! I’m leaning towards Rice </p>