<p>ooh ok, yeah i read most of them...
also does rice have core requirements?</p>
<p>What size beds (twin or extra long twin)?</p>
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<p>It's an ultimate safety, the only school I would want to go to within a 2 hour drive of Cincinnati. And by 'want to go to' I mean it is a better option than the University of Cincinnati, Miami (OH) and OSU. My school pushes us to at least apply to one school that is close to home in case some sort of emergency happens, and this was my choice.</p>
<p>The experience of O-week is hard to sum up in words. Just know it's the funnest week of your life. Oh yeah... and if you want details about what exactly it is, chech out <a href="http://www.riceoweek.com%5B/url%5D">www.riceoweek.com</a></p>
<p>Rice doesn't have a core curriculum. In its place is the distribution system I've been referring to. Rice breaks up required classes into three types. Humanities (D1), Social Sciences (D2), and Natural Sciences (D3). To graduate you must complete 12 hours (four typical classes) in each. One is automatically taken care of by your major so you only have to worry about the other two. Not every class counts for distribution credit, but most of the introductory classes do, and since you won't be starting out taking the upper level classes, that's not such a big deal. There is some oddity in their choices though. I saw a Dante class that counted towards D1, but the Tolkien class listed next to it didn't. The biggest oddity imo is that while languages count as D1, the first year doesn't, just intermediate level and above. This is probably b/c it would be very easy for someone to come in, take the language placement exam and test out of all their D1's if it did. Typically the people for whom the distribution system is the most problematic is for academs who don't want to take any natural sciences.</p>
<p>Beds are extra-long twin. I'm 6'1 and don't find their length a problem.</p>
<p>I'll get to hilary's other questions later tonight. Finals are takeing their toll.</p>
<p>We have extra long twins. I bought sheets that were supposed to be extra long but they have been kinda problematic.... Don't know if they shrunk a lot in the wash.</p>
<p>Core Requirements: Rice has Distribution credits (I think that this is the same thing that you are referring to). It is a required 12 credit hours in each distribution area. D1- are mostly courses that require more writing (Spanish and foreign languages are in this category, humanities, and english courses) D2- are mostly courses that are in the social sciences area (history, econ, government are some of the courses you will find in here) D3- are mostly math and science.
More information can be found on: <a href="http://www.ruf.rice.edu/%7Ereg/distribution/index.html%5B/url%5D">http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~reg/distribution/index.html</a>
The online definitions seem really confusing to me. I like the idea of distribution requirements, but many people who are very focused on one certain specialty hate them (like musies don't like that they have to take math and science classes and engineering majors want an easy way to get rid of D1s)</p>
<p>Darnit, I am too slow at typing. Blast you Jeremiah! Well if you wanted that information twice...</p>
<p>Lucky you! You avoided a "safety" that you "didn't like very much". Go Owls!</p>
<p>"Well, rj, would it make you less sad if I say my 7th grader son has an older brother who is a freshman at Rice?"</p>
<p>No.
Doesn't change the fact he is in 7th grade.
Doesn't change the fact you said you were looking ar Rice /for/ him.
And, to a degree, it makes it worse- you are expecting him to follow in his brother's footsteps.</p>
<p>But I stray from the intent of this thread. Sorry. I won't post any more on this subject matter...</p>
<p>Hey rj, one day you may have a son. I have one already. We gotta play two on two roundball....bring out the cold drinks and just play like he**
long after the sun has set....</p>
<p>bump from response 29, do you have any insights?
thanks</p>
<p>Do you mean Number 35, the question you asked regarding your son? </p>
<p>I don't know the answers to those questions, but more info about the transfer policy can be found at <a href="http://www.ruf.rice.edu/%7Ereg/acadinfo/transfer.html%5B/url%5D">http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~reg/acadinfo/transfer.html</a></p>
<p>I don't know anything about a Comp Sci Major. Sorry, I hope that link above can help you. I have heard that Rice is a little picky about transfer credits from a Community College, but since Depauw isn't a CC, I am not sure.</p>
<p>I think sdavis meant number 39.</p>
<p>I'm really not quite sure what school I would compare Rice to anymore. In admissions difficulty I would imagine it's similar to Duke, maybe Stanford (though I'm not speaking from personal experience here). Rice doesn't except everyone, but if you're one of the top students in your school with good grades/SAT and activities to match, you have a good chance of getting in. As far as the campus atmosphere is concerned, I don't know of any comparable university. If you want to get a feel for what Rice is like then the best way is an overnight stay.</p>
<p>Okay, social scene. It's really whatever you want to make it. If you're someone who wants to party every weekend, then that option is available to you. If you want to hang out with friends, go out and explore Houston, etc. then that's offered too (though if you want to explore Houston you are going to need a car or a friend with a car. It's not a walking city.) There's also generally something going on on-campus for you to do. The Phils have a concert every two months or so (and they're really good, just ask Hezekiah ;) ). The different cultural clubs will put on performances. There's usually a couple of theatre performances a month. It's very rare that a Friday or Saturday night comes up when I can't find something to do. Once again in talking to a friend from another school, their weekends tend to revolve around beer and halo. There's not a whole lot of that at Rice. We were all active people in high school and that tends to carry over into college.</p>
<p>The main area for Rice students around campus is Rice Village, a collection of shops and restaurants just south of campus. If you can still afford shopping after tuition, then this or the Galleria would be the place to do it. Odds are you'll get to know the restaurants here well as they are a popular destination on saturday nights when the serveries close. There are some really good restaurants here and in the surrounding area. The metro (or light rail) runs just off of Rice campus and makes stops at the Museum District and Downtown. A few people I know like going clubbing downtown. The point is that there is lots to do, sometimes you may have to make an effort to do it though. There are a lot of students who don't go "outside the hedges" much, and that's fine. There's usually a lot to do on campus. But Rice is located in downtown Houston, and you can take advantage of that if you like.</p>
<p>in short theres always something to do, whether it be smoking, singing, dancing, and or chilling, all you have to do is find it.</p>
<p>are the girls hot?</p>
<p>No numbers to back me, but safe to assume temps are normally distributed with mu around 98.6 and sigma, about 0.4 Lemme know if your numbers show otherwise, rabbit.</p>
<p>thanks for the link! this forum is very helpful!</p>
<p>Heck yes the Phils rock! I didn't know if you knew it was me Jeremiah :). Anyway, about the ECON conundrum: it depends on what econ your school offers. I took macroeconomics in high school which corresponds to ECON 212 here. It's supposed to be much easier than ECON 211, and it's not necessary for econ majors anymore. So it's a good class for non-majors. I wouldn't recommend taking ECON 211 unless you are: pass/failing or planning to be an econ major. I also wished I would've taken more D3 credits (math/science) because the APs are much easier than the classes here. But I'm doing mathematical economics, so it gets both out of the way. Speaking of the Dante class, I'm taking it next semester and am way excited. One good thing about Rice is that they don't charge by the hour, so you are free to take b/t 12 and 20 hours each semester. I wouldn't recommend 20 though! But it does give you more chances to be flexible and not worry about taking that class that looks interesting. Hope this helps!</p>
<p>eh, not that many HOT grls at rice, umm if you want HOT girls, then go to UT @ austin or ASU (Arizona State University) like honestly out of my freshman class there are like 3-5 which i think are decent looking.</p>
<p>Oh man smartguy86, you better watch what you say on this topic very carefully. This came up a couple of months back and some members of CC got on my case pretty bad about it. </p>
<p>I made the mistake of saying that the girls here weren't pretty a couple of months ago and now I wish I hadn't said that. Not because I got in a stupid argument that I pretty much lost, but because I said it without even really knowing what the girls are like here. Now that I am a student here, I will say that I think that there are a lot of pretty girls here. There are girls who aren't pretty, also. Now in reference to the question, "Are the girls hot?" I would say no. I only say no, because I have not found many girls that are "hot." But that doesn't mean that other people don't find some of the girls "hot." Okay that made me sound like a shallow jerk with really high standards, but what I am trying to say is that "hot" really is up to that person's opinion and what they are looking for in a girl to classify that girl as hot. There are definitely a lot of pretty girls here and at least one girl that I would put in my "hot" category. Before coming to Rice I was told that the girls here are not pretty, but I have found that to be untrue in my experience.</p>
<p>On some college ranking that ranked according to how "hot" their girls are, Rice got a D. By comparison UT Austin was an A+. The girls here in my opinion are not attractive. It's really not a large school, about the size of a high school. On top of that it attracts the students from high school who aren't typically the most attractive.</p>
<p>well said.</p>