<p>The most obvious suggestion is Wake Forest, I think. It doesn’t offer engineering, however, so that would be problematic should you choose to stick with engineering. It’s also a bit smaller than you’re looking for, though not suffocatingly so.</p>
<p>Among the suggestions made so far, I second the suggestion of Davidson. BC, Michigan, and Tulane were also good suggestions. Emory falls somewhere between Duke and Rice in terms of campus feel, so I suppose it could work as well, though it’s quite selective. Rhodes seems similar to Duke on paper, but I always get a very different vibe there than at Duke, though it’s nevertheless worth a look (I don’t know how closely it resembles Rice).</p>
<p>I don’t think Notre Dame resembles Duke or Rice all that much.</p>
<p>U Miami and Maryland (not sure about OOS aid) may be of interest as well. If you’re willing to consider the west coast, USC.</p>
<p>Dungareedoll - I know a lot about Tulane and have responded to some of your other posts. I agree with jym, it seems you are posting sometimes as the parent and sometimes as the student. It is confusing. Nonetheless, if you have specific questions please PM me. Just make it clear if you are the student or the parent, if you don’t mind.</p>
<p>I do know a fair amount about Rice and Tulane, so if dungareedoll is a legit poster, Iam happy to help too. </p>
<p>OP- if you are sure you want engineering and like the slightly idiosynchratic feel, look at Harvey Mudd. However, the architecture is UGLY. There are many schools with gorgeous architectured. Vassar doesnt have the engineering but the campus is beautiful and the academics are superb.</p>
<p>Somebody mentioned Maryland here… but I don’t think it’s similar to Duke at all. It also doesn’t fit or is iffy for some of those qualifications in post #4. (I dunno about most similarities to Rice, though.)</p>