<p>Can you suggest any colleges that are similar to Rice. I like the culture of the school (from the academics to the housing arrangements to the size). I would like to expand my college search to schools that are similar.</p>
<p>Maybe Yale. I haven’t found schools I really feel are very similar to Rice. Vanderbilt in some ways.</p>
<p>Vanderbilt is not like Rice. The culture is very different.</p>
<p>Yes, it is, but they are both D1 schools in cities with top academics. There are a lot of cross applicants. I am extremely familiar with both schools.</p>
<p>Brown and Tufts are said to have similar vibes to Rice.</p>
<p>Davidson…</p>
<p>Rice is unusual.
You’ll have a hard time finding other schools quite like it. Among the top 20 universities, maybe Yale (smallish urban university with a residential college structure). That does not help you at all if you’re looking for admission back-ups. Also consider: Johns Hopkins, Tufts, Vanderbilt (all about as selective as Rice); Wake Forest, University of Rochester, Brandeis. These are small-ish universities in more or less urban areas. The University of Chicago is another small-ish urban university with an undergraduate residential “house” system, top-notch academics, and an even geekier student culture (but no D1 sports and no engineering or architecture programs). It, too, is about as selective as Rice.</p>
<p>The military service academies in some ways are like Rice (size, academic quality, mix of liberal arts & professional programs, sports culture). They won’t work, obviously, if becoming a military officer does not appeal.</p>
<p>If you’re female, check out Barnard. That gives you the intimacy of a LAC but with access to all the resources of a major research university (Columbia), in a fantastic urban setting. Regardless of gender, consider a LAC that is part of a multi-school consortium: the Massachusetts 5-college consortium (which includes Amherst); the Philadelphia-area Quaker colleges (Haverford, Swarthmore, BrynMawr); or the Claremont Colleges in California (Pomona, CMcK, Harvey Mudd …). Most of these are about as selective as Rice, or more so, except for the women’s colleges.</p>
<p>Oh, and William & Mary.</p>
<p>Yale, UCSD, and to some extent, Stanford, Northwestern and Vanderbilt.</p>
<p>^ UCSD is a public university with nearly 30K students and a 19:1 S:F ratio. Rice is a very selective private university with fewer than 6K students and a 5:1 s:f ratio. I don’t see the similarity, other than warm weather.</p>
<p>Hmmm. what about emory?</p>
<p>Emory does get cross-applicants, but is not a D1 sports school and, in fact, has no football program. Lots of students don’t care about this, but some might. It is similar in that it is in the middle of a large city with a gorgeous campus. It also has a more northeast student body than Rice does.</p>