<p>How rigorous is CS at Rice? Is doing comp sci major and doing premed reqs manageable?</p>
<p>It depends on how you manage your time and how much you can handle. It also depends on how much of a background you have in CS. As a former CS major, I have to say that the CS department is very demanding. Freshman year courses have homework projects due about once every other week, and those take many many hours(sometimes days!) to finish. Expect to go to a lot of TA sessions if you don’t have a strong background in CS.</p>
<p>The CS program at Rice is really great and the professors and very knowledgeable. I enjoyed it, but didn’t like it enough to take the workload. </p>
<p>I don’t think the pre-med requirements are that demanding here.</p>