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Remember, too,that there are other schools besides Rice in Houston, and if you go to Rice Village (or Taco Cabana) on the weekends to get something to eat, you will meet more than Rice students. Yes, Jen?
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True, I guess, but usually when people go to Rice Village they go with friends and don't talk to random people that they don't know :). Better ways to meet someone from another school is at hillel, church, or other off campus activity (volunteering?), through a friend, at a review class for a standardized test, i don't know - Rice Village is not really the best bet, if that's your goal. I'm just not sure why that would be anyone's goal...</p>
<p>Don't say Rice girls are ugly based on looking at a brochure! Check out Miss Texas, Jamie Story! She is a Rice grad and her talent was classical piano.</p>
<p>true true jenskate, I've already decided there's no shame in being "cheap" in college, it's no longer in high school when one didn't have to spend 20K+ for tuition....it's unfortunate but I finally figure out why money don't grow on trees lol</p>
<p>dating at rice isnt supposed to be too wonderful, but its not really because its a bunch of nerds either.
one guide i was reading said it was due to the shyness of the guys.</p>
<p>From my freshman guide, which explained it pretty well...</p>
<p>"She said: To be completely honest, there isn't really a dating scene at Rice. Most people either hang out in groups or have found one person and basically 'married' them. Although this sounds discouraging, it's really not that bad. If you want to date, it is definitely a possibility, but you need to get used to initiating things.</p>
<p>He said: [The] lack of time is why there is no real casual dating at Rice. Instead, there are often just a couple of types of relationships. The married couples- you know who these are. It'll probably be your roommate and his annoying girlfriend who stay up late every night together... When they break up, they will have no friends. Don't let this happen to you. The hookups: at every party you will see people just making out or leaving together. You can imagine the rest... Again, don't let this happen to you. Remember, a reputation is easy to obtain, but hard to get rid of. For the most part, dates don't happen here. Instead, you end up hanging out in someone's room, going to parties together, or just chillin' in lobbies... Dating is what you will make of it. If you want to go out and have a good time, there are people who are willing to go. You've just got to be willing to take the chance."</p>
<p>I personally was in one of those 'married couple' relationships, and still am. My roommate dated quite a bit, though. It's easy to meet people if you'd like to. Dating at Rice truly is what you make of it. Hope some of that helps!</p>
<p>I'm a freshman at Rice and honestly all most of my friends (including me) are in relationships right now... and I'm an engineering major too, so I got alot of school work to do. Simply, there's a dating life here if you want there to be. I mean, probably less than you're average university, but you'll be fine if you come here. Basically there's three types:</p>
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<li><p>Casual hook ups: Theres alot of these due to the parties at Rice. Alcohol brings the best (or worst) out of a person. Alot of people belong in this group... maybe they don't want to be committed or settled down?</p></li>
<li><p>Relationships: Alot of people are in these, and alot of these are serious ones too.</p></li>
<li><p>None: There's alot of people who aren't in relationships. Either by their own choice or by the choice of others.</p></li>
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<p>And not everyone at Rice are nerdy... and not everyone is ugly. I mean there are definitely better looking people at a normal school, but there are a good amount of good looking (and most of the time also smart) people (especially in the male population). Besides (addressed to OP), if you're good looking, what are you worried about? There will be plenty of people to go around.</p>
<p>I don't go to Rice, but I've visited quite a few colleges, and got about as good as a sampling of people as you can get from a couple-day trip at each one, and I really don't think Rice deserves the ugly/nerdy reputation that it has. Rice seemed less nerdy/ugly then other selective schools of similar caliber; of course, it can't compete with big state schools, such as U. Arizona (everyone's gorgeous there). I think the reputation stems more from the fact that the students there do seem a bit shyer than at other places.</p>
<p>It could be just changing, though; I've heard from a couple people that the last few up-coming classes of students have been abnormally normal, possibly due to the imfamous 17-magazine article. Once again, I only spent a few days there.</p>
<p>I visited Rice, and I found the dating scene very good- while people care less about their appearances, you'd probably find much cooler people. At my high school, I find myself not really interested in many of the girls- just trying to find dates because I feel like I should. Naturally, the girls don't respond warmly. But at Rice it was so much easier to meet smart, interesting girls- and I felt like I didn't have to put up a false front.</p>
<p>Have you gone to the U of A? I don't consider everyone gorgeous there. I live in Tucson and I know many U of A students. They aren't very good looking. Well, I guess they are "gorgeous" in comparison to Rice girls. You aren't the first person to say that about the U of A, which I still find perplexing. Rice girls didn't seem very pretty.</p>