<p>actually, it would be even better if the Worlds best dental school was in Colgate...</p>
<p>god. its so frustrating to be from massachusetts and have people be like what's rice? and when im like "im going to texas" everyone's like "what - a RED state! [war cries]" and one girl was like "i think i would have to shoot myself if i went to school in texas" good times. that girl also claims shes going to be the first woman president and has oriented her whole life around it.
yeah so anyone feel my pain?</p>
<p>Jcro2006, don't worry. You will find tons of people at Rice with which to complain about that with. It is a popular conversation piece during o-week.</p>
<p>If you aren't from Texas or from one of the states closeby the average joe often doesn't about of Rice. Kinda sad.</p>
<p>But hey, when I mentioned to the family physician and dentist I was going to Rice, they all were quite impressed. With the right people the Rice name carries weight.</p>
<p>rice is 17 right now...i honestly dont see how thats not good enough</p>
<p>what do you mean by 17</p>
<p>USnews ranking.
But those are bs anyway. Reed, for example, is ranked quite low because they refused to fill out the forms or something.</p>
<p>Jcro, I know exactly where you are coming from about the geography/political culture issue.</p>
<p>17 in the nation...and even if they are bs rice is excellent and called the "harvard of the south"</p>
<p>i thought it was the u of c of the south? harvard doesnt fit well</p>
<p>whats u of c...harvard fits well...</p>
<p>I don't know a single Rice student that would refer to Rice as the Harvard of the south. We like Rice as it is and wouldn't want it to be more like Harvard.</p>
<p>And I would say Rice is very different from U of Chicago. They are comparable academically but in terms of the social life and student body there are some big differences.</p>
<p>well i have always heard the whole "harvard of the south" thing...im not making that up but ok dude.</p>
<p>yes.. but lets nopt call it that. Harvard is the 'Rice of the North' :)</p>
<p>Rice students don't call Rice the Harvard of the South... that's almost derogatory.</p>
<p>You see, people interpret the world through schemas--patterns or devices for processing information. Making a reference to Harvard to explain Rice embodies assimilation--suiting one's experiences to one's preconceptions. By describing Rice's own characteristics and developing a situational understanding of the university one employs accomodation--the development of new schema.</p>
<p>From these premises follow these conclusions:
!) Harvard of the South is a lazy explanation
@) Harvard of the South is expeditious</p>
<h1>) Harvard of the South is a poor explanation</h1>
<p>$) Harvard of the South implies that Rice does not fit the archetype of education--an indirect jeer.</p>
<p>I've been doing too much Psychology hw, but I thought yall might enjoy this.</p>
<p>what the..you need to get back to the real world.</p>
<p>Sorry, but that's a little rude, sreis.</p>
<p>jakpot..dude..i dont like ur pedantic way of writiting at all. and no i didnt enjoy that. the whole premise things...they never really prove anything. but thank you socrates for enlightening us.</p>
<p>well.. lets just do as I said.. call Harvard, 'Rice of the north' and be done ith it</p>
<p>I know about Rice and what a great school it is. But I doubt very much that the average person in Europe knows it. But there are several other great USA unis that are also not very well known in Europe such as Vanderbilt, Emory, Tufts and Caltech. Most if not all the Liberal Arts colleges are also unknown. </p>
<p>But I guess it goes both ways. I would not say that HEC, Sciences Pol, University College London, King's College London, University of Edinburgh and ETH Zurich whic are famous in Europe and very good are known in the USA.</p>
<p>Please correct me if I am wrong.</p>
<p>I ment to say not known in the USA.</p>
<p>i woldnt say king's college isnt well known. it is known for research.</p>