Duke or Rice

This past week, I finished hearing back from all the colleges I applied to and I’m really interested in going the pre-med route. I am

I would suggest rice. It is more collaborative and has grade inflation and is located by a medical center.

The massive MC across from Rice’s campus makes it a perfect choice.

this is a toughie. some key differences:

— rice is smaller and uses the residential college system
— duke’s school spirit outdoes rice’s (especially during basketball season)
— rice is located in the heart of houston where it’s likely to be warm (nearly) all the time, whereas duke will give you all four seasons
— this is solely my opinion, but i think rice emanates the “intellectual” vibe a bit more than duke (if that’s what you’re wanting)
— duke will probably be a bit preppier than rice

you can’t go wrong with either choice really. both are fantastic choices. i know rice has some of the happiest students (as voted by princeton review).

i don’t think you should make your decision solely on the fact you want to do pre-med because the truth of the matter is most people tend to drop pre-med. go with your gut.

Duke has a world-class hospital and medical school on the same campus. It is more selective, ranked higher, and will give you more options if you decide not to go to medical school. You also applied ED to Duke. Clearly it was your first option.

Not much of a decision in my opinion.

More selective? That’s not correct. Duke has one medical center. Rice has many. That said, the Ohasn’t been back in weeks. It’s a moot point.

^ The OP hasn’t been back (darned keyboard and fat finger- bad combo!)

Yes, Duke is more selective. It is absolutely correct.

https://www.chron.com/news/article/Rice-accepted-just-11-percent-of-applicants-this-12777700.php
https://futureowls.rice.edu/futureowls/Freshman_Profile.asp

http://www.dukechronicle.com/article/2018/03/duke-accepts-record-low-6-4-percent-of-regular-decision-applicants

What will you do with many medical centers? Be in multiple labs at the same time?

Duke has an 85% med school acceptance rate. #6 Pre Med Program per prep scholar with Rice not on the list and College vine ranks Harvard/Duke top for pre med. No expert but that was just a google result of Rice Pre Med and same for Duke.

OP has a “problem” about 50,000 (or more) kids would love to have. Frankly, I don’t think he/she can go wrong with either school here.

Approximately 80% of students admitted to both schools choose Duke.

http://www.parchment.com/c/college/tools/college-cross-admit-comparison.php?compare=Rice+University&with=Duke+University

Agree that most people would pick Duke (I’d pick Rice though). But Parchment sample size too small to cite even an approximate percentage. Depends on student’s personality and values/preferences.

Don’t use parchment in any way. Its like on online twitter poll.

nonsense- Duke admissions and Rice admissions are 8-10%. Those differences are moot. youposted old numbers

Duke’s admission rate this cycle is 8.3%.

Rice’s admission rate this cycle is 11%.

That 3% difference is the difference between Duke and Harvard. It matters.

And the Houston Chronicle article is from March 2018. Please stop lying.

Parchment’s data has been used by the NY Times.

No it does not matter. Anyone familiar with admissions and the college application process understands that. Being a Duke shill is fine if thats what you want. Not sure it helps the OP. And if you want to nit pick, Rice’s admissions was 10.8%. The 2.5% difference is moot.

^ Spreading outright falsehoods is not acceptable.

A 2.5% difference on an acceptance rate of 8.3% is a 30% difference. On an acceptance rate of 10.8% it is a 23% difference. Also, please cite your sources. Where is 10.8% coming from?

I disagree with @JenniferClint . The difference in acceptance rates between Duke and Rice is not at all important. Both are highly respected schools that can get you anywhere you want to go in life if you do well. Choose the school that feels like the right fit - people tend to do their best when they are comfortable and happy.

You can disagree all you like. You’re entitled to your opinion. You’re not entitled to your own facts.

The question was not about whether or not the difference matters. It was about whether or not there is a difference and there clearly is.

My only two cents on using acceptance rates is over rated. If duke with it’s great sports and super powerful brand gets 10k more applications than say. Rice. And those 10k have no chance of getting into either school and are Hail Mary applications. Does that in fact make one more selective. I think the core selectivity is the group inside of the total and they are nearly the same at these two schools.