<p>I'm deciding bt 2 schools: Rice and Georgetown (Col)... I'm sort of leaning towards Georgetown bc the workload is lighter and bc I might want to transfer to the SFS later... I'm just throwing this question out there: I want to be involved in the pharmaceutical markets in China later on... so what major should I do in the SFS? Or should I even go into the SFS?</p>
<p>workload is ligher than RICE? is that true?</p>
<p>no the workload is lighter at Georgetown</p>
<p>out of curiousity, how do you know that?</p>
<p>bc i've talked to students from both schools</p>
<p>Depends what your major is. Rice is largely a science school, Georgetown is not. I would expect the science/engineering workload at Rice to be steeper than at Georgetown.</p>
<p>I would have to disagree with dzleprechaun's previous comment. I was accepted to Rice and I'm currently on the waitlist at Georgetown SFS. When I went down to visit Rice, I was surprised by the fact that the most popular majors there were Political Science and Economics. Although Rice has a reputation for stellar Science/Math, their Social Sciences programs are equally excellent. With small class sizes (I've heard an average of 7 students per class!), Rice could be an excellent choice for you.</p>
<p>I didn't say anything about Rice's poly sci or econ. In any case, "the most popular majors" doesn't really correlate with what the strongest programs are. Like you said, Rice has a reputation for stellar Science/Math, Georgetown does not, and therefore it wouldn't be surprising to me if Rice's science workload was steeper than Georgetown's. If you want to compare SFS to Rice poly sci, that's a different question entirely.</p>