<p>How safe is that part of Houston?</p>
<p>And what happens your fourth year when you're not guaranteed housing? Is it hard to find?</p>
<p>It's a lovely part of Houston, and the Rice police are good. It is pretty safe around Rice. It's a lovely neighborhood, and a mix of student housing and lovely expensive condos and huge houses. It's right across from a big park andby the lightrail, etc. Re: offcampus housing - about the same number of students are offcampus each year - so the student places get rented out by the next group of students. There is an online offcampus guide which lists places, and there is a hardcopy offcampus guide which lists the big apartment complexes. Tthere are several small apartment complexes nearby within walking distance, then some larger ones a few miles away. One large one runs a shuttle hourly to the med center and Rice. There are also lots of garage apartments and houses near campus with student housing. We actually save money when my DD lives off-campus, and she likes having the extra space. Don't worry about off-campus housing - each year the off-campus students find someplace to live! ;)</p>
<p>The year you get kicked off varies by college, although I think Junior year is usually it. It's possible to get lucky and stay on all four years--a few college government members are guaranteed housing, for example.</p>
<p>Anxiousmom is absolutely on the money about the neighborhood around Rice. It is really lovely.<br>
I do think that the lottery for housing the junior year for all colleges. My son, occcasionally the cynic, says the "lottery" is stacked. Along the line of, "it's funny that none of the athletes seem to get kicked off campus."<br>
As a junior he lived in a gated apartment complex a short ride from campus next to a light rail stop -- and the light rail is free for students. As a senior, he and three friends are renting a house two blocks away from the campus. He wanted to move back on campus for his senior year, but he missed the deadline to register. He said if you live off campus your junior year, you are pretty much guaranteed a spot back in your college for senior year, unless you miss the deadline.</p>
<p>Actually, at most of the colleges sophomore year is when you have the highest chance of being kicked off. Will Rice and Martel are the only two I know of that make it junior year.</p>
<p>And as to the question of atheletes getting to live on-campus more often than non-athletes, if there are two or more scholarship athletes in a suite, that suite is guaranteed on-campus housing.</p>
<p>And nobody at my college got kicked off who wanted to live on-campus this year. However, that says more about how many people wanted to live OC than anything.</p>
<p>Sid Rich is junior year. My son is off next year. Some students did get to stay on campus.</p>
<p>brown is junior yr too. so is jones.</p>
<p>I stand corrected.</p>
<p>NYSkins (and others) - </p>
<p>Varsity athletes are guaranteed housing by the university. That is why they are never kicked off. The part about 2 athlete suites is a Lovett rule.</p>
<p>I've lived in Houston for 20 years ...the area around Rice University contains some of the most desirable residential (West U) and commercial real estate in Harris County. It's safe and, imho, just beautiful. You definitely forget you are in the middle of an urban area when on campus.</p>
<p>This is a great picture that shows the location of Rice with respect to the Texas Medical Center and downtown Houston. (Unfortunately, the uptown/Galleria area is not pictured.) </p>
<p><a href="http://blog.kir.com/archives/TMC.jpg%5B/url%5D">http://blog.kir.com/archives/TMC.jpg</a></p>
<p>Residential neighborhoods are to the left, behind Rice U. :)</p>
<p>Can somebody shed some light on my situation? I want to go to Rice for the BA/MD program (get MD at VERY NEARBY Baylor college of medicine). This is an 8 year program. Rice housing is about 10K a year while BCM is 18K a year. </p>
<p>All in all, if I stay all 8 years in a dorm, then that will be about 112K. Wouldn't it just be better to buy a condo?</p>
<p>What's the cheapest housing nearby?</p>
<p>like i posted on another thread:</p>
<p>i love off-campus housing. i'm paying 260/month for rent + 70/month for utilities and this is in a 1000sqft apartment built within the last 6 years. i'm also sharing this dbl-bedroom with 3 other guys.</p>
<p>You have to remember that the housing costs oncampus include food - so subtract out food to find out how much you'd pay for the housing (room and utilities.) I would highly recommend that you live on campus your first year, to help you form the close-ties with the Rice community.</p>
<p>Ruff: If you are not from Texas, after your sophomore year you should buy a condo and move off campus. There are many very nice complexes within a mile or two of campus. If two or three other students move in with you and pay you rent equal to what they would pay for on campus housing the balance of your costs will about equal your cost of living on campus.</p>
<p>Since you own a "homestead" (no cattle required) you are now officially a resident of the Republic of Texas. Be sure to change your license and registration as well and file your tax returns as a Texan. Your tuition to BCM will be approximatley one-third of the tuition of a non-resident. If you did not own a homestead, establishing residency would be much more difficult. The savings in med school tuition alone will pay your mortgage. If you have roommates paying rent, you will be way ahead.</p>
<p>So, I have to buy a home to become a resident rather than rent it? Or do both work?</p>
<p>Oh, and Rice and BCM are both private, so in-state tuition is the same as out of state.</p>
<p>Hanszen is soph year when you might have to go off-campus. My D stayed on for soph year but wishes she hadn't. She went off junior year (now a senior) and has an awesome apartment by herself about 1 1/2 miles from campus. She has a car. She is going to keep the apt post-graduation. It has saved a lot of money (she is good about fixing her own food) and she has really enjoyed it.
There is a lot of great student housing around Rice- much of it very close to campus. No one should be the least bit concerned about having to move off campus. It is VERY different from many colleges in that respect.</p>
<p>Ruff: Although BCM is private, Texas subsidizes med Texas residents at all Texas med schools. Thus, BCM is one-third the cost for Texas residents. If you own a homestead in Texas as your primary residence you are a resident by definition. Otherwise you must reside and work in Texas without being primarily a student for one year.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/grad/directory/dir-med/brief/glanc_04110_brief.php%5B/url%5D">http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/grad/directory/dir-med/brief/glanc_04110_brief.php</a>
Tuition: $6,550
Required fees: $5,198
Room and board: $18,612</p>
<p>That's not much of a discount... tuition at rice will be most of my expenses.</p>
<p>Out of state is about 31K. The difference is about $1000 a month, which would make a nice dent into living expenses.</p>