<p>House diversed is Rice or Houston for that matter, I am from California and know nothing about Houston, I visted but thats about it..Any information will be great!!</p>
<p>I'm curious too. Rice has a reputation for being one of the most diverse top universities in the country, but the statistics don't make it look all that different except more Latinos than East Coast places. Any current student care to elaborate?</p>
<p>I'm not entirely sure of how the racial statistics compare to other schools, but I would characterize Rice as incredibly diverse. Rice's small size, combined with the residential college system almost force you to get to know people with different backgrounds than your own.
I have a friend who went to a state schools with something like 50,000 students whose social circle consisted almost entirely of gay Hispanics majoring in foreign policy - at Rice, if you tried to limit yourself to that, I think you'd be limited to about 2 friends. That's a bit of an extreme comparison, but my point is that, overall, I think that the culture at Rice fosters lots of real interaction across racial, socioeconomic, and political lines.</p>
<p>thanks alot thelonius</p>
<p>It depends on what you consider is diverse. Houston as a city is diverse, so you will be alright. I am an incoming freshman, and I have been to Rice many times during the school year (I live in Houston). Socio-economically, Rice is VERY diverse. There does not seem to be a social class divide.</p>
<p>As a minority, I do not consider Rice to be racially diverse at all, but the residential college system fosters a welcoming spirit for everybody, so you shouldn't feel isolated. If you are worried about meeting other minorities, you can join student organizations like HACER, BSA, and etc. It is really not that hard to meet that many people (this is from someone that has not even started the school year!); everyone seems to be really friendly and down-to-earth. Even though Houston is not Boston, there are still other colleges in the city, just in case you want more social options.</p>
<p>The thing that makes Rice diverse are the students views, not skin color, political affiliation, or social class. Rice students cannot be stereotyped, simply because there are so many different viewpoints and ways of life represented. There is a little bit of everything for everybody.</p>
<p>From the outside looking in Rice is very diverse. But once you are inside the hedges a funny thing happens--you become color blind.</p>