<p>Rice is the smallest school I'm looking at, and while it has the potential to be my top choice, I am really worried about the size. Would you consider Rice to be too small at times? So there are a lot few clubs, social options, and a small LGBT community, than there would be at a larger college?</p>
<p>Personally, I chose Rice because I knew I wanted a small school. I wanted personal relationships with professors. I wanted the small community of a residential college. I absolutely love it here. But you’re right, small isn’t for everyone. I’ve never felt limited by Rice. In fact, there were so many opportunities this semester that I was not able to be a part of because I was busy with another activity.</p>
<p>As far as clubs go, there are so many to choose from here. In addition to campus wide clubs, each Residential College has its own government, committees, and activities that you can join. It doesn’t matter if a school offers hundreds of clubs as you’ll never join that many. Is there something specific you are looking for, or does the small number just concern you?</p>
<p>Socially, I’ve never felt limited. I’ve met so many people, freshman through seniors, in my residential college. I always have a group to be with. If I ever need to get away from my college, I have friends in most of the other colleges as well. Rice can sometimes be more college centric than campus centric, so it is easy to fall into a residential college bubble, but if you get involved on campus outside of your college you’ll have no problem escaping that.</p>
<p>Does that answer your question?</p>
<p>It’s big enough to give you tons of opportunities and let you meet new people each day.</p>
<p>It’s small enough that you will see people you know everywhere, every day, and you’ll develop close relationships with faculty and staff and be able to take advantage of those tons of opportunities.</p>
<p>An example: not to put this other school down, but Rice is about 1/15th the size of another fairly well-known university in Texas, yet it has more than twice the number of student organizations. There are plenty of opportunities here.</p>
<p>Take this as you wish. Smaller schools aren’t for everyone, so it’s understandable if you want a larger school.</p>
<p>With grad students, it is over 5000.</p>
<p>^^^Do they usually participate in social events? sorry, not sure how that works. And thanks, I’m not worried about size really anymore, it’s now in my top group of colleges, just gotta figure out how everything works now.</p>
<p>No. The current undergrad enrollment is 3700, and thats the number that matters. Grad students don’t live on campus, nor do they attend undergraduate social events. You will see them, but more in an academic sense. There is a graduate student pub on campus, but its not exactly a common place for undergraduates to hang out. So socially, grads and undergrads are separate.</p>
<p>Rice does not feel small. There are enough people that you don’t see the same people every time, but not so many that you never see anyone you know. Personally I think it’s getting too big, but that’s another matter.</p>
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<p>Did not know that. Interesting!</p>
<p>I was told that by what I deem a trustworthy source. I haven’t gotten the chance to check my facts, though, so I may actually be wrong if they had also mixed up their information. But yeah, it was really interesting for me to hear as well!</p>
<p>Just roll with it :D</p>