Is this a good college list? Should I pick UPenn or Rice?

College Search & Selection
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<p>Here are the colleges I will be applying to:
UNC Charlotte
NC State
Syracuse
Rensselaer
Harvard
Washington University in St. Louis </p>

<p>Through Questbridge: Princeton and Yale </p>

<p>I would like to apply to 7 schools through regular application process and I cannot decide between Rice and UPenn. I would like to study architecture or psychology. Things that are important to me for college: financial aid
(extremely important!), pretty campus and nice town outside of campus, not so many students, nice dorms, good student life. Can someone give me the pros and cons of Rice and UPenn? Also are there enough match and safety schools in my list? I have the credentials to go to an Ivy (according to their stats) so are the match and safety schools okay? Thanks!</p>

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<p>we can’t tell you this without the credentials, OP. stats and ECs.</p>

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<p>no Cornell?</p>

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<p>I don’t need other people to tell if I qualify. I just want to know which one is better for me Rice or Penn based on what I put and the pros and cons to them. I have the credentials to go to an Ivy, I have already verified that with other people I know. Personally, I don’t like posting those stats especially when I can’t even delete what write bc of the policy on CC. </p>

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<p>I don’t think anyone can find you from the internet based on a test score and GPA.</p>

<p>you say financial aid is important to you. How much can your family pay? have you run the calculators on these school’s website to see if they would give you enough $$? Rice is generally generous. Your requests are somewhat broad. There are hundreds of universities with “good student life, good dorms, and not many students”. Rice doesn’t have many students, I guess that’s a plus.</p>

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<p>Between Rice and Penn? Sounds more like Rice. How do you define “good student life?” </p>

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<p>How can we tell which is better for YOU, OP? Certainly you’re more than what appears here.</p>

<p>I can tell you that Penn has a lovely ivy campus that extends out into the streets of Philadelphia. There have been some security problems for Penn students. I don’t think that the dorms are all of the highest quality. Does it have good student life? Yeah, but I think it depends on the kind of socializing you like to do. Drinking beer is no different at Penn than most places. As for the number of people, you’ll have to look that up.</p>

<p>I’ve heard good things about Rice but never been there. </p>

<p>as for match and safety schools, see my first post.</p>

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<p>Harvard, Penn, and Yale do not offer accredited B.Arch programs. Per jkeil’s suggestion, Cornell does. From the little I know about architecture admissions, a portfolio can be an important component of the application. </p>

<p><a href=“http://apps.acsa-arch.org/Guide_Search/results.aspx”>http://apps.acsa-arch.org/Guide_Search/results.aspx&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>You can get a master’s degree in architecture after college if your undergrad isn’t in the above list. </p>

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<p>Penn is much bigger, 20k students I believe whereas Rice has 6k (I think?). Penn is also more in the city and Rice is like it’s own little town in the city. From what you’ve said, I think Rice is a better match. </p>

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<p>warblersrule, those colleges do. My sister is attending princeton and is doing architecture. I actually did the net price calculator for both, and Rice has better financial aid. When I say “good student life” I mean are the students in general happy. </p>

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No, actually, they do not.
<a href=“Welcome to the NAAB -”>http://www.naab.org/architecture_programs/home&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Rice is accredited for B Arch, so that might be your better bet.</p>

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<p>Um, my sister is doing architecture at princeton and it has a good program. All of the colleges I have picked have majors in architecture. I would not make a college list with a college that does not have architecture. I checked the actual college sites. </p>

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<p>I already picked Rice too. </p>

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<p>I vote for Cal Poly San Luis Obispo! <a href=“The Best US Architecture Schools for 2014 are... | ArchDaily”>http://www.archdaily.com/444902/the-best-us-architecture-schools-for-2014-are/&lt;/a&gt; Not great for financial aid for OOS, though. </p>

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<p>I checked the NAAB website…I’m a little confused…if the school has the major in undergrad how come it doesn’t have the B.Arch?</p>

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<p>Whether they offer architecture for undergraduates is one thing; whether they are accredited is another.</p>

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<p>I am planning to do masters though. If I do the undergrad in architecture and then am accredited in masters then it would be the same right or no? </p>

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<p>I would still be a licensed architect right?</p>

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<p>OP why not add both UPenn and Rice, and then research further to eliminate either Syracuse or Rensselaer, based on the qualities that you are looking for, especially financial award.
Best of luck to you.</p>

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<p>I wouldn’t do Penn if I was a low income student. 50% of Penn students are full pay which is astounding because the COA is almost $70,000. Within the remaining 50% of those who get aid, the aid could be as little as $5,000 a year or as much as a full ride. Penn attracts very wealthy students and low income students can end up being left out.</p>