<p>Are there anythings that Rice admissions hypes up a lot, and then it turns out they're really misleading?</p>
<p>For example, at the private school I go to, we just got a new observatory for the astronomy class. Now, on admissions tours, they always make a big deal out of the observatory, and me and my friends, knowing that there is a 1% chance they will use it just laugh. Are there any things like that that Rice does? Just curious.</p>
<p>Not as far as I’m aware of. If there’s something you are worried might be misleading, you can ask about it specifically and I can tell you whether I think it’s misleading or not. Same with other current students and alumni who come here–they would be more than happy to help, I’m sure.</p>
<p>school… sm? ha</p>
<p>As FA says, ask away. Rice will showcase any and all aspects of the school because one group of students atleast will use it.</p>
<p>I haven’t noticed anything being too hyped, but admissions does tend to downplay the fact that we’re a wet campus.</p>
<p>really? it’s wet at Rice/Houston? i thought it was sunny and hot all the time lol
the autumns are REALLY REALLY nice though 
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<p>“Wet” in this context to mean that alcohol is allowed & sold on campus They kinda hide it in the tour sometimes so as not to scare off the parents.</p>
<p>^^ Any student of age is allowed to keep alcohol in their rooms. There are also two pubs on campus that serve beer and wine.</p>
<p>Antarius, you still have to be 21 to have alcohol or drink alcohol. However, unless RUPD has reasonable cause to enter a room, they won’t, so it is possible that some students under 21 do have alcohol in their rooms. The policy does not “allow” that though. Just wanted to clarify. The full policy can be found at <a href=“http://sjp.rice.edu/media/files/Key_Take_Aways_of_the_Rice_Alcohol_Policy.pdf[/url]”>http://sjp.rice.edu/media/files/Key_Take_Aways_of_the_Rice_Alcohol_Policy.pdf</a> for those who are interested.</p>
<p>Yeah. By “student of age” I meant anyone 21 or older.</p>
<p>abamb is correct that they will not search your rooms or hunt down underage drinking unless given reasonable cause. Basically, be responsible.</p>
<p>I totally read that as just “any student” the first time. Oops!</p>
<p>As long as you don’t do anything incredibly stupid or unsafe, you’re not going to get busted for alcohol. At a public party, you have to either be stupid by having a cup in your hand or by jumping a fence / otherwise drawing attention to yourself or visibly in need of medical attention before you’re really going to get RUPD on your case.</p>
<p>In effect (but not by letter of law), the alcohol policy permits underage drinking in controlled circumstances. While yes, if you screw up, you’ll still get in trouble because it’s technically a violation of the policy and Texas law, in most circumstances the alcohol policy effectively permits underage drinking. It’s like that because it’s either that it’s going to happen in controlled circumstances or it’s going to happen in uncontrolled circumstances, and the former is safer.</p>
<p>The alcohol policy does not attempt to enforce Texas state law in regards to alcohol unless it becomes obvious that law-breaking is occurring. I definitely would not say that underage drinking is permitted.</p>
<p>But yes, the only people I have seen get busted are those who attempt to punch cops, refuse to follow instructions when inebriated and get into fights.</p>
<p>I thought most non-religious college campuses were wet.</p>
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<p>Many (most?) public universities are not. In addition, Rice permits kegs in individual rooms on campus, something that most places do not.</p>
<p>As far as I know, of all the schools I visited (both public and private), Rice was the only wet campus. That said, I could have easily missed it if admissions downplayed it.</p>
<p>I’m also fairly certain that Rice was the only wet campus out of the 15 I applied to. Again, it might have just been downplayed.</p>
<p>Perhaps I’m not understanding the meaning of “wet”, but if you mean that there is no uinderage drinking on the other 15 campuses, you are very mistaken.</p>
<p>Rice has a very open attitude towards drinking, which I believe helps the students to be responsible without fear of disciplinary action. Most of the “other” schools you mentioned have plenty of underage drinking on campus; its just not talked about. I personally think this is not a good thing, because if a kid/kids get into a difficult (drunk) situation, they are less likely to call for help for fear of being expelled.</p>
<p>A dry campus is a campus in which alcohol is prohibited, period. It doesn’t matter what the age of the person is, who they are intending to have consume the alcohol, or where they intend to consume it; if the person is caught with alcohol on campus they will get in trouble.</p>
<p>A wet campus is essentially the opposite, although it doesn’t counteract local policy (i.e. if a student is caught underage drinking it can be brought to a court of law, although a lot of the time a more minor method of taking care of the issue will be used, such as a fine or something).</p>
<p>So, are you saying that schools like Dartmouth, Brown, Yale, & Wesleyan don’t have alcohol or that it is prohibited? Because certainly alcohol is consumed by students on these campuses.</p>
<p>I’d have to ask…what good is “prohibited” if it is not enforced…and clearly at these schools it is NOT enforced!</p>
<p>While I don’t condone underage drinking, at least at Rice, they don’t pretend it isn’t happening; and all the students know that if they find themselves in a bad situation (someone is too drunk or ill) they won’t be in trouble for calling in help.</p>