<p>I would like to hear about the pros and cons of each of the eleven residential colleges.</p>
<p>Baker, Will Rice, Hanszen, Wiess, Jones, Brown, Lovett, Sid Richardson, Martel, McMurtry, and Duncan</p>
<p>Quality of the dorms, food, traditions, etc.</p>
<p>Check out the Rice Standard, just search the colleges name that you want more info on, they have a review/background of each one.
For example
<a href=“http://www.ricestandard.org/lovett-college/[/url]”>http://www.ricestandard.org/lovett-college/</a></p>
<p>Food quality is mostly irrelevant in my opinion given that you can go to whichever servery you prefer, and for every servery, there’s people who swear it’s the best and others who swear it’s the worst.</p>
<p>Ultimately, since you’re sorted into a college randomly, this doesn’t matter at all. You get what you get, and the vast majority of people are happy with it. Most people that I’ve met are happy with their college (and will probably argue that it is the best if prompted). Martelians even manage to delude themselves into thinking that Martel is a college ;). All the colleges are great in their own ways, and since the people at Rice are awesome in general and it’s the people that make the colleges so great, you can’t really go wrong.</p>
<p>I saw plenty of people hating on Lovett on Facebook the night college assignments were coming out. Some of them are now in Lovett. All of those will argue vehemently that Lovett is the best.</p>
<p>Martel:
pros - best college ever
cons - none</p>
<p>Seriously, I wouldn’t waste too much time thinking about the colleges right now. I think it’s probably more fun to come in with no strong preconceived notions and just let yourself be swept up by the traditions and whatnot during O-Week.</p>
<p>^
You meant Duncan.</p>
<p>Martel:
Pros - Made Jones lose its parking lot
Cons - Not a college.</p>
<p>I agree wholeheartedly with your second paragraph, though.</p>
<p>Excuse Dorian_Mode for his typo, he meant “best dorm ever.”</p>
<p>I wouldn’t worry about the specifics of the colleges too much, other than remembering that Hanszen is the best college of course. 
I would definitely try to gather information about general residential life and the variety of living situations Rice offers as a whole instead; you’ll love whatever college you’re in, so for now just try to get a picture of what the residential college system does for the campus and what unique things each college brings to the table.</p>
<p>
just wondering, do the different colleges/dorms have different traditions?</p>
<p>^yes. You willl see during O-Week.</p>
<p>Definitely. Tradition is strong for all the colleges (particularly the older ones, but that’s only logical; all the colleges have a firm sense of tradition and identity).</p>
<p>i got a letter in the mail today for Owl Days in april where you can go there and stay overnight and attend classes. that’s not the same thing as o-week right? they’re not related at all?</p>
<p>No, not at all. Owl Days is a chance for prospective students to visit and get some sense of the university before they make their decisions. O-Week is the week of orientation for incoming students before classes begin.</p>
<p>I highly recommend you go to Owl Days, by the way. Highly recommend.</p>
<p>The most important aspect of a college is that it has two votes on the internet. Martel is therefore the best college of all of the colleges.</p>
<p>You know you liked Hanszen better than Martel after O-Week, let’s face it. haha</p>
<p>I must say, silentsailor, that is pretty impeccable logic.</p>
<p>silentsailor - you are basing said logic on the assumption that Martel is a college.</p>
<p>As Dwight would say: FALSE</p>
<p>This is why i want to go to rice</p>
<p>My favorite was when someone put Martel for sale on ebay. It was a riot!! Did anyone do a schreenshot to save it? It was hysterical.</p>
<p>It was Craigslist…“One gently-used dormitory.” If I recall correctly, they priced us quite well. I’m planning thorough jacks revenge this year.</p>
<p>Re: Dwight, I have to confess that “Drunker Mifflin: Beers. Bikes. Battlestar Galactica” might be my second-favorite beer bike theme ever.</p>
<p>Maybe they did craigslist as well, but it was DEFINITELY on ebay, Had gotten up to a pretty high bid too, if I recall correctly.</p>