<p>Hello, guys!
I am an international student and i am aspired to pursue career in business. Currently i am admitted to rice social science college, emory oxford and ucla ecnomics and math major. I am not sure about which school to enter. As for rice, i have one thing uncertain abt: Some say that rice is not well-received outside texes so i don't know if i go to rice can i find a job in places other than texes or even in china.
Hope can get some advice from your guys!
Thanks in advance...</p>
<p>Rice is better than emory and ucla on the prestige front. As for the job opportunity thing, that’s a problem I was researching to. Rice is without a doubt on par with ivies in Texas and maybe the surrounding states. When you go to say California or NY, the schools like UCLA will probably be better represented, BUT- </p>
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<li><p>By going to Rice, you allow yourself a much easier time in finding internships to relevant positions (All notable banks and many fortune 500 companies have floors in Houston). Your best competition is UT students, whereas when you go to UCLA your against Haas and Stanford grads. </p></li>
<li><p>Rice will probably be easier in getting a higher GPA. What I mean by this is there will not be cases where scoring a 97% on your test will get you a B-, which happens quite a lot when your 500+ person class is graded on a normal curve.</p></li>
<li><p>You can graduate from Rice, work wherever you want in Houston (provided you’ve put in the work) for 2-3 years, then get an MBA at a top school like Stanford or an ivy, then relocate wherever you want to work.</p></li>
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<p>Summary: The most important thing about finding jobs in other places is getting your foot in, and Rice does that to you. All notable employers know Rice is a well-regarded school. However, after that it is your internships, extracurriculars, GPA, and interview that matters. And in my opinion Rice gives you the edge on that part. </p>
<p>Take my advice with grains of salt, my opinion is solely based on internet research because im facing the same problems myself. Im deciding between Cal and Rice- Leaning towards Rice atm.</p>
<p>Thanks for your reply. Another Q I have is that I don’t think the ecnomics and math major in Rice have good ranking. Will that be great disadvantage?</p>
<p>I’ll answer both sides of your question here, I think you are asking whether your actual learning experience will be affected as well as if it will affect your job prospects.</p>
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<li><p>Learning experience: It will actually be so much better at Rice. Whereas Berkeley is highly ranked in math, it really only comes from its graduate school. Your actual undergrad experience in math will be much more impersonal, hundreds of students in each class, and by professors more interested in grad students/their own research. Compare that with class of 10-20 and your professor giving undivided attention to you. This will help not only with your education but also with relationships >> recommendations and research opportunities.</p></li>
<li><p>As for if it will hurt your job prospects- not at all. Rice math/econ is perfectly fine and if you have a good gpa employers will know you have the necessary background. What’s more important is nailing those interviews and the technical questions they may throw at you.</p></li>
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<p>*once again, do your own research and don’t just take mine as truth. From my own research, BB firms (in Houston at least) recruit heavily from Rice. And these Rice grads are most definitely econ/math majors.</p>
<p>*One thing about going to Rice, but wanting to work in, say, California RIGHT out of undergrad is that you might have some trouble. Your 4 years in Rice, you would be building internships and experience to net you a good job in Houston by your senior year. So if you go straight to California or NY to compete, you won’t have that same advantage. What is more likely to happen is you will work at a firm’s Houston regional office, and then transfer over after a while. Then again, if you really wanted to, you can definitely manage to do it.</p>
<p>Dear buohuang,
Thanks so much for your reply, seems you have pondered every question I had and gave a really holistic view. I really got some refreshment from your answers. Thanks again.</p>
<p>I am a little bit curious if u are an owl…</p>
<p>I am a little bit curious if u are an owl…</p>
<p>probably will be going to Rice as a freshman this year. future owl!</p>
<p>Given those choices, Emory & UCLA, I’d say Rice would be the better option out of those. I would say Rice’s prestige extends far beyond Texas. UCLA is known outside the US, but Emory I’d say would be at a disadvantage. I’m not saying Emory is a bad school, quite the contrary, I’m just talking about name recognition.</p>
<p>Is Emory well received in business circle? Caz my friends say their business major has some prestige.</p>
<p>According to US News & World report (I’m looking at 2013 Best Grad Schools issue) UCLA is listed at #15, Emory #19 & Rice at #25. UT Austin at #17. So yes I would say it has prestige.
I think where some confusion arises it that with the general populace some very fine schools go unheard of while other “name” schools are easily recognized. This problem is further compounded by people associating a university in general versus a single department within a university. So some university that might not have a name that is as widely known as say an Ivy could potentially have a top notch department within that “less prestigious” university. I think you’d have to see each case as a composite of the university as a whole and the specific departments within it.
Another thing to consider is where are you planning on finding work? In a particular corporation & where they will assign you, or work within a certain region? All these are factors you must evaluate in making what will ultimately be your choice. All the schools you mentioned are top notch. If you work in California I’d say UCLA’s name would help you considerably over Emory. If you work in Texas then Rice would be a huge asset. If you are in Georgia…well I think you get the picture.</p>
<p>Thanks everyone of you who kindly answered my Q and I think just as most have recommended, my favor goes to Rice</p>
<p>just want to pitch in that emory at oxford is not the same as emory, even though they’re affiliated. idk if you’re still considering it but i would choose rice or UCLA over emory at oxford</p>