<p>**If you were in my shoes which one would you decide to attend for a computer science major ?
Both are funded.</p>
<p>I do have a list of views & opinions ,but would still like to expand it from your perspective.Thanks**</p>
<p>are u kidding me???</p>
<p>Rice, any day of the week</p>
<p>go to Rice....</p>
<p>i'm in a similar situation...
physics at rice or ut austin in dean's scholar program?</p>
<p>Rice.</p>
<p>The unique undergradute experience is invaluable.</p>
<p>Rice is much smaller / higher student:teacher ration... but austin (the city) is awesome... if you got an honors program at UT, then I would say that they are about matched....I want to go to Rice and am not applying to UT even though I live in Austin...it depends on whether you have a problem with big schools or not...</p>
<p>ya, that's kind of the clencher. ut is enormous even with an honors program. the only thing that would complicate it more would be if i get $ from ut... oos for ut is not too far off of rice.</p>
<p>The area around Rice is wonderful - Rice village filled with lots of great ethnic restaurants, stores, etc, and Rice is across from huge park, zoo, Miller theater.. and light rail (free to students) is across from entrance to Rice...plus museums etc. and all the med center complex. Campus is big and green, and houses around Rice are gorgeous. I live in Austin, but I think Rice and the Houston area around it are much better. UT students end up in huge apartment complexes miles away from UT.</p>
<p>The small student-body affords a close-knit atmosphere; UT, I suspect, is a very impersonal environment, which is primarily because of its enormous student population.</p>
<p>yeah, but there is a lot of austin spirit associated with UT... so you will get friendly hook-'em-horns signs from strangers etc... its less personal per se, but that doesn't mean that a comraderie doesn't exist.
Houston around Rice is great, but the rest of Houston is kinda gross...
Austin is great but, yes, living far away from campus...</p>
<p>overall I'd say Rice... (because it's where I want to go)</p>
<p>RIce hell yea</p>
<p>obviously rice</p>
<p>Hrm...i'm in the Dean's Scholars program right now at UT and definitly disagree with what a lot of you have said. It might be huge by numbers, but there really is a small feel to it. Even without counting the honors program, i have noticed sooo many coincidences that make it feel a lot smaller than 40k.</p>
<p>The honors progam helps even more (~35 people in my class), everyone in the program knows eachother. Also, I have found that you get what you put into it. If you search for significance here at UT, you can easily find it. Many of the professors wrote the book (not to say that this isn't also the case for Rice) and there is an incredible amount of research and impact that UT has on the world. </p>
<p>I'm pretty sure the CS program at UT is also ranked higher than Rice's.</p>
<p>Also, Austin is freakin amazing (I'm from Houston, and definitly enjoy Austin more). The beauty and safety are unmatched (Austin is the third safest city in the United States). </p>
<p>I believe that choosing either UT or Rice will help to bring you where you want to be if you have the initiative to do the work.</p>
<p>I'd have to say Rice (for the education at least)</p>
<p>Wow, you're in Dean's Scholars? Awesome.</p>
<p>I'm in a similar situation, deciding between U.T. Plan II and Rice. It's really killing me. Jesus.</p>
<p>I am a CS major (unofficially, I forgot to declare before the deadline) and I'll have to say that Rice's CS program hasn't yet impressed me. I, of course, have no experience of other CS programs so it could just be that my level of satisfaction is... too high. There are also other CS majors who have found (or have seemed to find) the program interesting... anyhow.</p>
<p>If you are hell-bent on becoming a CS major (like I think I am) then you won't have too many problems with the coursework. Again, I'm not sure about other CS programs, but it is a rarity to see someone attracted towards CS from taking a few intro-level courses (here). Anyways. Good luck with your decision.</p>
<p>I'm at Rice and have two roomates who are comp sci majors. Each love it. Def. come to Rice.</p>
<p>i really dont think it is a hard choice at all....RICE!</p>