<p>^^^ Thank you... since square miles don't feed into colleges, people do ;)</p>
<p>yep... its all bout the people</p>
<p>I'm talking about by population. Physical size matters little.</p>
<p>i withdrew my application from rice, though, with much regret. but they just didn't have adequate financial aid for international students. :( i do, however, this it's a fabulous university and would LOVE to go there. plus, it's in houston, which seems like a great city. :D</p>
<p>i know someone currently attending and he says it's awesome. the people. the classes, the city, EVERYTHING! <em>is jealous</em></p>
<p>you should have just stayed in the running. Once you pay the application fee, its no more cost nor any obligation to attend.(or did u do ED?)</p>
<p>I dont advise withdrawing - ever</p>
<p>nah, i hadn't even payed the application fee yet. aww, i really wanted to go. maybe graduate school or something...</p>
<p>i see... well then, thats a fair move</p>
<p>I thought Rice for Grad school wasn't nearly as good as it was for undergrad. Although I know their B-School is ranked in US News top 50 (take it for what you want).</p>
<p>well, Rice is THE top in undergrad.. its the summit of good and is peer with places like Harvard, princeton, MIT, Stanford etc.</p>
<p>Grad school isnt nearly as high up, but by no means is a bad program</p>
<p>Its just that Rice is a UG focused place</p>
<p>I guess it's like Dartmouth in that regard of being more UG-focused. Grad students don't live in the colleges though, do they? That seems to be a big part of the Rice experience.</p>
<p>no grad students are not in the residential colleges</p>
<p>no grad students are not in the residential colleges</p>
<p>Unless they're RAs...</p>
<p>what are RAs?</p>
<p>RA = Residential Associates. They are people who live in the dorms who are awesome. U can go tothem for help, advice or just to chill. They are integral parts of all res. college events</p>
<p>Secondly, none of the RA's are grad students. Our RA's at Wiess are members of Rice faculty. </p>
<p>Unless Im much mistaken, there arent any grad student RA's</p>
<p>The original charter of Rice was to educate Texans. I quote:</p>
<p>"In keeping with the spirit of the times in which he lived, William M. Rice had specified in the 1891 charter that The Rice Institute was to provide a variety of means to educate the </p>
<p>If I remember correctly (and someone else chime in here) Rice was required to take a significant percentage of its class from Texas. That meant for non Texans it was really selective for the remaining slots. I thought I heard that they were actually going to try to increase the out of state pool in the future. Someone else could validate this.</p>
<p>Rice, like Wash U, will never get the credit it deserves in the public eye because it is not one of the established Ivies or their associated schools and it is in the south. Fortunately, many in acadamia and industry know better and realize that this is one top place with top students and programs. No student should ever question going there. Until a couple of years ago it was much cheaper than most private schools. Still there is a differantial plus they do give academic money. There housing system is one of their strenghts too.</p>
<p>Although the original charter of rice did state that the institute was to be for texans, this has since been legally changed and there are no longer any quotas or requirements for texas residents at rice. It is true that the university plans to increase enrollment to about 3800 undergrads over the next several years by increasing the number of out of state students and maintaining the number of students from TX.</p>
<p>In keeping with the spirit of the times in which he lived, William M. Rice had specified in the 1891 charter that The Rice Institute was to provide a variety of means to educate the “white inhabitants of the City of Houston, and state of Texas.” </p>
<p>My previous post was cut off. What I said was that the current president is hoping to increase the number of out-of-state students to 60%. However, my opinion, as an out-of-state student was that the Texans made Rice a charming place to go to school.</p>