<p>i'm having an incredibly terrible time deciding between the two schools. I have deposited at NYU but i was just revently accepted to rice off of the wait list. this is sortof what i'm up against. </p>
<p>There is a $10,000 price difference between the schools, NYU being that much higher. At NYU, i've been invited and enrolled into their presidential honors scholars program, which gives additional aid, is a select group of kids, (75-100), additional advising, intersession abroad trips, and some other things with limited requirements like community service and min. gpa. </p>
<p>rice, or so i believe, is a better school academically. but in terms of campus life, what is it like? do people go into houston/ is there much going on around campus and off campus? i fear that i don't know enough about rice to make a decision so any kind of tidbit information on academics, study abroad, and campus life would be immensely helpful. i have to send in my reply... tomorrow? or sometime thereabouts. </p>
<p>read ALL the threads first, because there are a good many responses to those questions. </p>
<p>but you say that program offers additional aid. is that aid included when you say the 10k difference? if it is, not sure why you mentioned the fact, since only the 10k figure matters, not how you get it. and if it isnt factored, you need to find out so you know what the real difference is. </p>
<p>rice doesnt have honors. think of rice as an honors university.</p>
<p>I go to Rice, and am from NY, and I wouldn't have gone to NYU for a variety of reasons. </p>
<p>That said, I have a friend in that program at NYU and he did the intersession trip to Florence and LOVED it. He just loves NYU and is so happy there. But it isn't right for everyone, and wouldn't have been right for me. The two schools attract rather different student bodies. </p>
<p>You could take some pretty sweet intersession trips of your own you know, with the $10,000 you would save by going to rice.</p>