<p>which one and why? i got into both and must decide</p>
<p>what exactly are you looking for and what are your future plans?</p>
<p>both are owlish...... ahhaaaaaaaaaa ok bad joke</p>
<p>cold vs. humid/hot
major?</p>
<p>Rice - because I'm going to go there ;)</p>
<p>I think Rice has a good balance of study time and fun time. It also has a pretty campus and Div 1 sports.</p>
<p>I would suggest UChicago if you don't mind cold winters! My father, husband and son went there. I lived in the neighborhood. Chicago is a great city and the University has awesome academics. My son graduated june 2005 with a BS in Mathematics. He works in Greenwich, CT and lives in NYC with 2 UChicago grads. They are friends for life, I am sure! He had four job offers - the Career Office was verey helpful. My son loves sports and participated in intramurals - soccer, b-ball and football. He loved it even though he is not a super student. choose Rice if you prefer Div I sports and fan support and warm weather.</p>
<p>I would choose Rice.</p>
<p>As much as I like Rice, I'd chose Chicago. As for the reasons, there are a few. First of all, I much prefer Chicago to Houston. Secondly, I think that in most academic disciplines, Chicago is better than Rice. Finally, Chicago has a much stronger international reputation, and since I live overseas, international reputation was important to me.</p>
<p>Why don't you go to your local bookstore and read through the "what these colleges are like" books for these two schools? You also could check out the ratings on princetonreview and the comments on studentsreview.com.</p>
<p>My daughter last year came down to a choice between Chicago and Brown. She did this sort of review and decided that Brown was the best fit for her.</p>
<p>The best choice for you depends on you.</p>
<p>You know, Houston and Chicago are <em>very</em> different places. Chicago in general is a much more tolerant and accepting community - I don't mean to insult Rice, because it's a great school, but Houston is not exactly known as a city of culture and diversity. </p>
<p>No offense to anyone who lives in Houston!</p>
<p>Rice is harder to get into, and not as study-all-day-I'll-kill-anyone-who-gets-between-me-and-medschool type of school as U of Chicago. Plus, I heard U Chicago has a higher percentage of fuglies. I live in Chicago, however, and can tell you that the city is great. But the school, I wouldn't put at the same level as Rice.</p>
<p>With large white, black, hispanic, and some asian population Houston is very diverse. It's probably as tolerant as Chicago if not moreso.(which is not saying much)</p>
<p>The simple answer is that you should make every effort to visit both Rice and Chicago, preferably for an overnight, and choose the one that feels right to you.</p>
<p>They are both excellent schools, but in very different locations and with quite different campus cultures.</p>
<p>I can't imagine that any of us could really say which one is a better fit for you.</p>
<p>Probably the best way to know which is best for you is to do an overnight if you can at both schools. Attend a class or two and meet with a professor. There's no better way to figure out if a school is a good fit.</p>
<p>I would go to UChicago.
I find the Houston area undesirable, but they have a better social scene.
It would come down to academics for me and UChicago wins easily.</p>
<p>No offense, my AP Gov/Econ teacher triple majored at Rice and is one of the greatest teachers I have ever had. Many of our AP graduates write back to say he exceeds their college professors on all levels.</p>
<p>UChicago likes our school, I guess, and takes a lot of our debate kids. My opinion may be biased.</p>
<p>rice if you want to go to law or med school since they are numbers driven
chicago if you want to go into mostly anything else.</p>
<p>I got into both chicago and rice last year, good luck w. ur decision</p>
<p>o i forgot, rice came out w. interim decision, i remember last year</p>
<p>"but Houston is not exactly known as a city of culture and diversity."</p>
<p>You clearly don't know much about Houston, especially the Rice community. My daughter had her choice of many schools, and is a junior at Rice. She finds the cultural offerings both at Rice and in Houston amazing. She takes advantage of most of them. The museums and opera are wonderful. </p>
<p>I went to law school at Chicago, and my son was accepted there EA. Rice and Chicago are VERY different schools. Both are tops academically, but there aren't too many similarities after that.</p>
<p>Both are equal, you can't choose on prestige or academic reasons. </p>
<p>These two are so different in terms of lifestyle, so choose on that. I'd personally run away as fast as I could from Chicago, "where fun goes to die." Even look at the Uchicago board, its so pompous intellectual and dorky. Chicago caters to a certain type. Make sure you are that type if you want to go there.</p>
<p>Whether one finds the cultural offerings "amazing" depends on where he/she's from. If one grows up in places like London, Paris, NYC, LA...etc, then Houston is probably rather weak. But most people grow up in places smaller than Houston and to most 18-21 yo, Houston is just fine.</p>
<p>If one is better for you geographically or financially, I would go with it. Otherwise, Chicago. (Although, I do agree with the person who said that premed may be easier at Rice). I went to Chicago ED, and Rice was next on my list.</p>