<p>Help! I'm really tied between the schools here and I would really appreciate some input</p>
<p>UT Austin
- admitted into the Cockrell School of Engineering for Chemical Engineering
- Dean Scholar for the College of Natural Science (looking into biochemistry)
- Pretty much a free ride for 4 years</p>
<p>Rice
- no aid
- most likely bioengineering or chemical and biomolecular engineering</p>
<p>In the future, I'd really like to do something research/engineering based I guess. So maybe synthesizing/creating pharmaceuticals or developing biomaterials? Almost 100% certain I'm planning to go to grad school. </p>
<p>So i like Rice because it's small and you get to really get to know everyone. The relationship to the faculty is really close. The class sizes are smaller and it seems like in general I could go farther with Rice (networks + brand name). Also the people there are more concerned about doing well/academics I guess. One concern that I have is that I'll be starting out on the same playing field as everyone else, which means it's a bit more competitive, whereas with UT I'm in double honors programs and well... money. </p>
<p>I like UT because it seems like with larger size, comes larger resources. I mean UT has money to give to students but it seems like I'll have to kind of dig for the opportunities and really carve my own path to get there. Another big concern is that I want to do something in ChemE that's pretty bio-focused and at UT i heard it's all about oil.... Also not too sure how personal advising will be with such a large class size. </p>
<p>Mainly concerned about
- rigor of academics and faculty, class size...
- advising
- opportunities to get out there and do things (volunteering, internships, research, study/research abroad)
- Flexibility in majors </p>
<p>So..... advice?
Thanks in advance!!</p>