<p>Hey guys,</p>
<p>Rice for Computer Science, considering that I already have Georgia Tech in the bag?</p>
<p>Factors:
Overall education
Cost
Prestige
Location
Job opportunities
Campus life
Strength of CS program
(in no particular order)</p>
<p>I think GT is better than Rice, but I want opinions other than USN rankings and stuff.</p>
<p>ani, Rice is literally in my neighborhood. What do you want to know?</p>
<p>Here are some notes:</p>
<p>[ul]
[<em>] Rice is not an easy school to get into. (Many find it harder to get in here than Cornell). You have to put in a lot of effort in your application - just like Ivys.
[</em>] Rice campus is very nice - not spectacular like Cornell. I think Rice campus is a lot safer than GaTech and most undergrads live on campus.
[<em>] Difference in # of students is something to consider. I know some people who transferred to UT Austin after a year because they found the place too small.
[</em>] Houston vs. Atlanta - this is debatable and very subjective. Houston is a bigger city. Similar weather - both get hot and humid during summer months. Houston is a highly cosmopolitan city - you will find people from all over. There is everything that comes with the presence of huge Indian presence.
[li] I don’t have much interest in CS as the major focus for undergraduate study and so I can not really weigh GaTech vs. Rice for CS. I don’t think it matters where you do your BS in CS. </p>[/li]
<p><em>trying to purposely annoy</em>
*CS is a ho hum field for undergraduate study and I don’t understand the fascination. Many of the courses you end up taking are useless from a practical point of view. *
[li] CS is not the crown jewel of either Rice or GaTech. Only at CMU it is.[/li][/ul]</p>
<p>So you live in Houston! Nice…</p>
<p>Anyway, you’ve made some really good points. I don’t think I can infer my chances at Rice from my Cornell decision since my Cornell supplement was 950 words long instead of 500 words so I guess that led to my rejection! It was something like gary7’s Penn on Stanford mess up… :(</p>
<p>Rice is small? In what sense?
What majors is Rice known for?
Btw, I really liked the information packet that Rice sent me haha.</p>
<p>As of now, I’m planning on majoring in CS but of late I am strongly leaning towards EECS or ECE. I guess I’ll find my true calling in college!</p>
<p>Well I’m sure you can answer this-
If given a choice, would you attend Rice or GT? You’re an international student, not a TX resident.</p>
<p>Ani- I can start spamming your thread if you say “please” nicely.
I’ll stop smamming your thread when you say ‘please’ even more nicely.</p>
<p>The worst thing about your sn is that there’s no way to twist it into something else. 
Which really annoys me.</p>
<p>Did you know that?</p>
<p>Well. Now you do.</p>
<p>aniruddh, your 950 word long Supplement was not why you got rejected. Mine was 1056. 
Go figure.</p>
<p>Tippu, beat that. Nyah nyah nyah. 
Get hold of a copy of Andy Griffith. One read of his stuff at age 10 and I knew my ultimate aim in life.
My favourite line in it was- “Don’t get your knickers in a knot”. I thought it was very important for you to know this.</p>
<p>FunkyMonkey- Why did you put the SAT in the middle?
Anyway, are you saying that because you got accepted ED at C?</p>
<p>And plus, you’re mean. Because you interrupted my streak.</p>
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<p>Relative to state schools. Social scene at larger state schools is seen positively by many. IMO, Austin is a much nicer place than Houston (or Atlanta). </p>
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<p>What I hear is that this university is investing a lot on bioengineering, chemical and biomolecular engineering, nano technology … I am sure traditional engineering programs are also good. </p>
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If money is not an issue then I would attend Rice. It is mainly because I prefer smaller school. For graduate school, it is the opposite.</p>
<p>This is post number 12.
And I’m done.</p>
<p>pixie, I am extra slow today. Didn’t understand your Andy Griffith comment. I need to google it.</p>
<p>^ It’s okay! It’s only Aniruddh’s thread ehich exists for spamming.
Nothing wrong with you. He’s not very well known I guess. He’s an Australian author who wrote Just Annoying- the book that gave purpose to my otherwise drab existence.</p>
<p>Ok. I watched too many Matlock episodes. Didn’t realize you were referring to another Andy Griffith. :)</p>
<p>Oh, I’m sorry I meant to write Andy Griffiths.</p>
<p>Seems like the perfect pixie lives in a hypothetical world, where start= stop
Well, she * did * stop without me telling her to, so it’s okay :P</p>
<p>Monkey, we can’t even compare our stats.
You’ve got 100 in math all your life.
You got four 800s in the SAT2
You got a 100 in math and comps in the 10th… And a 95…
You’re obviously a straight-A student throughout high school
SAT super-score of 2280!
You were a definite admit to Cornell, even if you wrote:</p>
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<p>in your essay.</p>
<p>:P</p>
<p>Thanks for the help, Tippu… Really appreciated. I do want to go to a big university actually… That’s why I haven’t ever considered applying to a LAC… Lol isn’t UT-Austin a party school?</p>
<p>@ UT Austin you get best of both worlds. :)</p>
<p><em>here is another lame attempt at annoying …</em></p>
<p>Only thing you will miss at either Rice or UT Austin is the northeastern pretentiousness.</p>
<p>Andy Graffiths is very funny. Have you read Jeff Kinney’s books? I know we are all too old to read his “diary” but still …</p>
<p>ani, apologies for misusing your thread.</p>