<p>How many of you have heard of Rice University and it's prestige?
How do you feel about it being in Texas?</p>
<p>I am very familiar with the school. I love it. I applied ED. My concern is that no one has heard of it. When I mention it, I get strange looks from people, I guess since it is called Rice. When I say it is in Texas, I get even stranger looks.</p>
<p>Many many many people know about Rice. It's called the Ivy of the southwest. It's relatively small and provides a great undergrad focus. Houston is great and although some parts of texas might be a little ..."unique", i think houston is certainly one of the best cities. I'm not sure about the weather there though...</p>
<p>Are you serious? It's top national university.</p>
<p>Having spent 9 years in a suburb of Texas, I'd have to say that the downtown of Houston is horrible. However, the area right around Rice is very different. It strongly resembles old New England...lol</p>
<p>I know how great it is but NO ONE I know has heard of it. Not a single person. My parents were trying to disuade me from attending until I told them how great the school was.</p>
<p>i go to holland holl in oklahoma, but my corpus christie friends tell me that in texas Rice is THE most prestigious college, that everyone in texas knows about rice and its reputation.
She said that she knew about Rice's reputation before she knew what Yale even was.</p>
<p>So yeah, if you get in, you'll basically be worshipped by everyone around you, not really but you know what I mean.</p>
<p>Practically Noone in Texas or Oklahoma I know knows what Emory or Harvey Mudd, but those are really good institutions, who cares.</p>
<p>your future employers will definitely have heard of rice, and will respect you for having attended such a difficult school</p>
<p>70% of Rice students who go to grad school are accepted to their first choice. Medical school acceptance exceeds 90%. Obviously, somebody knows about Rice. Add to that list the National Academy of Sciences, the Nobel Committee, and die hard Cleveland Browns fans-the only PhD to quarterback an NFL championship team came from Rice.</p>
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<p>I just wanted to express my dubious surprise at your inability to spell your school's name. That's... pretty much the only unique thing I had to say.</p>
<p>Rice is well-known. Don't worry.</p>
<p>I go to school in Oklahoma and I didn't hear about it until like 3 years ago when I moved here from New York.</p>
<p>Rice is heard of a lot because its so small and because it is very undergraduate programs (although it has top notch graduate schools in business, natural sciences, engineering, political science, religious studies). But numbers dont carry any East Coast bias, Rice is a very good school and is very underrated. Rice is Texas' best kept secret. To give you an impression, a woman I worked with this summer asked where I was going to school this fall. When I said Rice, she was like "Well I know there's a Rice that's like in the Ivy League or something, are you going to that one?" People all over Texas know that top notch scholars enter and come out of Rice.</p>
<p>I think I can accurately say that Rice is most famous in Texas, and most prominently in Houston. It is pretty well-known in the South and Southwest region, but not so much in the Northeast or on the West Coast (relative comparison to the South).</p>
<p>Then again, most schools are most well known regionally and then nationally to those who know great schools.</p>
<p>well I guess my family lives in rural Northeast OH probably dont know about it of course. Only a handful of my teachers are remotely familiar. The ones who do know however are absolutely thrilled. I guess you guys are right, most professionals and academia have heard of Rice and can surely attest to their awesome greatness</p>