<p>I am looking at attending Rice and very interested in studying earth science probably environmental and I was wondering if anyone had any insight as to how strong there program is, how the teachers are, etc. Thanks!! :)</p>
<p>The earth science program is quite small, but it is also strong. I suggest looking through the Rice General Announcements to see course offerings. Additionally, here is the Earth Science website: [Department</a> of Earth Science Home Page - Rice University, Houston Texas](<a href=“http://www.glacier.rice.edu/]Department”>http://www.glacier.rice.edu/). Hope this helps! Congrats on getting into Rice!</p>
<p>By the way, if you want to do purely environmental science, Rice is not the best place to do it due to its small size. The earth sciences, biology, civil/environmental engineering, and chemistry programs are great at Rice, but there is no environmental science department. I came into Rice wanting to do environmental science, and I ended up transferring to Duke for its environmental science program. However, if you don’t mind doing earth science, ecology/evolutionary biology, cell biology, or civil/environmental engineering instead, Rice still has great programs in these areas.</p>