<p>Bowdoin, Holy Cross, Davidson.</p>
<p>Rice is a bit of an island within Texas. Its pretty distinct from the rest of “texas” if you know what I mean. Many choose Rice despite the fact that itts in Texas, nopt because of it. </p>
<p>Agree with those who say there are not a lot of schools like Rice. That said, choosing a small school with a residential college system would be the most similar. Wiki has a nice list of schools with residential colleges or living/learnign communities [Residential</a> college - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia](<a href=“http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Residential_college]Residential”>Residential college - Wikipedia)</p>
<p>Vassar has house fellows in the dorms, but they do not have a residential college system per se. Neither does Emory, but Wash U does. That said, schools like Vassar, Bard, Middlebury, Tufts, etc may have a similar feel to Rice. I agree with the Claremont colleges suggestion too. Good luck!!</p>
<p>catpb…I sat in on several classes at Rice and spent a few days there (2 days recently and then last year) and visited with a lot of people and love it. I love the residential college system. I just feel like I am in my element at Rice.</p>
<p>Why not apply to St Olaf…I might still apply there. But, I have so much family there, some who are associated with Carleton. And they have given me a hard time that I just have to go to Carleton and I will regret it if I go to St Olaf. To be honest, I worry they could be right, and there is a lot more to Carleton than what I have seen and I will realize it once there. They declare their hate for St Olaf, over and over and over again. I thought I loved it. Then the doubts just set in. In the end, we all decided (my parents and I)that I would just stay out of Northfield. There are enough colleges out there that I do not need to wrestle with those two and which is the better choice for me, and so on. Maybe once there, Carleton would be a perfect fit. I do not know. Obviously, none of us really know until we are there. But, the politics of the entire decision there has proven too much. </p>
<p>Another thing about Rice (which both Northfield schools has) is that I can change my major around. I am unsure what I want to major in. I already got in to TAMU. I was very excited. But reality is, I do not know what I want to major in, so, that does not work well. Plus, I hear the financial aid is not good there and I need financial aid.</p>