<p>I got accepted to Rice as a freshman. I am not a freshman at Cornell. I am pretty sure I would be readmitted to Rice as a transfer, I mean I was accepted already. I know that Rice's transfer students have between a 1300-1440 on the SATs, and i have a 1450 and was admitted and I am doing quite well at Cornell (3.6-3.7). Houston, Texas is not the ideal place to go to college and it's so far from my house in the northeast. My parents don't really want me to apply there again as I fought them to even apply there in the beginning. What do you guys think? Should I apply as a transfer?</p>
<p>Are you unhappy at Cornell and that is why you want to transfer? Find out what you want. If you think you are going to be happier at Rice then apply. Your parents' opinions are important, but don't go to a college or choose a major because that is what your parents want. Houston does have a lot to offer, but I think it would be a lot different from where you are from. You might see this as a positive attribute that Rice students never really get to experience Houston or Texas. I only say that you might see it as a positive attribute because you won't really run into the Conservativeness or all the other stigmas of Texas.</p>
<p>Clean out your PM box bball!</p>
<p>i cleaned it out</p>
<p>the only thing I am really worried about Rice is if I don't go str8 to grad school will my career opportunities be limited? I know that Rice is incredibly selective and many grad schools really like Rice. However, the big financial companies do not recruit at Rice? What yo guys think? I am not really that arrogant but it doesnt really help when I got into Rice and everyone was like where is that, even kids who were going to places like Stanford, Harvard, no joke.</p>
<p>Transfer to Rice is you would like the atmosphere, the opportunities, the residential college system, the professors... and forget about the other stuff. Grad schools and companies do know about Rice, and a Rice education will not hamper your career plans. But I don't think you should go into this process with such a "career oriented" focus. Think about what you would like to do and who you would like to become during the next few years. Then, if Rice is where you would like to be, apply to transfer.</p>
<p>I agree wholeheartedly with anxiousmom and torrestowers. This needs to be something you do because you feel Rice is the best place for you now. You shouldn't stick something out for the mere sake of your parents, either. The choices you make in life can't always be based on statistics, raw numbers, your parents' preferences, or how well Rice is known vs. Harvard.</p>
<p>Will Rice give you the opportunity to apply to top graduate programs? Yes.
Will Harvard or the like give you a better chance of success? Maybe, maybe not.
What's best for you now?</p>
<p>i dont know much about Rice at all. No one I know knows much about it. How can I found out more about it? There seems to be a lot of drinking on campus, something I am not into. Also, it is in texas for crying out loud, i am from the northeast.</p>
<p>You should look at the Christian vs. Secular life on campus thread and the How Do You Like it Here on the Rice Message Board for more information about Texas and Rice. Princeton Review also has an article online that you can read. Sorry that I am not actually writing out my opinion on all the stuff you asked about, it is just that this has been addressed elsewhere on the board.</p>
<p>The real question is: What don't you like about Cornell? If we knew what you didn't like there, we could address and tell you the differences.</p>
<p>True, we don't know what made you want to apply to Rice in the first place either.</p>
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How can I [find] out more about [Rice?]
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Read about Rice online -- at its web site or on other college related sites. Ask people like us <em>specific</em> questions. If you can afford the money and time, go visit on a weekend.</p>
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There seems to be a lot of drinking on campus...
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There's a noticable amount of drinking, but Rice isn't a party school. I don't drink either and I was <em>never</em> pressured to do so while I was at Rice. It's your choice, and there are plenty of non-drinkers to hang out with if you insist on avoiding those that do.</p>
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Also, it is in Texas for crying out loud, I am from the northeast.
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And there are just as many stereotypes about the northeast as there are for Texas. Houston is a metropolitan area with a population in the millions -- really, it's not like you'd be required to wear a cowboy hat and ride a horse to class.</p>
<p>One of my O-Week group members was from New York City and she didn't seem to mind Texas all that much; she was even elected President of Martel College one year.</p>
<p>why i applied to Rice, the honest answer:</p>
<p>b/c my 6th grade teacher's daughter went there. When I was in my guidance counselor's office my junior year, she mentioned it and I was like what the heck, I applied and got in. Didn't really consider it, b/c its so dam far from where I live.</p>
<p>I was only asking, because you didn't give a reason to why you are considering transferring. Are you asking us to give you reasons that would possibly make you want to transfer? If you are happy at Cornell then stay there. If you think you are going to be happy at Rice then do a bit of research to see for sure if this will be the place that you are happiest at.</p>
<p>bball, I don't think anyone here is going to go out of their way to convince you to transfer to Rice. Your initial title of "should I even bother" somewhat suggests that you're not all that motivated to come to Rice; you just want an alternative to Cornell.</p>
<p>If that's true, there's no reason to think you'll necessarily like Rice better. You need to do a little work to find the environment you <em>want.</em></p>
<p>We are from the Northeast. My daughter chose Rice over some Ivies other top 20s. She didn't apply to Cornell because she decided it was too big, too cold, and too remote. She is currently a sophmore and is really happy where she is.</p>
<p>There obviously is a reason you chose Cornell over Rice and presumaby some other schools you were admitted to. But that is pretty irrelevant now. Stick with your original decision unless there is something about Cornell that does not work for you. </p>
<p>It doesn't seem you have provided any reason to want to transfer except you think you could get in. You may be right but so what?</p>
<p>but now....</p>
<p>i hate cornell;s rural location and the fact that some ppl here are dumb as the day is long and i would like a more stimulating environment, and i know the kids at Rice are brilliant</p>
<p>Well, Rice isn't rural. However, Rice's students are academically pretty similar to Cornell's. You might be dissapointed if you think otherwise.</p>
<p>aren't Rice kids like all reallllllly supper smart for the most part. I have encountered so many dumb kids here, it blows my mind.</p>
<p>Really? Perhaps the School of Management factors into that? I go to Rice and the student body is decent IMO. For the most part, people are "good at grinding" types, sad to say it. I know admissions tries to aim for people from across the spectrum, but it seems that they emotionally justify accepting those who aren't as good at grinding just for the sake of being diverse. I thought with people aligning themselves with a program/major you would see engineers building stuff on the weekends and humanities students naturally having intellectual discussions at mealtime (or really anybody). Thus far engineers are just trying to get through their justifiably difficult classes and as soon as I notice people having a discussion that is remotely intellectual someone chimes in, "Only at Rice would we talk about [insert remotely intellectual topic]." I always disliked that, and I think it's a terrible way to view yourself and your peers. But then again, one girl who I know is extremely smart used to say the same thing at my high school. </p>
<p>The difference is in college you can actually have a choice between associating more with the students around you or your professors and research. I'm not sure which one is more important. I am kind of in the same boat as you, and I think a school like UChicago would be great.</p>