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Whoever said that Texas A&M is more highly regarded in the South than Rice must be a tad deranged… TAMU is a perfectly acceptable state school, but is far below UT-Austin, which is farther still behind Rice. The former two are good schools, but Rice is a GREAT school (I almost attended UT and was simply waitlisted to Rice, so no bias whatsoever).
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<p>Rice is indeed an excellent school…but UT-Austin is by no means “farther still behind Rice”, especially considering that nearly EVERY academic program at UT is ranked higher than Rice.</p>