Undergraduate BME and Mathematics Ranks for my Shortlist Schools

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Texas A&M is more prestigious, even in the South, than Rice Alex.

I lived and worked in Houston for over 10 years so I should know. In Texas, your Rice degree is gold, and if you go to A&M, you are an Aggie … worlds of difference. </p>

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Of course, the name of your degree will follow you the rest of your life. Do you really want your future acquaintances to mistake your “prestigious” Rice degree for some certification at an agricultural school?

Just curious - how many of you know where your doctor earned his/her first degree? … But if you are one of the lucky ones with a “prestigious” BS degree from Duke, you would of course hang your Blue Devil Diploma over your HMS diploma…</p>

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I think Rice is extremely regional in prestige. It is virtually UNHEARD of outside of Texas and most employers are unaware of the existence of the school.

Why don’t you ask your heroine, hawlette, of her opinion on Rice?</p>