Undergraduate Engineering GPA Rice vs. UT

<p>How hard is it to get a solid GPA in engineering at both these schools for mech or chem engineering? Is it harder to maintain over a 3.5 at either of these schools compared to the other? I heard Rice has a brutally hard GPA? I am willing to work a lot, but I also want sleep and don't want to work into the late hours of the night every night :S. Is either easier in this sense? I really want to graduate in 4 years with a good GPA so I get a good starting job. I am simply concerned one will be much easier than the other and if I go to one over the other I may hurt my chances to do well in my future. I come from the IB diploma program in high school and have take a few AP classes online alongside this as well.</p>

<p>I know it’s kinda late but bump?</p>