@texaspg ,
Unless things have changed, Rice doesn’t guarantee housing on campus for all 4 years. Even with the addition of the new residential colleges, there wasn’t room for all students all 4 years. And unlike many other schools, living on campus is a highly desired thing at Rice. So, IIRC (and this is from memory) aside from some students who are guaranteed housing (officers of the residential college, etc, I think) there is a lottery, with upperclassmen getting priority over lowerclassmen. (Again this is from memory). Some are fortunate to stay all 4 years. My son got “jacked off campus” (yes, that is the term they used) his sophomore year, and found a house he then shared with several friends who chose to live off campus that year with him. So he lived off campus one year (and stayed the summer after sophomore year while doing an internship) before moving back on campus junior year. Some get jacked off campus sophomore year, and some jr year. Depends on the individual residential college policy, I believe.