<p>Title says it all - its easier to get an idea about a college by looking at what people don't like about it than what they do</p>
<p>We had a thread about this a few months ago (which I can’t seem to find right now…)</p>
<p>But I disagree that it’s easier to get an idea about a college from what people dislike than from what they do. I think that the best way to get an idea of a college is to find out what about it people are passionate about — positive or negative. Those are the things which really define a school and its day-to-day workings. Just browse through this forum for a while and you’ll find out what people at Rice are passionate about.</p>
<p>I have to walk far to get to my car. Lol, honestly, that and the heat are the only negative things so far. Aside from those it’s better than I expected in almost every way.</p>
<p>the resistance to change. This applies at every level. Changing something tiny at the student/college level requires herculean effort sometimes.</p>
<p>The entitled-ness is another negative. But that I guess is across all top universities and our generation in general</p>
<p>:rolleyes: Antarius, honestly, I’m glad that Rice students are “resistant to change,” as you put it. It means that there are things about Rice that they care deeply about and are willing to fight for.</p>
<p>And so you know, though I’ve been opposite you on this KTRU thing, I’ve generally fallen on the progressive end of the student body. I thought the Baylor merger was a good idea IF a financially viable solution could be found. I’ve argued that adding two new colleges and expanding the student body to 4,000 (still not very large) will not destroy the very fabric of our university. And I’ve generally been a defender/supporter of Leebron.</p>
<p>I guess what I’m taking issue with is your high-and-mighty tone, i.e. the implication that you’re above the rest of the student body because you’re not resistant to change, and also by implication that you’re not entitled.</p>
<p>There have just been a lot of issues where the majority of the student body has opposed a move without actually knowing whats up. Part of that was due to the Thresher - which has a Fox News like way of spinning things. </p>
<p>I met a lot of people who thought that the administration was taking away their res. college money during the BANNER switch and that was simply not true.</p>
<p>And its not a “high-and-mighty tone”. Everyone sees disadvantages in different things. Im saying that I am more open to change and I wish more people were like that. Thats my opinion. You can qualify my opinion with a positive or negative spin. That is your prerogative.</p>
<p>Antarius, I was a member of the Thresher editorial board the past two years, and I’m curious how you think the Thresher spins things. If people thought residential college money was being taken away during the BANNER switch, it certainly was not due to the Thresher.</p>
<p>“…I am more open to change and I wish more people were like that” — how is that NOT high-and-mighty, or holier-than-thou, or whatever other hyphenated adjective one could call it? If you think that your opinions are so greatly divergent from the vast majority of the student body’s, then wouldn’t it then follow that your opinion would be vastly divergent from — and therefore not very useful to — the vast majority of prospective students on this board? Many of these students will be part of the “great unwashed masses” for whom you seem to have so much disdain.</p>
<p>This is neither the time nor place to argue. I regret even posting the first response. The OP asked for an opinion and I provided one.</p>
<p>The above is not productive to the topic of “What do you dislike about Rice?”</p>
<p>Speaking of the BANNER system, that’s definitely one of the things I disliked in my time at Rice. Fortunately, I never had to interact with it that much since I wasn’t a primary on finances as an O-Week coordinator, but the whole thing seemed like a major pain.</p>
<p>Also, Jones. Can I say that? I dislike Jones.</p>
<p>I second the disliking Jones as well.</p>
<p>Finally, something we can agree on.</p>
<p>I am a parent of a new Rice student at Jones. You want to step back on your dislike, considering you have a whole group of new Jones freshmen who were RANDOMLY put there?
It is a new year.
There was no choice of colleges, just happy to be at Rice.</p>
<p>Nope, I have no plans to change opinion. Jones is terrible.</p>
<p>(I’m actually not at Rice these days, since I graduated in May, but please be aware that my hatred of Jones is part of Rice’s grand tradition of inter-college rivalries)</p>
<p>fbdadd, if you had spend some time around these boards before making your first post a reactionary statement to an offhanded comment, you would have already known that Dorian is a cheeky ■■■■■■■.</p>
<p>Also, Dorian, Antarius, and I all know each other in real life, so some of the sarcasm we display on this board may seem a little harsh if you assume that we only know each other from the internet.</p>
<p>im at jones and i dislike it as well :[</p>
<p>Could someone please explain what is wrong with Jones?</p>
<p>nothing. They are easy to rag on, so we do. Brown and Jones were the only 2 north colleges (prior to martel,duncan,mcm in the last decade) and have had a long running rivalry.</p>
<p>Somehow brown is more liked campus wide - as a result, we de-facto hate Jones</p>
<p>okay. everyone calm down. there are obviously no “bad” colleges, just colleges that are hated on a lot for basically no reason.</p>
<p>Within every college there is some proportion of people who love it and can’t imagine themselves anywhere else. There is also a smaller proportion of people who are unhappy. This is the same in every college.</p>
<p>but seriously, guys, tone down the Jones-bashing (note I am not a Jonesian). or at least save it for a few months til the new freshmen know everyone’s joking.</p>
<p>It’s actually really hard for me to come up with something I dislike about Rice. I guess the main thing would be: campus life is so wonderful that sometimes it can be hard for people to think about/devote time to the greater Houston community. There are many students who are content to focus all their passion/dedication on Rice throughout their four years which is great–but I think Houston has a lot to gain from our presence as well.</p>
<p>The only thing I dislike about Rice is that I can’t live here forever :(</p>
<p>DS is a senior, and he is already saying he can’t believe it’s his last year, and wishes the end wasn’t coming…</p>