Where have Rice grads gone?

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<p>Hello there! I tried looking this up on the Rice site, but couldn't find any info. I'm just curious as to where Rice grads have gone, and what things they ended up accomplishing after graduation. What did you do, and what did your friends do after the Rice diploma?</p>

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<p>From the Rice wiki:
Alumni of Rice have occupied top positions in business, including George R. Brown, Thomas H. Cruikshank, the former CEO of Halliburton, John Doerr, billionaire and venture capitalist who provided original investments in Google, Amazon.com, Compaq, Netscape, and Sun Microsystems, Howard Hughes, and Fred C. Koch.</p>

<p>In government and politics, Rice alumni include Alberto Gonzales, former Attorney General, Charles Duncan, former Secretary of Energy, William P. Hobby, Jr., John Kline, and Annise Parker, incumbent Mayor of Houston.</p>

<p>Many Rice alumni have gone on to successful careers in the humanities such as Larry McMurtry, Pulitzer Prize winning author and Oscar winning writer of Brokeback Mountain screenplay, and Candace Bushnell, author of Sex and the City.</p>

<p>In science and technology, Rice alumni include 14 NASA astronauts, Robert Curl, Nobel Prize winning discoverer of fullerene, and Robert Woodrow Wilson.</p>

<p>Rice athletes include Lance Berkman, Bubba Crosby, Harold Solomon, as well as three Olympians…</p>

<p>Also, Ben Rhodes, White House speechwriter and his brother, David Rhodes at CBS – and right after graduation, Owls head off to top med schools, law schools, grad schools, TFA, Fulbright projects, research, etc.</p>

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<p>[David</a> Rhodes - CBS News](<a href=“http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/08/11/broadcasts/main7329695.shtml]David”>http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/08/11/broadcasts/main7329695.shtml)</p>

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<p>And David’s younger brother, also an Owl …
[Ben</a> Rhodes - 40 Under 40 - TIME](<a href=“http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2023831_2023829_2025191,00.html]Ben”>http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2023831_2023829_2025191,00.html)</p>

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<p>Let’s not forget that Rice has one of the two or three best music schools in the nation and consistently produces our generations most talented performers in classical music. Many have gone on to successful orchestral, chamber and solo instrumental careers. Rice has produced a number of opera singers that often grace the worlds’ biggest stages such as the Metropolitan Opera, Covent Gardens, La Scala and many many others.</p>

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<p>Out of my friend group,
1 went to Consulting (me), 2 to graduate school for PhD’s, 2 to medical school, one to work for an entertainment company, one to a theatre company, 2-3 to big oil (Exxon, Chevron, Shell) and 1 to investment banking (the 1% :wink: )</p>

<p>These were the final decisions though. Many had multiple job offers/graduate schools lined up to attend.</p>

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<p>That sounds good! Tell me, Antarius, I’ve heard that Rice is <em>extremely</em> well regarded when it comes to graduate school… so with the right research/scores, doing a PhD at Stanford, Yale, Columbia, etc… is in reach? :)</p>

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<p>Easily. </p>

<p>One person from my graduating class is at MIT for his PhD, another 2 at Princeton, two at Stanford, a few at harvard (law, business and education) and one at Yale for medical school.</p>

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<p>Yeah I’m really hoping to go to Yale for grad school and as far as I’ve heard Rice’s reputation gives you a decent chance at a lot of the Ivies and equivalent schools.</p>

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<p>!!! :D</p>

<p>That’s wonderful! </p>

<p>I think I want to go to Harvard for grad school, haha. FallenAngel9, what do you want to get your PhD in?</p>

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<p>I don’t even know what I want to major in for undergrad. haha But most of my options are areas that Yale in particular excels at, plus I just love the school itself.</p>

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<p>I have lots of friends in med or grad school. I’m in Hawaii.</p>

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<p>Just remembered this Standard article from last summer - they only polled 30 graduating seniors, but it’s a good read and I think it’s reflective of Rice as a whole. <a href=“http://www.ricestandard.org/beyond-the-sallyport-a-portrait-of-rices-graduating-class/[/url]”>http://www.ricestandard.org/beyond-the-sallyport-a-portrait-of-rices-graduating-class/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;