They said to indicate all the things that we’re interested in, and my top ones are Compsci, Physics, Art, and polysci. They are all in different schools and I don’t know which one to pick as my first choice (since I have to write an essay on that one too). I hope to choose the one I have the best chance with, since I’m not really sure which one I want to pursue.
At school I am much stronger in STEM, and have more ecs with compsci and none with physics. However, the school of engineering usually seems the hardest to get into. Thoughts?
@raffie The ones that are really hard to get into is architecture and music. They accept a limited number for the program. I believe there are only 25 in architecture program. Rice doesn’t make you declare a major until sophmore year so even if you pick a major freshman year you can change majors. It is good to pick the major that you feel like doing. With my son at first through high school he thought he wanted predentistry, but senior year he changed his mind. He really had not done robotics or other engineering type program other than AP classes. So I pretty much think the other majors are all equally hard to get into. Pick the one your most interested in since it will probably be the easiest to write about. Think about activities you could see yourself joining and if there are things related to your major your interested in joining you could talk about that. My son wanted engineering, but choose activities totally unrelated to his major, but he just thought the activity would be fun doing.
You have to pick one school to apply into, but that does not limit what classes you take or what major you choose. My daughter was torn between applying to Humanities or Social Sciences as she wanted to double major in Psych and English. She ended up applying as a Humanities/Engllish major. Try writing the essay for each one of your interests and see which one is the best/easiest to write and then work backwards to pick the school. Go with your gut and passions rather than trying to game the system. As @fun1234 said, the schools of music and architecture have a different system with portfolios/auditions, etc. At Rice you have to take classes in all of the distribution areas so having a wide range of interests is a good thing. https://ga.rice.edu/undergraduate-students/academic-policies-procedures/graduation-requirements/