<p>2flipper2 and blackeyedsusan, thank you.
would u plz tell me why they hate Houston?
my intended major is EE+Econ/buzi… so what’s the better choice?</p>
<p>In addition, since I’m an intl student from China… is it still easy to find internships beyond the city where the school is located?</p>
<p>Your decision shouldn’t be based on where you’ll be able to get internships. There is nothing to say that one of these schools will provide you with better internship opportunities – it’s more based on what you do with your time at school and how hard you try. My Rice engineering major son got an internship at a hedge fund in NYC and my Wash U business major son got an internship with a technology company in San Antonio. Go figure!</p>
<p>And for what it’s worth, Houston is the 4th largest city in the US with a wealth of restaurants, shopping, Fortune 500 companies, theatre, ballet, opera, first class museums. It has a low cost of living and is welcoming, friendly and multi-cultural. Beyond that, living in a city for work is different than being on a college campus. Rice is in a beautiful area of the city with easy access to a variety of restaurants and shopping.</p>
<p>Please don’t make your decision based on minute factors. Think about what’s really important to you and don’t second guess it. They are both really fabulous schools and will serve you well. Congratulations on such great choices.</p>
<p>@blackeyedsusan- I think you need to re-read what I wrote. I said look beyond location, that both schools “are recognized outside of their cities- and instead focus on programs that give you the education and focus you are interested in”. Personally, I hope my son does not settle in St Louis, and if he were at Rice I don’t think I’d want him to settle in Houston, and if he were at Yale I wouldn’t want him to end up in New Haven, or Harlem if he was at Columbia. And, I am sure that your sons chose their respective schools based on education not location. </p>
<p>@cyhtjdg- the type of city someone prefers is personal- Houston is big, sort of super-sized. They moved there because he’s in the oil business. I don’t think internships are ever easy to get. Between the job placement center, the reputation of your school, and your own performance in your program and the recommendations of your professors and your interviewing abilities- well those all play in to getting internships. If you start early trying to identify opportunities the more likely you’ll be to find internships outside of the area, if that’s what you want. And I don’t think you can go wrong with either WUSTL or Rice. So there is no better choice other than your personal preference.
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<p>okay. i just have no idea which school is stronger in my intended major(s)…
and actually i have only been to Cali… so don’t know much about other places in the states…sigh</p>
<p>thank you blackeyedsusan,
may i ask how did your Rice Engineering major son get an internship in hedge fund? i think hedge fund really has few things to do with engineering…</p>
<p>definitely Rice is better</p>
<p>haha why?</p>
<p>The hedge fund internship was related to computer science – designing algorithms for analyzing investments. He had applied after finding a posting online, but the company also had come on the Rice campus during a career fair.</p>
<p>oic.
so career fair could be really helpful~ lol</p>
<p>I’m not sure the career fair factored in much. He also had to take a 2 hour online test they had set up and when he did well on that they flew him to NYC for an interview that lasted from 9:30 - 4 pm with a lot of problem solving and technical questions thrown at him.</p>
<p>Orz… so he’s a junior or?
I can see that competition will only become increasingly fierce… especially to intl students like me…</p>
<p>Graduating senior. He had this internship last summer. He’ll be attending a top 10 CS school for a PhD</p>
<p>Rice is more prestigious than WUSTL no matter what anybody here says. Sorry.</p>
<p>^LOL. What a compelling argument, Rice Owl2014.</p>
<p>Owl – that’s not a fair statement. In most parts of the US the average person on the street probably hasn’t heard of either school, but employers and grad schools will think highly of both.</p>
<p>haha I know it’s a bold statement guys, but it’s to prove a point: prestige is a purely subjective quality. So that means it’s my opinion versus yours. Personally I think Rice is more prestigious than WUSTL, and there’s no evidence to refute that ;)</p>
<p>I thought Rice was in the north somewhere until a couple weeks ago. I’d hardly call it more prestigious than Wash U.</p>
<p>…and maybe that’s why you’re at Wash U and not Rice ;)</p>
<p>Reputation and prestige are definitely perceived differently depending on where you live. I lived in Houston for most of my life so obviously among the people I knew, Rice was a very prestigious school that everyone knew about. On the other hand, very few of my friends/teachers from back home knew about WashU. In the Midwest, it’s the complete opposite. WashU is basically the Rice of the Midwest and vice versa. One thing I have noticed is that there seems to be more diversity based on where people are from at WashU. At Rice, I get the feeling that most of the people attending are either from Texas or the South.</p>
<p>Congrats!
and as a father, u should definitely be proud! lol</p>