Saturday, December 11, 2010

Rice University - PROS

Academics
  • Outstanding in engineering and music
  • Encourages double, triple majors (nearly 40% of students earn a double major)
  • Space physics program works closely with NASA
  • Small classes
  • Good professors
  • Honor system - most exams go unsupervised
  • Internships for engineering
  • Study abroad programs - 34 countries
  • Variety of merit and athletic scholarships available each year
  • Student faculty ratio - 6:1
  • 65% of classes have fewer than 20 students
  • "There's very little academic competition"

Student Life
  • Galveston - 45 minutes away
  • New Orleans - good weekend trip
  • Residential college system - placed in a dorm and live their all four years
  • Everybody LOVES the residential college system
  • Every student gets a pass to use the lightrail for free
  • Dynamic student life
  • Intramurals
  • Friendly and happy students
  • Spirited student body
  • Good off-campus food
  • Beautiful campus
  • Most dorms are nice
  • Ranked #15 - happiest students
  • Ranked #2 - best quality of life
  • There is a lot of college pride

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