Sorry, but no school in a state where Greg Abbott is the governor deserves serious consideration. Rice would be an easy "hell no" for me. As between Amherst and Columbia, the academics at both are excellence, so it's a question of personal preference. There will be more hand-holding at Amherst, but it's a bit insular. Columbia is for the self-assured, who want to live in NYC and are prepared to be more independent at a younger age. |
Just visit Houston and Rice to find out how liberal both are. |
Eh, depends on cost. |
Ten years ago, it would've been Amherst, Columbia, Rice but schools, economy, environment and students have changed a lot. Today, I would rate them as Rice, Amherst, Columbia.
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Financial aid is bound to be better at Rice and Amherst than Columbia. For full pay, Rice is a no brainer with lower cost and lower cost of living. For people looking for merit scholarships, for exceptional candidates, Rice has some. |
Texas has a lot more jobs and housing with lower cost of living so it makes lot more sense in current economy. |
Agree |
Fair enough. But generally I don't think state politics is a really useful metric when deciding schools. There are more Republicans in California than in any other state. The areas around Dartmouth and Cornell and other small towns in New England and upstate NY are going to have far more Trumpers near campus than in a blue city like Houston. Same with Nashville, Atlanta etc, which typically have Democratic mayors. Meanwhile, NYC often has Republican mayors. There's too much local variance within each state for the political affiliation of a governor to be useful. Kentucky is a red state with a blue governor. And Maryland and Mass are blue states that have long had red governors. Personally, I don't find state politics useful when choosing colleges. Not all southerners are inbred goobers; and not all northerners are particularly enlightened. |
This thread has so much false information, it would be better to just discard this whole discussion for the OP. |
What do you think ‘conjecture’ means? |
Conjecture: an opinion [based on incomplete information.] |
I think Rice is more well known nationally than Amherst. And I don’t base my opinion of academic excellence at different colleges on what state they’re in. That’s ridiculous and quite biased. Texas is the 2nd largest state in the country by population with 30 million people and you’re going to write off the whole state as an academic wasteland? Stupid. |
How is this a ? Before Columbia went insane sure awesome now. Hell no. |
Rice! Great school in a fun city, nice campus, excellent reputation, very strong academics, warm weather. Columbia has too many problems right now and would be difficult to go to undergrad in NYC. Amherst is too small and too rural. |
You are not only “sorry,” but you are also a fool. |