Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Has anyone heard of Rice here beyond seeing it on a rankings list? I haven't heard many positive experiences except from middle-aged white guys hooting it up (like the owl mascot reference?).
Enjoy Houston and the old oil $$ crowd if that is for you though!
Yes, it has a big endowment and will therefore continue to do well on rankings lists.
Rice used to be a feeder for the oil industry, but that's a long time ago now. It's a small university known primarily for their STEM programs, but they're very good in other things. Sports management comes to mind. And they have a residential college system. I guess it's similar to Yale and Notre Dame. In any event, there's a very strong sense of community at Rice. It tends to rank high on "happiest colleges" lists.
It does fly below the radar on the East Coast. I suspect if it were located anywhere else but Houston it would have a much higher profile. The campus is beautiful. The surrounding neighborhood - Rice Village - is very nice. High end boutiques and restaurants and cafes. But the rest of Houston is basically an example of what not to do in urban planning. That's the downside for Rice. Plus Texas politics scare some people, even though Rice and Houston generally are very liberal.
But yes, it's a rich school with an enormous endowment. It's very difficult to get in to - single digit acceptance rate. Average folks might not be familiar with it, but the professional world certainly is. I think its a great school - but Texas.
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