How hard is Rice?

[Anonymous]

Cornell is like living in a freezer. To each their own.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Rice is not worth the cost. Below ivies, the 2nd tier elite schools' ROA is below that of state flagships. Google the findings. UT Austin is a better deal than Rice.

But you have to get into UT Austin. It is very hard (in or out of state). Two of the Rice students we met when my kid toured campus went to Rice as their consolation school because they did not get into UT Austin.

This doesn't change the fact that rice is not a good investment. It does well in IB placements. It's not considered a target school - HYP, Columbia, Stanford, UPenn, NYU, UMich, UVA, UT-Austin, UC Berkeley...
If OP is ok with the tuition, that's all it matters. The truth is, it comes up short even against state flagships.


https://www.peakframeworks.com/post/ib-target-schools


https://www.peakframeworks.com/post/ib-target-schools

This may change with all the protests at ivies. Employers don't want to hire from Harvard or columbia.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Rice is not worth the cost. Below ivies, the 2nd tier elite schools' ROA is below that of state flagships. Google the findings. UT Austin is a better deal than Rice.

But you have to get into UT Austin. It is very hard (in or out of state). Two of the Rice students we met when my kid toured campus went to Rice as their consolation school because they did not get into UT Austin.

This doesn't change the fact that rice is not a good investment. It does well in IB placements. It's not considered a target school - HYP, Columbia, Stanford, UPenn, NYU, UMich, UVA, UT-Austin, UC Berkeley...
If OP is ok with the tuition, that's all it matters. The truth is, it comes up short even against state flagships.


https://www.peakframeworks.com/post/ib-target-schools


https://www.peakframeworks.com/post/ib-target-schools

This may change with all the protests at ivies. Employers don't want to hire from Harvard or columbia.

Lol. If Goldman Sacks and others exclude all the protesting colleges and universities, they'll soon be left with community college graduates.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Rice is not worth the cost. Below ivies, the 2nd tier elite schools' ROA is below that of state flagships. Google the findings. UT Austin is a better deal than Rice.

But you have to get into UT Austin. It is very hard (in or out of state). Two of the Rice students we met when my kid toured campus went to Rice as their consolation school because they did not get into UT Austin.

This doesn't change the fact that rice is not a good investment. It does well in IB placements. It's not considered a target school - HYP, Columbia, Stanford, UPenn, NYU, UMich, UVA, UT-Austin, UC Berkeley...
If OP is ok with the tuition, that's all it matters. The truth is, it comes up short even against state flagships.


https://www.peakframeworks.com/post/ib-target-schools


https://www.peakframeworks.com/post/ib-target-schools

This may change with all the protests at ivies. Employers don't want to hire from Harvard or columbia.

Lol. If Goldman Sacks and others exclude all the protesting colleges and universities, they'll soon be left with community college graduates.

Who????

[Anonymous]

Rice has ton and tons of student and faculty advisors. They have "dorm parents" living in the colleges. If your child will ask for help, it is available.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Rice has ton and tons of student and faculty advisors. They have "dorm parents" living in the colleges. If your child will ask for help, it is available.

Parents live in the dorm? What does that mean?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Rice has ton and tons of student and faculty advisors. They have "dorm parents" living in the colleges. If your child will ask for help, it is available.

Parents live in the dorm? What does that mean?

No they have the residential college system and each "college" within Rice has an adult advisor who serves as a dorm parent of sorts. They may host dinners, get togethers or hang out sessions for kids interested who will mingle with the advisor's family. My kid's dorm parents have younger kids who live in the house attached to the dorm. You can have as much interaction as you want with them or very little. Rice is a very close knit community where the kids are supportive and kind. Highly recommend.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Rice has ton and tons of student and faculty advisors. They have "dorm parents" living in the colleges. If your child will ask for help, it is available.

Parents live in the dorm? What does that mean?

No they have the residential college system and each "college" within Rice has an adult advisor who serves as a dorm parent of sorts. They may host dinners, get togethers or hang out sessions for kids interested who will mingle with the advisor's family. My kid's dorm parents have younger kids who live in the house attached to the dorm. You can have as much interaction as you want with them or very little. Rice is a very close knit community where the kids are supportive and kind. Highly recommend.

One college had a married gay couple. Love that for my kid.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Rice has ton and tons of student and faculty advisors. They have "dorm parents" living in the colleges. If your child will ask for help, it is available.

Don’t most schools have this? An adult living in the dorms.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Rice has ton and tons of student and faculty advisors. They have "dorm parents" living in the colleges. If your child will ask for help, it is available.

Don’t most schools have this? An adult living in the dorms.

No.

The RA is a senior at most places. Definitely not an “adult”….

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Rice has ton and tons of student and faculty advisors. They have "dorm parents" living in the colleges. If your child will ask for help, it is available.

Don’t most schools have this? An adult living in the dorms.

No.

The RA is a senior at most places. Definitely not an “adult”….

This is different from a RA. I don’t think it’s uncommon to have an older person living in the dorm. In addition to RAs, my child’s school has one graduate student in each dorm. I know Harvard has a faculty member in each house. Maybe not common among public universities, but not uncommon among mid to small private colleges.