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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Rice (very surprised...expected to absolutely love it but didn't like it at all), UT-Austin, and UVA[/quote]

Why didn't you like those places after the visits?[/quote]

We'd been to a lot of schools (was fortunate to be able to visit pre-COVID), so we had sense of comparison and we wanted to look at all types.

The campus and facilities at Rice and UVA were very underwhelming: library, student center, dining, fitness center, just everything. But other campuses seem to care so much about having everything much more state-of-the-art and making a student's life better.  With regard to culture, Rice was super small...felt like summer camp and felt a little too introverted. People were very nice though.  UVA felt to too material and fratty.

UT-Austin on the other hand did have great facilities like so many other campuses we visited.  But, it's big, and it felt big!...felt like it was too big for kids to know each other.  Everywhere we went, students were by themselves...they didn't congregate like on most campuses.  Whereas, we didn't get that same sense from other schools of comparable size (ASU and Texas A&M).  Other large school were able to make themselves "feel small."

BTW...DC fell in love in with Texas A&M.  But was impressed with many schools.  After visiting many schools, became partial to state schools...better funding and better facilities (at least for engineering).

Hope that helps.[/quote]

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