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Anonymous wrote:Most people can't see past Texas's public image. Rice is a liberal school in a liberal city. There is a lot to do, from entertainment to research and internships. Houston has a low cost of living and bright chances for employment with good employers. Go enjoy 4 years, avoid harsh winters (summer months are off anyways) do year round internships and research in nearby hospitals and companies, get employed and then if unhappy, transfer somewhere.

If you don't get that some people don't want to live under draconian abortion laws, or be around people who are holstering guns, or where it is acceptable to chainsaw migrants as they are crossing a river and who are openly suppressing the votes of minority voters...

DP. I understand why people want to avoid living in Texas, but I admire the people who move to Texas and work to change the things you mention. Rice is not monolithically liberal, but it’s primarily so, and students vote in large numbers and go out in droves to help register other voters. My DD and many of her Rice friends also volunteered for the campaigns of local democrats.

This is obnoxious thinking... my DS just graduated from Rice. I would considered your post to be "cultural imperialism." Houston is plenty liberal and international, and doesn't need your missionary efforts. But if someone judges the people of Texas in this way, they shouldn't move there.

You’re welcome to think what you want, though you are on shaky ground accusing other people of being obnoxious, and lol at “cultural imperialism”. My post was in response to a poster in the “Neither my kid nor I would ever live in modern day Texas” camp, and while I don’t think that’s a crazy view at all with the current political realities, I wanted to offer an alternative way of thinking about the situation for someone with those values.

Also, Houston is not liberal. It’s purple on average with blue and red pockets throughout. Rice Village and the Museum district aren’t uniformly liberal either. Plenty of democrats lose local races there. Part of why I love Rice is that it offers kids a chance to get out of their bubble, regardless of whether their bubble is a Republican or Democrat one, or a UMC or other one. Other parts of Texas have a lot to offer too (even Dallas!) though not on the summer.

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Anonymous wrote:When we sat through the Wash U virtual info session, it sounded like most students apply knowing what they want to do as they allow kids to start taking classes in their major right away and have pre-professional programs, etc. Is Rice similar in that manner? Would Rice be ok for a student who is still undecided in terms of major?

Rice is mostly a stem school with poli sci. If your kid doesn’t know that is their area of interest, I would not send them there.

What the kid’s alternatives be?

We’re in a dark age for the humanities and social sciences majors. Going to a pleasant, highly regarded school with pretty good, respectable humanities and social sciences classes might be a good compromise for many students.

Or they could, you know, go to a liberal arts college, or another university that is strong in their areas of interest.

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Anonymous wrote:When we sat through the Wash U virtual info session, it sounded like most students apply knowing what they want to do as they allow kids to start taking classes in their major right away and have pre-professional programs, etc. Is Rice similar in that manner? Would Rice be ok for a student who is still undecided in terms of major?

Rice is mostly a stem school with poli sci. If your kid doesn’t know that is their area of interest, I would not send them there.

What the kid’s alternatives be?

We’re in a dark age for the humanities and social sciences majors. Going to a pleasant, highly regarded school with pretty good, respectable humanities and social sciences classes might be a good compromise for many students.