| Agree with the post above ^^^^ that the atmosphere at Rice is very supportive. My daughter still lives in the area and attends recitals whenever she can- especially to support singers in her old studio. When she first started at Rice as a freshman, she was VERY intimidated by the graduate students, but by sophomore year she got over that and by senior year she considered them peers. I also want to point out that a lot of the Rice grad students in the voice studios came from what I would consider non-elite undergraduate programs and they are AWESOME. |