Residential Colleges

ths2011 · 06-14-2008, 10:57 PM

Do you need to apply to a certain residential college, in order to get into one, or are you specifically assigned a living area after filling out a survey of some sort? Do current college students review your application and choose for you?
Oh, and if there is some sort of application process involved in choosing a residential college, how difficult is Brown College to get into?

Dorian_Mode · 06-14-2008, 11:41 PM

You are randomly assigned a residential college, unless you have a direct familial connection (parent or sibling) to a specific one, in which case you can choose either to be in that college or to be randomly assigned to one of the others. As for Brown College, I can't see why you'd want to be there anyway.

Clendenenator · 06-14-2008, 11:50 PM

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As for Brown College, I can't see why you'd want to be there anyway.

Oh really?

ths2011 · 06-14-2008, 11:56 PM

My Aunt lived in Brown College in the 80's and I know she chose that dorm, because my grandfather insisted she live in an all-girls dorm. I checked the university's website, and found out that Brown has been a co-ed residential college since 1987. (Not unexpected, just didn't know until now) So, I don't know which residential collge is most desireable, if Brown isn't all that great.

Clendenenator · 06-15-2008, 12:02 AM

Well I'm not 100% sure but I think it's supposed to be a sibling or direct lineage, so an aunt wouldn't count. As for Brown being "undesirable," DorianMode said that because he/she is in Martel and as a general rule Rice students will bash any college other than their own if given the chance. I myself am in Brown and if you do find out that aunts count for college requests, then PM me and I can tell you all the wonderful things about Brown.

hummer · 06-15-2008, 01:31 AM

Residential colleges are randomly assigned unless you have/had a (I think direct) family member in a college and want to be assigned there.

You shouldn't care too much about what college you get into. A few of the South colleges are slightly older in terms of buildings and living amenities but make up for it by having a great culture.

But even the South colleges are getting renovations done over the next couple of years, so it shouldn't be too much of an issue.

Of late the number of college transfers have increased in number as well (at least in my knowledge). So if you totally do not like one college, you can transfer to another one.

NYSkins1 · 06-15-2008, 03:12 AM

All of the colleges are great, and whichever one you're in is the best. You apply to Rice just like you would to any other school; when you choose to go here you get randomly assigned to one of the nine colleges, and you live there all four years. It's fantastic — my absolute favorite thing about Rice.

Dorian_Mode · 06-15-2008, 09:42 AM

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As for Brown College, I can't see why you'd want to be there anyway.

Oh really?

YA RLY!!!!!

Eravial08 · 06-15-2008, 12:02 PM

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Originally Posted by hummer

Of late the number of college transfers have increased in number as well (at least in my knowledge). So if you totally do not like one college, you can transfer to another one.

Do you mean residential college transfers? I wasn't aware you could do that. Good to know, even though I'm totally excited for the whole 4-year residential college experience and don't plan on changing once I get my assignment.

NYSkins1 · 06-15-2008, 12:07 PM

Very few people transfer, and you shouldn't even be thinking about that at this point.

Clendenenator · 06-15-2008, 01:57 PM

You're not allowed to transfer. End of story.

maysixxdad · 06-15-2008, 10:17 PM

I thought when the new colleges came on-line, that students who wanted to move out of their present colleges were allowed to do so, or at least request to do so? That's what happened with some students when Martel opened---or am I understanding that incorrectly.

thelonius · 06-15-2008, 10:54 PM

I believe that they're still trying to come up with a plan for populating the new colleges. The dean of undergraduate's office doesn't seem to be that big a fan of the way that Martel was originally populated, so they're considering other options. One idea that's been thrown around is giving Will Rice and Baker double sized freshmen classes in fall '09 (they're both moving to the new colleges while their buildings are receiving extensive renovations) and then using half of those freshmen from each college to have some non-freshmen the next year. I'm sure more concrete plans will come out over the next year though.

hummer · 06-15-2008, 11:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Clendenenator

You're not allowed to transfer. End of story.

Uhh... you are.

hummer · 06-15-2008, 11:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Eravial08

Do you mean residential college transfers? I wasn't aware you could do that. Good to know, even though I'm totally excited for the whole 4-year residential college experience and don't plan on changing once I get my assignment.

Changing your college and having a great residential college experience are not conflicting issues. It just makes sense sometimes to transfer, especially if you find that all your friends are at a particular college. If you're going to get on-campus housing it's by college and I'd think you'd rather want to live with people you get along instead of some random person.

All I'm saying is that understand that the college system is flexible enough that you don't feel "shafted".