Visit Report by frogster (Member since April 10 2008 with 2 posts) Visit Date - February 2008
Visit to Rice University in February 2008 by frogster (Student, HS Class of 2007)
Visit Activities:
Campus Tour:
Yes - Campus is beautiful and the tour guides are students that know what they're talking about Classroom Visit:
Yes - Classes are small (two I attended only had 4 students), teachers are wonderful.
Rice University Campus:
Friendliness/Courtesy of Students: 5 - Excellent -
Students love being there and are very willing to help and just smile.
Friendliness/Courtesy of Staff: 4 - Very Good -
Teachers are very hands on and are part of campus life.
Appearance of Campus: 5 - Excellent -
It takes an army to make campus that beautiful. It's a shady paradise.
Building/Facilities Maintenance/Cleanliness: 5 - Excellent Dormitories: 5 - Excellent -
No where else have I seen students want to stay on campus four years. They love the community and the dorms. The one I stayed in was a Suite (four people = two bedrooms, a common room and a bathroom)
Security/Safety: 5 - Excellent Overall Campus Impression: 5 - Excellent -
The people are amazingly friendly and it's impossible not to make friends on that campus.
Off-Campus:
Area Immediately Around Campus: 4 - Very Good -
Light rail access. Nice neighborhood, not the normal rundown college neighborhood.
City/Town/Community: 3 - Good -
Houston's nothing special
Campus Visit Notes for Rice University:
Visit Description:
Rice is a community, above all else. The Residential College system is spectacular. Kids with completely different majors, extroversion levels, drinking habits, races, and everything else get along and are friends. The integration is spectacular and there is never a dull moment.
Campus is alive with such interesting activities as the Beer Debates, food fights, water fights, and Beer Bike. Everyone is amazingly friendly and enjoys staying up late just to hang out and go out for a snack at 1AM. It was the week after easter so we found a bunch of peeps and had a peep eating contest.
The only negative about my entire experience was that the dorm food is horrid.
Other Comments (Transportation, local attractions, parking, etc.):
Don't go to the Houston space tour, it sucks. A lot.
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Students love being there and are very willing to help and just smile.
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Teachers are very hands on and are part of campus life.
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Houston's nothing special