Rice University - City/Town/Community

Rating	Posted By	Comment
4 - Very Good	Delos November 01 2009	Rice is south of downtown, easy access by light rail from near campus. Houston is big and offers everything culturally and recreationally. The climate is a challenge; often incredibly sultry. [View Full Report]
3 - Good	Caffni August 19 2009	houston way too big? you have to own a car otherwise... [View Full Report]
5 - Excellent	slik nik July 08 2009	Houston is the archetype of a cosmopolitan and modern city. It boasts great arts, great culture, great sports, and tons of internship opportunities... a lot of Fortune 500 businesses are located here. [View Full Report]
5 - Excellent	catherinexcc November 03 2008	Very very ideal location. You'll never get bored if you explore what the great city of Houston has to offer. [View Full Report]
5 - Excellent	inthemistylight June 26 2008	I <3 big cities [View Full Report]
3 - Good	frogster April 13 2008	Houston's nothing special [View Full Report]
4 - Very Good	pedrossi March 26 2008	Houston is a huge city with lots to do and plenty of opportunities (such as Fortune 500 companies you can do internships with), and the city is also very diverse, contrary to the Texas stereotype. [View Full Report]
5 - Excellent	Kpearson502 March 20 2008	Houston really is cooler than you'd think. It is a beautiful, clean, fun, friendly, sophisticated, and active city. The people are down to earth. Just be warned - things are spread out. [View Full Report]
5 - Excellent	embroglio August 25 2007	There is a trolley system in Houston. The Rice students have a passport to Houston with free and discounted access to certain areas and on transit. Eveything you could want is there. [View Full Report]
4 - Very Good	Charmelody August 23 2007	The area immediately around it was good. We didn't go all around Houston, but the parts we saw were not bad-looking. [View Full Report]
4 - Very Good	poozislove July 27 2007	Houston offers everything a city should, but the traffic we hit was HORRIBLE. 20 minutes to go a block. [View Full Report]
4 - Very Good	dally November 19 2006	They have this pretty awesome little shopping center about 10 minutes away by foot. But most everything else would require a car. But Houston's pretty cool! [View Full Report]
5 - Excellent	Father of the Boarder August 10 2006	Hard to answer as Rice is situated in one part of Houston, and there definately is another part of town not nearly as lush or pleasant. [View Full Report]
4 - Very Good	kathryn07 August 05 2006	Houston is one of the largest cities in the US and there's certainly plenty to do. Rice students have free access to public transportation. [View Full Report]