<p>Awww–that’s not true. You’re too young to be doomed in architecture. If you have the interest and the passion everything will probably work out fantastically.
And by the way, if you’re in the top ten percent you’re all good for UT. And UT also offer arch engineering if you want that as a back-up choice.
Oh, and Rice is very nice to visitors (at long as you don’t break anybody’s model–which apparently a prospective student has done before!)</p>