<p>I’m going to agree with others: if the difference in cost between Rice and Chicago is $100,000 over the next four years, I would strongly encourage you to choose Rice.</p>
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<p>Well, I think that when you have to face picking between two great choices you will inevitably experience something like this no matter what choice you make. If the OP chooses Chicago, I’m sure he’ll wonder if he could be getting the same education at Rice for $100,000 less. Personally, that thought would eat away at my conscious… </p>
<p>This is probably where my peculiarities as a person kick in, but I’d feel guilty for spending so much money for the mere difference between Chicago and Rice when I could have donated it to a cause I believe in or used it in some other more meaningful way. (I’m not saying the OP should feel this way; this is just how I think I’d feel in that situation.)</p>