@Texas231343 One thing you might want to investigate is whether or not Rice has a minimum age for freshman - as you hopefully know, all students (in non-covid times) live in residential colleges. My daughter is a sophomore at Rice - she turned 17 during Orientation week last year. (She skipped a grade and has an August birthday.) It has not been an issue at all - since she was under 18 we had to sign for her housing agreement and some release for “field trips” during O week.