<p>Have you been able to visit? I think that makes a huge difference. Many students seem to need to see it to make a choice. I have a child at Cornell, a pre-med. The advising seems very good and they provide what seems to me to be plenty of access to local hospitals, Weill Cornell in NYC, and research opportunities for an appropriate “pre med” experience (I’m an MD and faculty in a med school). My daughter loves it. My mother in law taught at Rice for years. Both are great schools, but there are obvious differences in the cultures and climates of the two locations, and it is not necessarily the snow. Some people don’t like the sub-tropical climate in Houston.</p>