<p>I got into both Rice and Duke and chose Rice. Honestly, the schools are very different and yet the same as well. Honestly, I would agree with past posters, who stated that if you switch majors, your focus for post-grad JOBS would largely depend on where you went to school. Duke does have a more national reputation than Rice, due to its larger size and more geographically diverse student body (read: more Northeasterners). If you end up doing pre-med, then it’s a wash, although Texas medical schools are cheaper, like a previous poster said. If you change majors, then it really depends on what you are switching to: Duke is stronger in the humanities and social sciences, while Rice has an edge in engineering and some of the natural sciences. I will say this: do not come to Rice if you would never think of working in Houston post-grad. Because we’re in the fourth largest city in the U.S., with a myriad of booming industries/overall better job market than the res of the U.S., a lot of companies will be interviewing for Houston positions. Not to say you wouldn’t be able to get a job elsewhere; I know people working in Alaska, California, Wisconsin, New York City, San Francisco, you get the point; it’s just that I venture to guess that Rice young alumni are more concentrated in a particular location(s) (Houston/Dallas) than Duke young alumni are. The cost difference really isn’t really significant at this point, both are expensive schools, so I would just go with where you would be happiest academically and socially.</p>