<p>Gomp31…good heavens. Lighten up. You have a chair in one of the greatest colleges on Planet Earth. People just as bright as you are --ended up on the waitlist at Rice. Some would argue that Rice’s unique college culture makes it remarkable and incomparable…and that is the best way to think about any top 20 college. They are all remarkable institutions with specific history. Rice reminds me of Duke in this respect…Robber Baron (shipping) magnate leaves fortune…and a city and its leaders after much drama (great story!)…bring brilliance out of the endowment into fruition, enabling a young institution to set out to do great things and to set ridiculously high goals. Rice is unencumbered by some of the traditional East Coast “thing”…like Duke…it is very daring and young at heart and innovative. Rice is at the forefront of many fields, not behind movements.<br>
I realize college yakking is at a peak right now…so is pine pollen up my way. You are NOT attending a college where everyone wishes they are “someplace else”…you are IN on of the most desirable seats, and not having to go to a safety college. I think you ought to shift to studying the curriculum and the history of those residential colleges. You are going to have a blast.</p>
<p>Slik nik…I remember you were a bit like this a year ago…good of you to come on the thread to say you are so “over it.”
My son’s also attended colleges built on a personal fortune…I find each of these institutions to be fascinating in its own way.</p>
<p>And if I find out that either one of you jokers who doesn’t realize you won the lottery is also on merit money well then, “I swan!” :)</p>