Honors College

anxiousmom
Tue, 01 Aug 2006 22:01:04 +0000

Mercymom - I’m suprised and sorry that your daughter’s friend had a bad experience at Rice - but it is highly unusual (as shown by the high graduation and retention rate…) In general, is is a very welcoming, friendly, supportive, inclusive, non-competitive and laid-back place, and the residential colleges system encourages all to participate. (DD is a rising junior there - and has had a wonderful positive experience.) Since there are so many different types of kids there, it seems unusual that noone wanted to be her friend… maybe there were other issues going on as well… I hope she is doing better at her new school.
On another issue, my son is looking for a engineering / sciency program and we received info in the mail from pitt. He has low leadership and ECs, but top 2% class rank (6/450), 690v/800M/730w, Chem 800, MathllC 780, hardest courseload, Chem AP 5, USHIST 4, and we’re wondering if he might be able to get a scholarship with those stats.