Humanities at Rice vs. UVa

anxiousmom
Wed, 07 Apr 2010 19:34:33 +0000

Basically, what does each school bring to the table for a student majoring in the humanities?

DD was a humanities fellow at Rice and got some nice money and work with a prof, plus attended some cool lectures/symposiums. She also got a travel scholarship from Rice that paid for a year of study abroad AFTER she graduated - and she was able to change her plans as her focus changed with that experience. There are so many resources and funding at Rice for scholarship (get paid to write a paper!), travel, research, and supported work and internships. There are just more resources for the limited number of students - resources that are available for superstars at big public U’s, but hard to come by if you aren’t very assertive. At Rice - there are just MORE resources for LESS students.