I love so many things about both USC and Rice U. and...

Torcher
Fri, 23 Apr 2010 19:39:33 +0000

I read through pretty fast, but I see a couple of things which might not be accurate.

“Baylor medical program in conjunction with Rice Pre-med = great internships, opportunities” - Are you referring to Rice/Baylor Medical Scholars? Did you get into the program already? If you’re not in the program, you can still do some research stuff at BCM too, although it’s not officially affiliated with Rice.

Your cons for Rice are exaggerated. Rice has a CogSci major which is every bit has interdisciplinary and ‘good’ as USC’s. For Pre-Med, Rice is on par with many of the Ivies and other top schools, and I would say Rice Pre-Med >> USC unless you are in the USC Bac/MD Program. I’d also say you get more opportunities for ‘internships’ etc at Rice and MORE ATTENTION than being part of the student body at USC. The parties at Rice won’t be as good as USC’s (this is also a matter of opinion), but I’m sure you’ll find some cute guys. There are cute guys at every college.

“The curriculum & grading is EXCEPTIONALLY hard (does this mean alot less free time?)”

Maybe comparing to USC, but it’s not as bad as you say.