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<p>You should know that “pre-med” is not a major. Anywhere. It’s a curriculum with prerequisite courses you need to take before you graduate that help you prepare for the MCATs.</p>
<p>Are you an incoming sophomore or junior? Also, there is not “biology” at Rice so to speak, it’s called “Biosciences.” And there are certain minors available, you need to make sure they’re available first.</p>
<p>Pre-med programs at Duke and Rice are strong (Duke has 85% medical school placement rate versus Rice’s 91% or so medical school placement rate), though I will argue Rice’s program is slightly stronger - not because of student caliber (they are equal), but because there are so many more opportunities afforded to Rice pre-meds, for example the Texas Medical Center, which is the world’s largest medical district and houses over 40 hospitals and more. </p>
<p>You must’ve decided to apply to Rice as a transfer for a reason, why do you see Rice as a good place to transfer? What is your research on Rice so far? </p>
<p>Since you have already been admitted, I would think you would have thoroughly looked into the schools you apply to transfer and that Rice would be convinced that you are transferring here for good reasons, so I don’t want to go on and on unnecessarily if you already looked into Rice and know about it.</p>
<p>Rice and Duke share many cross-admits, so whichever school you choose, it’ll be a good place for you to go. Have you visited both schools?</p>