Questions for Rice students/alums

NYSkins1
Wed, 17 Sep 2008 12:57:41 +0000

Rice was my first choice from the start, and I was incredibly fortunate that it was one of the few schools that accepted me, albeit after a brief period on the wait list. My interest in Rice started my sophomore year of high school, when my friend Trevor, who was then a senior, chose to go to Rice over a myriad of other great schools (most notably Stanford). That piqued my interest in the first place, but what really got me excited about the school was talking to Trevor whenever he would come home for the holidays. I would ask my friends, “How’s Yale?” or “How’s UVA?” or “How’s Stanford?”, and I would always receive the same, “Oh, it’s great.” But when I would ask Trevor “How’s Rice?” he would go on and on about Beer-Bike, the college system, Casino Party, Powderpuff Football, and, yes, even about his classes. It sounds cheesy, but there was a sparkle in his eye when he would talk about Rice.


I visited Rice during fall of my senior year, and you could just feel the enthusiasm and energy of the students. People are incredibly happy to be here, and there’s not really that much of a sense of entitlement. I think the residential college system is the biggest contributor to this sense of common purpose at Rice, and I love it.


I was surprised by how quickly I was able to get involved in residential college life, and how many of my friends were upperclassmen. I was also surprised that there are a number of students who don’t really “buy in” to the whole residential college thing, but I guess that was more my own naivet