@transferrrrrrcc “Settle” for Berkeley? Haha. I was just sharing this thread with my bro, and he said Berkeley is better than Rice! Might be hard to quantify in such simplistic terms, but “settle” is definitely an underestimation of Berkeley.
Also, Rice is weird sometimes, especially with transfers - not, I think, a reflection of your other admissions. Whatever happens, best of luck! Let me know where you end up going ?