Rice or Princeton?

jenskate1
Tue, 19 Apr 2005 17:05:43 +0000

I can easily see how someone who grew up in Texas would relate to Rice better than Princeton initially. I also think it’s highly unlikely that many kids from lets say NY or CA would even consider choosing Rice over Princeton.



I don’t know, I’m from NY, and I definitely relate better to the people at Rice than the people at Princeton. There are many NY-ers at Rice (including a fair bit who turned down Princeton and other Ivies to come, I’d imagine), and many Texans at Princeton, I’m sure.

I think the OP should go where he thinks he’d get the best education and be happiest.

I think that would likely be Rice, from reading his post.

Brian, you definitely should contact some Rice profs (in physics, but also in any other departments you have an interest in) and ask them about the availibility of research opportunities. From my time at Rice, I’ve found profs VERY receptive to getting students involved (well beyond washing glassware!). There are also some Rice students who have research projects off campus in the Texas Medical Center (biophysics interests) or at NASA (astrophysics interests).