Rice v UT Austin (No Honors)

mommyrocks
Fri, 12 Jan 2018 04:23:53 +0000

UT-Austin is known for a lot more than just football. It is extremely highly regarded academically, and it has a huge alumni network of very accomplished people. UT and Rice are both members of the Association of American Universities, an organization whose 60 U.S. members are considered the top research universities in the country, getting the bulk of research money (see https://www.aau.edu/who-we-are and https://www.aau.edu/who-we-are/our-members). UT has plenty of opportunities for undergraduate research:

https://ugs.utexas.edu/our

You really can’t go wrong with choosing UT. In addition to research opportunities on campus, you can pursue summer research internships anywhere in the U.S. and even abroad. For example, just one type of summer research internship is sponsored by NSF and called the Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program, but there are many other opportunities. Here is information on the NSF REU – just click through on the research topics that interest you to see details on internship opportunities:

https://www.nsf.gov/crssprgm/reu/reu_search.jsp

Let’s see: UT is more affordable and will let you graduate debt-free (hugely important!), UT is a top research university with a variety of opportunities for undergraduate research, you love UT’s campus and the city of Austin, and your family is eager for you to attend UT. Congratulations! You have found your ideal match.