Rice v. WashU v. Vandy... convince me!

Owl2014
Sun, 24 Apr 2011 22:55:54 +0000

I disagree with Antarius immensely. What makes it an “engineering/science” school? Because Brockman Hall was built? So if we asked that question in 2000, would Rice suddenly become a humanities focused school because the Huma Building was just constructed? That’s silly and illogical, as science (e.g. med schools) represent the largest share of every university’s budgets; it’s just the nature of science: it’s expensive.

As you yourself point out, Rice’s student body is diverse in their interests. Just as many people major in engineering as in the social sciences. We have top architecture and music schools as well. Religious studies ranks high on most college rankings too. Same with history with the Jefferson Davis Project on campus.

My point is, stop peddling this unfounded rumor that Rice is primarily sciencey. It dissuades students interested in non-sciences from matriculating, therefore preventing the university from really growing those departments. Plus it’s simply not true.