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

Antarius
Mon, 25 Apr 2011 00:22:19 +0000

Ottoline - I completely agree. I am not saying that Rice is ONLY and S/E school and all other departments are poor. I feel that the arrow points the most to the S/E departments, then to the social sciences and then the humanities.

Brian Huberman, outgoing chair of the Visual and Dramatic Arts, made a comment about how the arts do not get enough attention/funding at Rice. This does not mean that one should not attend Rice if they intend to major in such a field. I enjoyed the theatre department being small as it allowed me to expand my knowledge across various fields. The curriculum was not as rigid and the professors were great.

As for comments such as this

I don’t know why you’re so resentful of my providing truthful information. Saying that Rice is an engineering school, you’re peddling a lie; I explained why, and what’s your response?



They do not add any value here. I have NEVER seen a situation where too much information or multiple perspectives is a bad thing. If someone goes off this one thread and decides Rice is not for them, then maybe it truly isn’t.

Also, Tilgaham is an Econ major. I was a Engineer/Theatre major. You have an engineering, social sciences and humanities perspective. Maybe there is some truth to this?

Finally

Antarius: I can’t understand why you’d ever specifically go out of your way to not recommend Rice and undermine your alma mater.



Because I am NOT here to sell Rice. I am here to help prospective students. I will not recommend Rice for 45k over Cal for 10k if the student is having financial difficulty. I would love it if everyone who was admitted actually attended Rice, but I do not think graduating from Rice with 150k in loans is better than going to UT Plan II Honors for free.

I recommend Rice when I believe that it is a good fit, academically, financially and socially. I believe that most posters do the same. Recommending a better fit over Rice is not “undermining your alma mater”. It is simply doing what we are here to do - Help people.