Rice vs. Almost Full Ride at SUNY Binghamton

allisone92
Sun, 24 Apr 2011 02:26:45 +0000

I am also from NY and I am currently a freshman at a SUNY school…and I just applied to transfer to Rice in the fall (still awaiting a decision). Since my close friend attends Rice, I have visited twice this year and I have absolutely LOVED it! I see such a difference between the quality of the professors, the class sizes, and just the whole ambiance of the small and gorgeous campus. I found my current SUNY school to be way too big for me and I found it difficult to establish friendships with about 16,000 undergrads. Also, class sizes and class availability are two big issues I have been experiencing, it’s almost impossible to get to know a professor when most of your classes are over 100 people (and sometimes up to 500 for intro classes!)

To address your question about transportation, there is a light rail station literally steps from the Rice campus which is pretty convenient if you want to travel to downtown Houston. There is also the Rice Village which is pretty much in walking distance from the campus with tons of restaurants and places to shop, so having a car on campus isn’t really necessary.