Rice vs Columbia

jchartier
Wed, 11 Apr 2012 02:02:09 +0000

I’m Elec and loving the curriculum. The program here is really strong. The faculty are constantly engaged to make the program the best it can be and frequently asks students for feedback to achieve this. I think Rice’s undergrad elec program is ranked higher than Columbia’s but undergrad rankings are extremely subjective. There’s a lot of flexibility so you can get what you want out of the program. If you come in with some AP credit you’ll have plenty of room to pick another major or minor. I picked up a computational and applied mathematics minor and a neuroscience minor. I chose Rice over a similarly ranked school to save $60K or so and haven’t regretted it.