<p>I’ve not seen a compilation of where Rice grads go to further their studies. You might want to check individual department websites. I looked at the BioE site (which I am), and it didn’t have one (though a lot of BioE’s are pre-med, and over 90% of Rice grads who apply get into med school), but another department might. You could probably ask admissions about it.</p>
<p>I thought that HMC’s research opportunities were not nearly as substantial as Rice’s. Since there is no grad program at HMC, there aren’t grad students doing research, and grad students are generally the driving force of university labs. I looked into HMC when I was looking at colleges, and I think I remember that the lack of research there was one of the reasons I decided not to apply. As far as professors, you only have grad students teaching in entry-level courses in engineering. Physics and Chem are taught by faculty, but math 101 and 102, and sometimes 211 (Calc I, Calc II, and Differential Equations, respectively) are sometimes taught by post-docs (i.e. only people who have already obtained a PhD… not some second-year grad student). Once you get into your second year (your engineering classes), you won’t have TA’s, and classes will be quite intimate. Also, part of the point of Century Scholars is so you have lab experience before you reach your sophomore year when you learn the useful things, so you will be able to immediately begin applying what you learn. Even at HMC, you are still going to have to cover the basic sciences first.</p>