<p>Re: study abroad possibilities:
DD went to Nicaragua for a month with a Rice EWB program (though she is not an engineer.) She only had to pay food costs. She spend 5 months in Chile doing study abroad; since she had Financial Aid, it did not cost us any more than a semester at Rice, including air fare, etc. She spent a summer in Armenia and a summer in sunny CA through a program that paid for all her expenses - not a Rice program, but discovered through Rice. </p>
<p>And, when she graduated from Rice, she received a post-grad scholarship from Rice that paid for her to spend A YEAR abroad studying- and when she decided that she would learn more volunteering for an organization that supports civil rights, they allowed her to switch her focus and do that. That volunteer opportunity morphed into a paid job, and she is now on year three living abroad in that country and working to help refugees… (sigh 
, ready for her to come home! ;)) Study abroad opportunities at Rice are awesome. Check out their studyabroad website…[Rice</a> Abroad](<a href=“http://abroad.rice.edu/]Rice”>http://abroad.rice.edu/)</p>
<p>Re: double majors. At Rice, lots of kids do it. Also, very easy to change majors and still graduate on time. DD did that quite a few times!!! :)</p>