UCLA or Rice?

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<p>Hey,guys! Do you agree with my answers to the following questions?Do you think is fair to choose the one that I will go to according to which get higher scores?Please tell me your opinion!</p>

<p>1.Prestige, overall academic ranking or reputation.</p>

<p>For this,I choose Rice</p>

<p>2.Academic strength in my intended major.</p>

<p>UCLA</p>

<p>3.Geography: close enough to home.</p>

<p>UCLA</p>

<p>4.Climate.</p>

<p>I guess cal has better climate than texas,right? Vote for Ucla</p>

<p>5.Good vibes…felt at home.</p>

<p>Rice has #1 the quality of life. Vote for Rice </p>

<p>6.Location…it’s where I want to be!</p>

<p>I believe I prefer los angeles. Ucla</p>

<p>There are 6 questions.Ucla got 4 ,and Rice got 2.</p>

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<p>So you make your decision!</p>

<p>You can’t go wrong either way, both are great schools, it’s really your personal preference</p>

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<p>Residential colleges are only for residential purposes… they are not grouped by major. You are randomly placed in them.</p>

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<p>I’m from Southern California, the weather is not <em>that</em> much of an improvement over Houston for most of the year.</p>

<p>You should also consider campus/student body size. Personally, I didn’t want a gigantic student body, and I visited UCLA and I didn’t like the sprawling campus, but you might have different preferences.</p>

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<p>Hey,guys!I just decided to go to Rice at last!I feel so relief.Thank you for your help!</p>

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<p>Congratulations! You’ll love it at Rice. And O-Week is amazing.</p>

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<p>It sounds like a great decision for you. Rice is a great school. I think you mapped out your cost-benefit thing well for yourself; you seem more like a smaller-town person. Best of luck…</p>

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<p>Thank you,blackeyedsusan and drax12!</p>

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<p>Your peer group will be much, much stronger at Rice. That is, in essence, what college is all about.</p>

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<p>You will love Rice. My daughter is a '07 grad and her experience at Rice was wonderful. She also loved Houston and took advantage of all it had to offer.</p>