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Overall, Rice students are highly satisfied with their college experiences. While they complain about some of the negative aspects of Houston (pollution, transportation, traffic, panhandlers), they also admit that there are many positive aspects to Rice’s location (cultural and social opportunities of a big city, great restaurants!). Similarly, students have gripes about the University, including rising prices, the increasingly bleak parking situation, and a somewhat repetitive social scene (the same parties every year). Many aspects of Houston and Rice can be seen as both positive and negative. Houston weather is warm and temperate for the winter months, but it is oppressively hot and humid in the summer. Rice’s small campus and student body are nice because they create a personal environment and allow students to meet more people and not just feel like faces in the crowd. However, students also claim that it begins to feel confining at times.

Rice students love the residential college system. They also find their coursework to be challenging, but manageable. With few exceptions, the instruction is very engaging, and professors are accessible and personally interested in students. Rice University is steeped in tradition, and some of these traditions (O-week, Willy Week, and Beer Bike) are the most anticipated social events of the year. Rice is small enough that these events bring together almost the entire student population. The traditions, high academic standards, and amazing people that make up the Rice community create an extraordinary and irreplaceable environment. While any Rice student would admit to the school’s shortcomings, most believe the overall experience to be completely unique and unparalleled by any other university.

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monkinvasion Rice '12 Economics Aug 22, 2010

Good Education, Not a Great Crowd of People B Orientation week was perhaps the most exciting part of my entire experience at Rice so far. It's been downhill from there since I don't really like the campus life, but I'm a native Houstonian, so I've found my ways to cope. I wouldn't come here again if I had the choice since there's no active Greek life and the people are really stuck up. 12345 Report Overall Experience

monkinvasion Rice '12 Economics Aug 22, 2010

Mostly Just a Shuttle Around the Inner Loop B- The shuttle seems to come right when you don't need it anymore all the time. Although it's supposed to come every 5 minutes or so, in reality you will often wait for about 10 minutes. This makes the shuttle fairly worthless in between classes. 12345 Report Transportation

monkinvasion Rice '12 Economics Aug 22, 2010

Diversity There, but Out of Reach for the Most Part B+ Every demographic is represented at Rice, but without fail, social and racial cliques develop. It feels very much like high school all over again. It's possible to branch out, but the opportunities don't present themselves. You have to go out of your way to meet new people. 12345 Report Diversity

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