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Quick Stats

Female Undergrads 48%
Male Undergrads 52%
Birth Control Available? Yes
Rice Student Health Services offers contraception.
Best Places to Meet Guys & Girls
  1. Class
  2. Clubs/organizations
Best Places to Hook Up
  1. Dorm parties
  2. Single rooms

Student Author OverviewWhat's This?

The residential college system is a brilliant aspect of Rice University because it takes a large incoming class of intelligent/often socially awkward people and breaks it down into subgroups (residential colleges) giving freshmen an instant social network. During orientation week (O-Week), a group of randomly selected and diverse individuals is given something in common. They go through the same indoctrination process, have the same pranks played on them by upperclassmen, go on the same scavenger hunt, sit through the same boring meetings, and so on. They meet the College Masters (a faculty family that lives in a house adjoining or near their building), and discover that they have a set of parents and (usually) young siblings provided for them.

The dating situation at Rice varies for everyone. You may not find as many traditionally attractive hotties at Rice as you would at another school. Rice tends not to attract many stereotypical frat boys or sorority girls, although there are a few. Indeed, you can find whatever “type” you might be looking for (or not looking for) at Rice: athletic, romantic, poetic, intelligent, flirtatious, theatrical, geeky, genuine, graceful, player, elegant, or the boy/girl-next-door. In fact, "Seventeen" magazine some years back declared Rice the number-one choice school “for girls who want it all.” That diversity makes Rice a special campus full of truly amazing and talented people.

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Guys & Girls at Rice University

kirabreclingen

Political Science and Government '16

3.1
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Not Very Attractive People

The people at Rice are great- but it can be hard to find attractive ones. You have a split population, about 50% Texan, and about 50% from elsewhere, but while everyone is nice and very smart, it can be difficult to find people that I would call stunning out of a crowd of Rice students.

May 07, 2012

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Guys & Girls at Rice University

RiceStudent

Economics '14

3.1
B-

Competition

This is a touchy subject amongst Rice students. Being completely honest, you're not going to find many state school hotties at Rice. That said, your competition isn't going to be that strong either, and most people are pretty down to earth, albeit a touch socially awkward. Campus is pretty fit though.

Apr 24, 2012

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riceowl15

Economics '15

4.6
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Girls Are Decent

It all depends on what group you're in. Girls at Rice aren't that bad compared to their reputation. There are a good amount of athletes and attractive girls. Usually they are all friends with each other though. The rest are average and some are nerdy but there are attractive girls on campus. Also they are all smart and friendly.

Apr 14, 2012

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User rating for Rice University - Guys & Girls is 3.5 out of 5 based on 25 user reviews.

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Facts

Social Scene

The college system makes the big step of making first social
connections a piece of cake. Some people feel that this can be a downside if students never choose to go beyond the walls of their own residential college. This isn’t entirely negative, since each college consists of a very diverse population. However, the social scene may begin to feel limited by the end of sophomore year if a student doesn’t make an attempt to venture out. Luckily, there are tons of easy ways to meet people at Rice if a person feels inclined to do so. Social involvement runs the gamut from social recluses who lock themselves away with their computers every day to social butterflies who seem to know every face they see on campus. Let it be noted, though, that the former is regrettably the more prevalent state.

Hookups or Relationships?

The running joke is that people come in as freshmen and
either meet someone during orientation week, date them
for four years, and then get married, or they will experience
nothing more than late-night party hookups for four years.
For better or for worse, the rumors are born of truth, with one-night stands being the more popular choice. In short, not much casual dating goes on at Rice.

Best Places to Meet Guys/Girls

An overwhelming majority of Rice relationships and hookups occur within the walls of each residential college. Many colleges have unofficial "hookup webs" that map out the degrees of separation between the members of that college. Relationships within a residential college are easiest to get into, and most convenient, because you live in the same building, eat in the same servery, hang out in the same lobbies and quad areas, and attend a lot of the same social events. The downside is that rumors run rampant within each college. Relationships that occur between students from different colleges are most often sparked because of a common interest or mutual membership in a class, club, religious group, or other. People may meet through athletics, theater, the Outdoors Club, the Engineering Club, swing dancing class, English 101, or any number of campus activities.

Dress Code

The looks at Rice range from preppy to athletic to thrift store.
Clothes are just one of the many ways through which Rice students express themselves. People tend to find what works for them and what makes them comfortable, and develop their own style. There are girls that dress up in skirts and curl their hair every day, while other students regularly go to class in sweats or hospital scrubs. Seriously, as long as you’re wearing something, you’ll be fine. Actually, rescind that—sometimes clothing is optional (see NOD, Baker 13).

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