选择Rice的101个理由！

1. Best-looking Spanish architecture of any college campus
2. Has one of the highest endowment per student ratio
3. #1 quality of life according to Princeton Review's 2010 rankings
4. #11 class/racial interaction- also according to Princeton Review's 2010 rankings
5. The full sticker price is cheaper than the peer institutions (i.e. Ivies, Duke, Stanford, WashU, Emory, Johns Hopkins, Chicago, Northwestern, Vanderbilt, etc. It is ranked #4 by Kiplinger's magazine and #7 by USA Today/Princeton Review for Best Value Private College.
6. The second smallest AAU research university in the country
7. Shepherd School of Music- one of the best music schools in the country
8. Residential college system
9. Very close access to the Texas Medical Center, the world's largest medical center
10. Champion Baseball team- beat Stanford in the College World Series in 2003
11. Amazing professors that are, for the most part, dedicated to undergraduates
12. Home to one of the nation's first nanoscience university institutes -- buckministerfullerene (aka "bucky balls," the 3rd form of carbon) was discovered at Rice University by eventual Nobel Prize winning professors Richard Smalley and Robert Curl
13. The talented, quirky, and down-to-earth student body
14. Its location in the nation's 4th largest city (soon to be the 3rd largest city), Houston
15. The opportunity to apply for the very selective Rice-Baylor College of Medicine 8 year medical program
16. "Southern Ivy"
17. 3 light rail stops close to campus
18. 300 acre downtown campus
19. Rice Village, a Houston shopping attraction, is within walking distance. The Galleria, the nation's 7th largest shopping mall, is only a 15-20 minute drive from campus.
20. The intellectual nature of the students -- students here are not afraid to be nerdy or quirky.
21. Small number of people: approximately 3300 undergraduates and 2300 graduate/PhD students.
22. Accessible administration that cares for the students
23. The George R. Brown School of Engineering and its facilities- Oshman Design Kitchen, Duncan Hall, and the Bioscience Research Collaborative (BRC).
24. The Marching Owl Band (MOB)
25. Produced the only PhD to quarterback an NFL champion.
26. Loads of fun
27. Yummy ethnic food restaurants in Rice Village- Mexican, Indian, Vietnamese, Thai, Chinese- you name it!
28. John Hutchinson's Introduction to General Chemistry course, John Ambler's Introduction to Comparative Politics course, and Raquel Gaytan's Intermediate/Advanced Spanish courses.
29. Warm weather... At how many other top universities can you wear shorts in the middle of January?
30. Only university to host both the Superbowl and the G7 summit
31. Baker Institute speakers- Rice has hosted Vladimir Putin, Yassar Arafat, Saudi Princes, the President of India, George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton, Jimmy Carter, Tom Brokaw, John McCain, Alberto Gonzalez, Thomas Friedman, Nicholas Kristof, Alberto Gonzalez (a Rice alum!), and many other prominent leaders and thinkers.
32. The friendly Dining staff at all the serveries, including Chef Rogers and Chris the hamburger guy.
33. Rice has the most certified chefs in its Housing and Dining department than any other university, which means delicious and wholesome cafeteria food.
34. Passport to Houston perks (free light rail and bus passes, free admission to the Houston Zoo, and discounted museum/theater/symphony tickets)
35. $5 tickets to the Astros
36. Rice Honor Code
37. The annual Screw Yer Roommate activity-- roommate sets you up with a blind date.
38. The Outer Loop- an excellent walking/running path used by Rice students and Houstonians alike
39. Jarett Dillard
40. Azalaes that bloom around campus in the spring time
41. Being in Texas for Blue Bell Ice Cream
42. Having school colors be the same as the Ravenclaw house colors in Harry Potter
43. The hip-shaking music videos on YouTube when you type in "Rice University"- Chemistry Professor and Dean of Undergraduates Dr. Hutchinson is dancing in a scene with his wife
44. 40,000 single males more than single females in Houston.
45. So many study breaks with free food!
46. O-week.
47. Competitive Powderpuff
48. Beer-Bike accompanied by one of the world's largest water balloon fights (unverified by Guinness World Records)
49. House of Pies is a 5 minute drive from campus
50. RUPD- these are cool, chill full-licensed cops that love to strike conversations with students
51. Rice Coffeehouse
52. Mike Gustin's Bio class.
53. Club Sports are so easy to join.
54. Competing in the residential college intermural teams makes you feel like you are competing for the House Cup in Harry Potter.
55. Clubs for everyone's interests.
56. The 180, 45 and 90 in the engineering quad... lots of fun to climb
57. Thresher newspaper - consistently wins awards for student journalism
58. NOD- a large underwear party that was described as one of the best college parties by Playboy in the 1980s
59. Baker 13
60. Willy's Pub and its Waffle Nights
61. Piece of the Berlin Wall on campus
62. Prof. Dennis Huston's (won a National Professor of the Year award in 1988) humanities and public speaking classes
63. Pres. Kennedy gave his "going to the moon" speech at Rice ("Why does Rice play Texas? We choose to go to the moon, and do these other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard")
64. Itzhak Perlman, whom many consider to be the world's premier violinist, has conducted and played at the Shephard School where his daughter graduated from last year. He dubbed it the second best school for orchestral studies behind the famed Juilliard
65. Collaboration over competition amongst students
66. Larry Izzo, 3-Time Super Bowl Champ with the New England Patriots, was an All American at Rice
67. Lance Berkman, 4-time All-Star with the Houston Astros and all-around good guy, was an All-American at Rice.
68. The zoo is very close (I don't know. I just like zoos)
69. Opportunity to have classes outside (but don't expect this to happen more than twice each year... the admissions literature is a bit misleading)
70. Easy/flexible distribution requirements
71. Easy to double, triple, or even quadruple major as result of #70
72. Humanitarian Medical Outreach (HuMed) and their service trips abroad
73. It is after all "RICE UNIVERSITY"- how many other schools have the same name as a common food staple?
74. When I go back home and wear Rice t-shirts, some people think I'm wearing a food t-shirt.
75. Sammy the Owl
76. Wonderful Live Oak trees- one for every student
77. The entire Rice campus (minus the parking lot and stadium) is designated as an arboretum-- so cool to go to school in a park!
78. Generous Merit Aid (thank you, Rice!)- given to 30% of incoming freshmen students. Very few schools (with the exception of maybe WashU, Emory, or Vandy) of Rice's caliber are as generous with merit aid.
79. Students are friendly, and great to prefrosh
80. The ENORMOUS squirrels (some are as big as cats!). Everything is in fact big in Texas!
81. reminds me of the food (rice)
82. The "box" on the admissions application
83. Very aesthetically pleasing website!
84. They have a really close-knit alumni network.
85. The amazing events available on the campus calendar. Today alone there was.........Check out the campus calendar for an amazing banquet of intellectual and fun offerings!
86. Project Runway winner Chloe Dao's boutique is just a stone throw away. Lot 8
87. At one point in time, Rice owned Yankee Stadium
88. Emphasis on undergraduates (only a business school for professional schools; relatively few graduate students).
89. Free cable (apparently Cornell doesn't have it!)
90. Nothing like walking through the random Houston downpours (when it rains, it REALLY DOES POUR LIKE NONE OTHER).
91. Gives Merit Aid to Internationals!!
92. One of only a few colleges that are part of the Jetro (Japanese Trade Organization) internship project. Spend a summer in Japan with an Internship!
93. President Leebron is constantly invited to the prestigious conference hosted to build relations between the top American and top Chinese universities.
94. Loans are capped at no more than $10,000 total for entire 4 years (less if your income is below a certain level).
95. "A survey of more than two dozen of the most prestigious universities (including the Ivies) in the nation showed that more Rice seniors win admission to their first-choice graduate school than do students from any other university" - this from a published history of Rice by a professor of history, in reference to a survey in the mid 1990s
96. Rice is 1st in the percentage of students that go on to win National Science Fellowships {taken from Facebook}
97. Free laundry
98. 5:1 student:teacher ratio
99. Free Campanile yearbooks
100. It's one of the few CC forums to actually finish 100 reasons!
101. Air conditioning in every single campus building