OK instead of wealthy students...

[tristatecoog]

how did the Rice kids from your high school differ from you and other SMU enrollees? SMU has made significant strides in academics and fundraising over the last decade, so I'm most curious about recent experiences.

From my high school (Lufkin) in 1986, we didn't have any SMU enrollees that I was aware of but had a couple that went to Rice. One -- a year ahead of me -- was a white middle class geeky guy (NM Scholar). The other was Indian and also in the top 10.

One of my best friends from jr high moved to Plano Sr High, later enrolled at Rice and became their homecoming queen. His parents were surely proud. A weird place indeed but beer bike and the college system are cool.

[RednBlue11]

their homecoming queen was a he? well that might give you a good indication of why we are different

[RGV Pony]

The only future Rice enrollee I recall from 20 years ago was quiet, waifish, to herself, and an eventual Ph.D. Her older brother went to UCSD and wound up with an MD/PhD. I couldn't picture either one of them on the Hilltop.

[tristatecoog]

Yes, it was a "he." Michael Grubbs...became an accountant.

[Peruna 2K5]

Graduated from high school in 2001. There was a girl a year ahead of me that went to Rice. Nice, but shy and quiet. And yeah smart, very smart. There might have been some from my actual class but cannot remember.

[CalallenStang]

Yes, it was a "he." Michael Grubbs...became an accountant.

was or is?

[tristatecoog]

Was. I haven't been in touch for a while, and after all, he went to Rice. Ya never know.

[couch 'em]

People I know who went to Rice were asian.

The thing about going to Rice is since it is so small, you pretty much have to be involved in tons and tons of extra-curricular BS stuff to get in. Smart isn't really worth that much. Considering I didn't waste my time with any of that junk that I didn't want to do, and actually got kicked out of national honor society, I didn't bother applying to Rice. That and I didn't want to take SAT-IIs.

[dcpony]

This thread is lame.

[ozfan]

This thread is lame.

Agree.... But if the football players with a 165 IQ and a hole in [deleted] of their jeans hits the player's with 10 mill. in the bank with a 100k block or tackle and the big bank account guy's hit back with 50 k block or tackles the IQ's win - but what the hell has the IQ or bank account got to do with football.. ...Lets play

[Pony Soup]

The only people I have ever met that went to rice both told me they either didnt get into SMU or Texas, that they hated it there, and that their band SUCKS!!

[expony18]

The only people I have ever met that went to rice both told me they either didnt get into SMU

are you sure you dont have that backwards?

[J.T.supporta]

The only people I have ever met that went to rice both told me they either didnt get into SMU

are you sure you dont have that backwards?

I think its harder to get into RICE than it is to get into SMU. I didnt even get into rice.

[couch 'em]

SMU will take anyone who will pay full tuition. Getting scholarship at SMU is the equivalent to getting accepted elsewhere.

[Pony Soup]

The only people I have ever met that went to rice both told me they either didnt get into SMU

are you sure you dont have that backwards?

I think its harder to get into RICE than it is to get into SMU. I didnt even get into rice.

if you say so... rice was a joke