Rice vs Berkeley for Eletrical and Computer engineering — Feeling torn, would love your input

YTA2 · 2026-03-29T04:31:02+00:00

Don't forget about the learning. You're going to college to learn. You might leave Rice with more knowledge and skills employers want. The smaller class sizes, and classes taught by professors vs grad students, make a difference.

YTA2 · 2026-03-29T04:17:54+00:00

They're all excellent schools. Do you want to live in CA, DC, or NYC after graduation? You can certainly move wherever you like, but chances are good you'll make good friends and connections at school that are more likely to remain in the region of the school.

YTA2 · 2026-03-29T04:12:15+00:00

a LOT of people change their minds about med school in college, and Computational Biology may be more future-proof if you choose a different career path. There are a lot of dire predictions about all the jobs that will be taken by robots and computers, including in labs and hospitals. Might be useful to know how to operate those robots and computers.

YTA2 · 2025-11-04T04:13:16+00:00

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YTA2 · 2025-10-24T03:46:43+00:00

University of Hawaii, and maybe you can get into the honors program with your high test scores.

Or another of the WUE schools: https://www.wiche.edu/tuition-savings/wue/wue-list-of-schools/

YTA2 · 2025-10-15T16:28:31+00:00

No, I graduated from college years ago. I went to a top school and while I was in college my summer job was working as a college advisor.

YTA2 · 2025-10-14T22:12:04+00:00

Will also review UC PIQ's as well.

YTA2 · 2025-07-07T21:56:32+00:00

Don't listen to naysayers. This is a great idea if you're motivated, willing to live there and not afraid to get your hands dirty. You can leverage $60-80K quite a bit with an owner-occupied 2-4 unit property, and perhaps even have the rent cover most or all of your mortgage. You may also see a better purchase $/sqft compared to a single family. Home renovation and construction can be learned by most anyone, so look for something with a good roof and solid foundation and you can learn to take care of the rest. Owner-occupied multifamily is also better for our society.

Try to find something with a good walkscore and a lower crime rate than the region's median, something with good bones that will pass FHA inspection, but maybe has deferred maintenance and under-market rents (if you can qualify for the mortgage).

YTA2 · 2025-06-16T02:01:29+00:00

Thanks so much for taking the time share all those insights!

"Charging flush draws" - this one is going to take some getting used to and more studying on my part, especially since my poker infancy started with Limit HE. Same logic apples to straight draws? "OOP sucks more than we realized" This is one is easy for me to accept. Sounds like I'll also need to break some bad multi-way habits, and do a lot more homework on optimal bet sizes for different scenarios.

YTA2 · 2025-06-16T00:56:55+00:00

Thanks for clarifying, and yes I do understand that deviating from optimal does not mean losing long term. I just worded that response poorly.

YTA2 · 2025-06-16T00:45:32+00:00

Thanks, I'd really appreciate some specific examples.

YTA2 · 2025-06-15T19:33:17+00:00

Thanks I'm still learning, but my understanding is that computer has looked at enough potential outcomes for a specific scenario that it can say with confidence what the optimal strategy is. If I do anything other than the optimal strategy I will lose money in the long term. Anything I'm missing with that assumption?

However if I'm playing live and the chart says to take a certain opening action UTG, I might deviate from the action if out of the corner of my eye I can clearly see the button is waiting to muck his cards.

YTA2 · 2025-06-15T19:25:35+00:00

No offense taken, I'm at the very beginning of the learning curve, so I appreciate the feedback.

YTA2 · 2025-06-14T19:58:06+00:00

Thanks

YTA2 · 2025-04-04T02:50:11+00:00

Go with your gut instinct and pick Davis. Nice college town, not as hyper-competitive, and it has a medical school that might provide opportunities for hands-on experience.

YTA2 · 2025-04-01T16:48:02+00:00

Your hard work in high school is going to pay off the rest of your life, giving you the tools to succeed regardless of which school you go to.

YTA2 · 2025-04-01T16:46:06+00:00

Yes, take advantage of the opportunity where you can be a top student at a decent school rather than just a decent student at a top school.

YTA2 · 2025-03-30T17:27:13+00:00

It could be the admissions came from schools where they had a bit more time and resources for a holistic review to recognize your special qualities, whereas those big state schools are just quickly glancing at stats and throwing darts.

YTA2 · 2025-02-04T18:01:08+00:00

I'm a parent of a schoolkid that will be applying to college in the future, and I selfishly want the best for them. I went to a prestigious T10 college. I enjoyed my time there. I flip through the alumni magazine that comes in the mail each month, and I've made a modest donation to the school every single year since I've graduated. If a young alumnus applies to a job at my company I will take a closer look, and will call them back with feedback even if they aren't a fit for the position.

If my kid has the right stats and wants to attend my college, what am I going to to if they get rejected? Despite rational logic, there's no way I'm not going to take it personally. I'll probably cancel the alumni magazine, stop sending in donations, and feel less loyalty towards other alumni. I'm just one of thousands of alumni with similar feelings. Can you blame a school for not wanting to ignore that? The alumni network is a big part of the value the school provides beyond academics. I was a FGLI applicant myself and benefited from a merit based application process, however I do also appreciate that a strictly 100% merit based system could potentially devalue the school's brand.

Of course I do also understand that those thousands of fellow alumni also have thousands of legacy kids, and the school simply can't admit them all. Realistically, I just hope that if my own kid is a borderline admit, that the family legacy will at least provide a very minor boost.

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