Rice University Top Questions

A lot of people think Rice students are nerdy and awkward, unattractive and socially inept.

Rice is for smart nerds. Even though you live in a warm climate, you never see the sun. We are the smartest in the South, but we're too drunk to attend half our classes.

The engineers are nerds. The majority of athletes are black.

Nerdy, drink a lot

Students: Nerdy, ugly, socially awkward, intelligent Rice: Engineering/hard sciences are harder and higher-quality than Humanities subjects

Dorky Guys, Ugly Girls

That we are all nerds and work too hard. Also, we are asexual.

-smart -socially awkward -nerdy-looking -bad dating scene

Rice is known around Texas, and especially around Houston, for its high quality "Ivy-league" academics and its great baseball team. The campus is beautiful: a real oasis in such a large city. However, it's so closed off to the rest of the community that Rice students are known for being sheltered, spoiled, and closed off from the rest of the Houston community. On a more shallow note, Rice students are stereotypically bookish and nerdy, and they are not known for their attractiveness by any means.

"Work hard, play hard" Study all the time "Texas"

We are stereotyped as nerdy and awkward.

nerdy kids

You are smart. You'll land a good job upon graduating and make a lot of money. You are diverse and open to new things (i.e. political correctness).

All Rice students care about are their grades and their classes. All Rice students are nerdy and have no social skills. Rice students are ugly and don't care about how they look.

Everyone is socially awkward and everyone is good at math

Geeky, but nice people overall who are ready to work hard but also party hard.

For those that have heard of Rice, the general stereotype is that it is full of brainiacs and weirdos. As a relatively small university with high academic prestige, a couple strong sports teams (not too many like big state schools), and no greek system, it's understandable why this sentiment exists.

nerdy, ugly people, pretty campus, smart, bad at athletics, socially awkward

A few stereotypes of Rice include: it is a nerdy school with lots of Asians, there are few attractive people around, athletes didn't get in on their own, and finally, all we do is study.

that they are nerdy and have a hard time when interacting with other people