Did not meet my expectations

Introduction
I thought I would like the small close community. But one thing about small is that it is boring. Cannot emphasis how boring it is here, especially week nights. Houston may be the third or fourth largest city, but are you kidding me? This place is like a ghost town with no night life. And this is especially true for weekends. The downtown Macy's here close at 5 pm on Saturday. Streets are completely deserted at on weekends, and I am NOT exaggerating.

Campus Life and Social Life
Weekends are ok I guess. They do have parties, but 3 out of 4 are lame. People just stand there doing nothing. Academics
All the academics are up to the usual expectations. Most professors are great and cares about the class. You really do learn the materials well.

Student Body
People are... not that nice. On the surface they all seems ok, but they are really weird. Not that friendly to put it simply.

In Closing...
So, unless you are very academics oriented you might not fit well with Rice. One thing I have come to realize is that I seriously regret turning down Cornell; I shouldn't have rejected it due to it's remoteness. I came from a relatively small affluent city, and it is a thousands time better than Houston. At least it had life to it.