[brudgers]

[I am not Sam Altman]

Living in Manhattan is likely to be a distinctly different experience from living anywhere else. The Rice Baylor BSMD program offers a unique experience of a different sort due to the program's extreme selectivity.

Neither is as tightly integrated with Silicon Valley or Boston startup culture as California Schools.

In the end, nobody is going to have a better insight about your best option than you...and if you find yourself at one or the other and realize it's not for you, then go someplace else. It's ok to make a mistake. It's even better if you own it. The best thing is if you learn from it.

Good luck.

[spontaneousfire]

Haha, yeah, idk, I saw someone post a question with "To Sam Altman" and he responded, so I thought I'd try it.

I am very conflicted about the decision, I've oscillated too many times.

Honestly I am very interested in startups in biotechnology--but if I can do that from RBMS, then I don't think there is much contest between the two. I just don't know whether internships and startup jobs at interesting, breakout companies are available from Rice. I talked to previous individuals in the program who told me it was difficult. That is what makes me hesitant.