College Information

College #1 College #2 College #3

College Name Esade University RICE University University of Chicago

Percent of 61% 16% 8%

Applicants
accepted

Location Barcelona, Spain Houston, Texas Chicago, Illinois

Type of college Private Private Private

(public/private;
2/4yr)

Enrollment #’s 8,452 Students 6,740 Students 16,016 Students

(how many
students go
there?)

Student ● 95% foreign ● 52% Male ● 12.2%

demographics nationals (26% ● 24% International
(ethnicity; gender) European, 25% International Students
Asian, 24% Students ● 52% Male
South American,
15% North
American)
● 69% Male

On campus ESADE doesn’t have its There is campus On-school housing

housing? own housing but has housing, and 78% of exists and freshmen
housing agreements set RICE’s are guaranteed it
up with other undergraduates live
universities. on campus.

Campus calendar ● Semester ● Semester ● Quarter

(quarter, semester, ● Begins in ● Begins in ● Begins in
when does their September August September
year start)

Tests required for ● SAT or ACT ● ACT or SAT ● ACT or SAT

admission. ● Average SAT ● Average SAT ● Average SAT
Minimum test 1320 is 1510 is 1540
score ● ESADE
admission test
requirements for
admission.

Are there ● SAT/ACT Score ● One teacher ● Standardized

additional ● Photocopy of recommendati test score
materials required passport on ● Secondary
with the ● Academic ● $75 school report
Transcript Application ● Midyear
application? (for
● English fee report
example: art
accreditation ● School report ● Two Teacher
portfolio) ● Admission ● Midyear evaluations
Application Form report ● Application for
● Highschool Admission
Transcript ● Application
● Coalition fee
Application or ● English
common accreditation
application
and Rice
writing
supplement
● RICE
international
student
financial
statement
● English
accreditation

Average GPA 3.0 4.11 4.15 (based on

weighted GPAs)

Estimated tuition €16,200 $45,608 $54,825

costs (may be
different for
international
students)

Estimated cost of €1,100 - €2,300 monthly $13,850 $15,726

room and board

Do they offer the They offer majors in The university offers This university offers
major I’m business administration a degree in business a degree in computer
interested in? administration, as science.
well as computer
 science

Campus life (clubs, ● There are ● Upon entering ● This

activities, etc) various activities the school, University has
that the students are over 400
university offers assigned to clubs
that you can one of many ● Various in
partake in co-ed campus
● Located within colleges events
Barcelona, ● Various clubs
which is ranked are available
as one of the
best business
cities in Europe,
in terms of
standard of living

Scholarships and ● Esade offers ● Scholarship ● University of

deadlines scholarships as can be from Chicago
well as loans $4,000 to Full offers various
● Non EU citizens Tuition, different types
should turn in depending on of
their application the type of scholarships
by the 22 of may scholarship such as merit
given scholarships
● Application ● Application
deadline by due by
January 1 January 2

Things I like
● Chicago and RICE offer various different majors, so if I discover I don’t enjoy what I’m
learning as much as I thought I would, I can switch major
● RICE is located within Houston, which has a convenient flight route to Guatemala, as
well as nice weather
● All of these schools offers some form of on-campus housing or an alternative
● ESADE University is fairly inexpensive and has a high acceptance rate
● ESADE is mostly composed of foreign nationals

Things I don’t like

● ESADE seems to be focused mostly on business, so changing majors may be more
complicated there
● University of Chicago has a very low acceptance rate and RICE isn’t much higher
Questions I still have
● How have these recent hurricanes in the area affected RICE?