From: Office of Academic Programs and Student Experience
Date: July 14
Subject: Summer Scoop | Full-Time MBA | July 14, 2025




Full-Time MBA

July 14, 2025

What should I be doing now?

Review the Full-Time MBA Class of 2027 Onboarding Checklist to confirm that you are on track in submitting administrative items to help us prepare for your first day. You can access the Onboarding Checklist in your applicant portal at apply.business.rice.edu/account/login and click the ONBOARDING tab at the top. 

Featured checklist items:

  • Clear holds in ESTHER
    Login to ESTHER and begin clearing the required holds that will prevent your registration for courses. Instructions to clear holds are available here.

  • Media Waiver
    Complete the media waiver required of all students. Click here to access the Media Waiver. 

  • If you have not already done so, complete your Onboarding Survey.
  • ALL students are required to either waive the health insurance offered by Rice or purchase the Rice Health Insurance Plan. Available to register starting July 1.

It is essential that, if you have past-due items, you get caught up as soon as possible! Stay tuned for additional details about Full-Time MBA Launch happening Monday August 11th - Friday August 22nd at McNair Hall on campus at Rice University.

 

You also should ensure you have reviewed:

If you plan to bring a scooter to campus, please take into consideration that your scooter should have sufficient charge to get both to campus and back before needing a charge. There are not sufficient charging spots on campus.

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Welcome to Houston!

Rice Business is so proud to be part of the Houston Community. Houston is truly remarkable in its makeup of people and cultures (there is no ethnic majority), great cost of living and excellent food options! We know that many of you will be moving to Houston in the next few weeks and we wanted to share a bit about what makes Houston such an amazing place to live.

We hope that over the next two years, you will have many opportunities to discover what makes Houston special and that it will feel like home. Don't be afraid to ask your classmates who already call Houston home why they couldn't imagine living anywhere else!

For more information about Houston you can visit the following places:

Rice Business Board Fellows

Founded by Rice MBA students and staff in 2008, Rice Business Board Fellows is a highly-competitive, application-based, year-long experiential learning program that matches talented, energetic and committed Rice MBA students as fellows on local nonprofit boards to serve as non-voting board members. Both students and organizations benefit from the Board Fellows program: Organizations gain access to the ideas and energy of future business leaders with the possibility of cultivating potential new board members. MBA candidates learn valuable leadership skills from community leaders and gain experience in the nonprofit sector from “real life” non-profit management and governance. Since their tenure, many Board Fellows have gone on to serve as voting board members for the organizations they served on as a fellow.

Looking to make a greater impact within Houston’s nonprofit community? Apply to be a 2025-2026 Board Fellow! To learn more information, check us out on our webpage, connect with us on LinkedIn, or follow us on Instagram @ricebusinessboardfellows. If you have specific questions about the application process, please reach out to Boardfellows@rice.edu.

 

Career Development Office

💻 Complete the CDO Async Career Toolkit on Canvas
This course is required before Launch if you plan to participate in campus recruiting as a full-time student — there are assignments that are due and you will receive feedback from advisors as part of the course.

Put thought into it! The content you develop this summer will be central to our highly interactive career sessions during orientation. You'll be expected to share your results and build on your work from the toolkit during these sessions, so completing it thoughtfully will set you up for success.

Need help accessing the course? Contact us at cdo@rice.edu.

🎯 Ready to Dive Deeper? Book a Career Intake Session
You now have the opportunity to schedule a 1:1 intake session with a career coach—but only after you've completed the toolkit and submitted all assignments. This helps ensure we can have a productive and personalized conversation based on your work