Thoughts on Ole Miss?

[Anonymous]

I think most DC area students would find job opportunities a negative factor for Ole Miss. The on campus hiring for most schools is very regional. A couple questions there - (1) how good and varied is job market in Mississippi and neighboring states (2) is Mississippi area a target location for you. Now definitely you can take your diploma and come back here or elsewhere and test the job market. In that case how strong a credential is the Ole Miss degree, how good an alumni network etc.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Unless she wants to stay in Mississippi, her diploma won't be worth very much to grad schools or prospective employers in other regions.

Not your typical DCUM “choice” school but a perfectly acceptable university and inside the top 75 public schools.

Apply, visit, compare to other acceptances and make an informed decision. Top 30 schools don’t have enough seats for everyone.

One doesn't go from "Top 30" to Ole Miss.

How do you know?

I went to HS with a kid who went to Ole Miss for his freshman year then transferred to Cornell.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:A top 75 school? Ole Miss is ranked #151 in USNWR.

When you rank the states in education, Mississippi and Arkansas trade places in ranking dead last.

New poster with no dog in this fight, but you need to learn to read. The poster said Ole Miss was a top 75 PUBLIC school.

Top 75 public! We have only 50 states!!! Besides California, most states don’t have multiple great publics!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Unless she wants to stay in Mississippi, her diploma won't be worth very much to grad schools or prospective employers in other regions.

Not your typical DCUM “choice” school but a perfectly acceptable university and inside the top 75 public schools.

Apply, visit, compare to other acceptances and make an informed decision. Top 30 schools don’t have enough seats for everyone.

One doesn't go from "Top 30" to Ole Miss.

How do you know?

I went to HS with a kid who went to Ole Miss for his freshman year then transferred to Cornell.

This suggests there is crossover between T30 and Ole Miss.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Ole Miss is scholarship city ! Scholarship after scholarship after scholarship.

Strong in accounting.

Noted for international studies & some foreign languages, public policy.

Charming town.

Lots of preppy types.

The last of the true Southern universities. The good stuff, not the bad stuff.

Where does this fall on the list of cultural activites

https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/25/us/emmett-till-marker-mississippi-students-suspende

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:A top 75 school? Ole Miss is ranked #151 in USNWR.

When you rank the states in education, Mississippi and Arkansas trade places in ranking dead last.

New poster with no dog in this fight, but you need to learn to read. The poster said Ole Miss was a top 75 PUBLIC school.

Top 75 public! We have only 50 states!!! Besides California, most states don’t have multiple great publics!

75 out of over 1,500 public schools. If you don’t think that is good enough you must live a miserable life.

[Anonymous]

I like how when people are discussing schools in the northeast, everybody screams that the college isn’t important, it’s what you do when you’re there. But get out past the usual subjects, & people claim you can’t possibly succeed from there,

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think most DC area students would find job opportunities a negative factor for Ole Miss. The on campus hiring for most schools is very regional. A couple questions there - (1) how good and varied is job market in Mississippi and neighboring states (2) is Mississippi area a target location for you. Now definitely you can take your diploma and come back here or elsewhere and test the job market. In that case how strong a credential is the Ole Miss degree, how good an alumni network etc.

The Ole Miss alumni network in DC is very strong. (I didn’t go to Ole Miss, but know people who did).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I like how when people are discussing schools in the northeast, everybody screams that the college isn’t important, it’s what you do when you’re there. But get out past the usual subjects, & people claim you can’t possibly succeed from there,

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DCUM is its own little bubble of narrow-minded people who are sure they're always right.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I like how when people are discussing schools in the northeast, everybody screams that the college isn’t important, it’s what you do when you’re there. But get out past the usual subjects, & people claim you can’t possibly succeed from there,

+1
DCUM is its own little bubble of narrow-minded people who are sure they're always right.

It's so gross, especially what have to be the frumpy "moms" that were left out as young adults and, now, ignored by their spouse.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My DD (born and raised in DMV) has recently had her heart set on going to school in the south, particularly Ole Miss.

I have some reservations about letting her go there, but have been assured it is a good school. Would it be a poor choice to pay OOS tuition to send her there?

I wouldn't take much stock, either way, from the warriors on this site.

[Anonymous]

90 percentage acceptance rate!

How about Montgomery County Community College for two years and then hopefully admittance to University of Maryland?

Because the school is a jokes with 90 percent admissions.

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Anonymous wrote:90 percentage acceptance rate!

How about Montgomery County Community College for two years and then hopefully admittance to University of Maryland?

Because the school is a jokes with 90 percent admissions.

In 1940, Harvard’s acceptance rate was 85%. Was it a joke?

[Anonymous]

I see nothing wrong with OM. It’s a big state school and they have produced 27 Rhodes scholars which compares nicely to other schools - incl. Michigan 27, Notre Dame 19, and UGA 24.

[Anonymous]

U or Kansas (92% accepted), U of Arizona (87%), and U of Colorado (80%) are quite reputable. Don’t assume a college is bad just because its state is good at planning and makes its better schools big enough to meet demand (unlike some other states).