Montana State University

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Anonymous wrote:ranked 205 in USNWR. I didn't even know it went that low.

You are a snob and a half.

There are over 600 public 4yr colleges and over 1800 private 4yr colleges.

C'mon, 205 is pretty well down the list. 80% acceptance rate. Can't see that degree cutting much ice back here in the East. Except maybe with the Dept. of the Interior or somewhere like that.

Who would want to move back east? It honestly sucks here. Everyone acts rich and happy, but most are anxious and depressed drips of life just trying to fake their way thru another day.

OP, I fully support going to a college that has degrees they are interested in and place that will make them happy. And yes, merit aid is a HUGE draw and that is okay.

Jeez, take some agency in your life. You just sit there hating where you live? What a coward.

Not the PP but I am in the military and here for 1.5 years minimum. I had no idea how awful the DC area was. Counting down the months. Many people have to hate where they live if that is where the job is. Not many people truly want to live in this overpriced, over crowded, over political area. Maybe you, but not many more.

You seem nice.

Most Montanans really enjoy the quality of life in Montana.

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My dd will graduate from MSU this spring. She had a great experience. She’ll be at Deloitte starting this summer.

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Anonymous wrote:At the risk of sounding rude, does your DC really want to spend the rest of their life telling people they graduated from Montana State?

I honestly couldn't tell you where any of my neighbors or coworkers went to college.

After your first job no one really cares where you went to college.

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Anonymous wrote:My dd will graduate from MSU this spring. She had a great experience. She’ll be at Deloitte starting this summer.

Awesome. Do you know why she chose MSU over any other acceptances? What set it apart from the others?

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Anonymous wrote:My dd will graduate from MSU this spring. She had a great experience. She’ll be at Deloitte starting this summer.

Awesome. Do you know why she chose MSU over any other acceptances? What set it apart from the others?

Loves the outdoors, wanted something different than the typical east coast school, got a great merit aid package, fantastic academics, friendly people, Bozeman is amazing.

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MSU is outstanding for photonics. I read somewhere that Bozeman has one of the highest per capita collections of optics engineers in the country. If you have a kid interested in optical engineering, MSU is a good choice.

There is a pretty strong connection between MSU and Silicon Valley. It's stronger than (say) University of Idaho.

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Anonymous wrote:Just my two cents or maybe less. What people have described is right -- beautiful area and town, decent school but not even the flagship school for Montana. What does that mean? Is it just snob appeal that holds it back? No, as with most state schools all over the country, job opportunities are more likely to be limited, at least initially. So if one were to go to Mont. State, one should also think about what it would be like to live in Montana after graduation, or how the degree might play elsewhere. Maybe it does not matter as some people say, but it might matter for jobs (not cocktail talk) and definitely worth checking out where students end up, if you can find that information. Someone mentioned Humboldt State, a public school way up in Northern California, and it is probably not that dissimilar. Employment opportunities will be greatest where people are familiar with the school -- can people break out of that, will some students from Montana State end up at Google, sure, but it is generally best to play averages in this area, and on average, most opportunities will be in Montana or surrounding areas, at least initially. Nothing wrong with that, Montana is a beautiful state with lots of interesting stuff going on, but worth taking into account, my two cents.

Totally disagree with this. We hire grads from state colleges over pretentious ivy schools. We find grads from the state colleges are more likely to come to us with a prior work history.

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My child applied and was accepted, and is really struggling with their decision. DC goes to a top private and has great grades/activities... but loves Montana! I bet DC decides to go there!!

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Anonymous wrote:Just my two cents or maybe less. What people have described is right -- beautiful area and town, decent school but not even the flagship school for Montana. What does that mean? Is it just snob appeal that holds it back? No, as with most state schools all over the country, job opportunities are more likely to be limited, at least initially. So if one were to go to Mont. State, one should also think about what it would be like to live in Montana after graduation, or how the degree might play elsewhere. Maybe it does not matter as some people say, but it might matter for jobs (not cocktail talk) and definitely worth checking out where students end up, if you can find that information. Someone mentioned Humboldt State, a public school way up in Northern California, and it is probably not that dissimilar. Employment opportunities will be greatest where people are familiar with the school -- can people break out of that, will some students from Montana State end up at Google, sure, but it is generally best to play averages in this area, and on average, most opportunities will be in Montana or surrounding areas, at least initially. Nothing wrong with that, Montana is a beautiful state with lots of interesting stuff going on, but worth taking into account, my two cents.

Totally disagree with this. We hire grads from state colleges over pretentious ivy schools. We find grads from the state colleges are more likely to come to us with a prior work history.

And you work in what industry exactly? Retail? The food industry?

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We are also interested in Montana. Can anyone detail the differences between MSU and UofM?

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Neighbor's kid did a summer program at Missoula's Honors College a couple of years back. Unlikely it will take place this summer but that kid couldn't stop talking about what a great time he had.

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Anonymous wrote:Neighbor's kid did a summer program at Missoula's Honors College a couple of years back. Unlikely it will take place this summer but that kid couldn't stop talking about what a great time he had.

Missula is Univ. of Montana. Montana State is in Bozeman.

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Had two friends send DS to Montana State as freshman this year from NoVA - they are both really happy.

Solid, but not spectacular, students in HS - both very outdoorsy. I have been to Bozeman and it is a terrific college town - so much to do if you love the outdoors. I also went to the cool dino museum - Bozeman is well known for archeology/paleontology -

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Anonymous wrote:At the risk of sounding rude, does your DC really want to spend the rest of their life telling people they graduated from Montana State?

It's not where you go, it's what you do.

What do you do, PP?

It's both

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Agree that Bozeman is an awesome town. DD got one of those priority mailers from Montana State over the summer. She applied (mainly because she was excited to apply somewhere) and got her acceptance within 2 weeks. That let her go into senior year with an acceptance which lowered the stress level a bit. Like your son, she loved Bozeman when we vacationed there and thought Montana State would be a good safety. We did see the campus - it's quite nice with a lot of new buildings and the people at the school are extremely nice. If your son likes the town it would be a good safety.