Thoughts on Ole Miss?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:“I happen to think liberal kids from privileged backgrounds who take a different path are more open-minded than others.”

Right. Nothing says open-minded like blasting airhorns in an auditorium when an invited conservative is trying to speak.

Do you have an example of this happening at an SEC school?

[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,

It’s not an inconsistent position. If I were hiring a young person and they told me they went to Ole Miss from out of state, I would wonder why. If that same person went to a low-ranked school without a racist history, I would just assume it was the best school they could get into to (and no shade to that — if they did well there and made the best of it, I’d be impressed). I would not be impressed by someone CHOOSING to go to Ole Miss if it’s not their in state school.

Weird.

I would assume they might have secured a full ride or significant tuition assistance.

Why? Because that’s precisely what southern flagships are doing to boost scores and ratings.

I can’t wait until SEC schools continue to improve their rankings and the dcum crowd eats crow.

ICYMI: several sec schools have impressive rankings for certain programs. The schools also offer an opportunity to get out of the dcum bubble and meet people with different perspectives. It’s an important life skill to navigate strikingly different settings and situations.

Bonus: people on sec campuses tend to be social and fun. Polar opposite of dcum.

Agree.

Surprised at the level of provincialism / closed-mindedness of some posters.

I’m not surprised.

At the risk of outing myself, I’ve been appalled by friends, family, colleagues, and practical strangers I’ve encountered who openly displayed disgust when learning I have kids at SEC schools.

After all, how could a highly educated, East Coast liberal with a big social justice type job “allow” their children to go to school in (gasp!) a Red State!!!

Guess what? My kids are thriving.

Despite the fact that I’m a bleeding heart liberal, my kids seem to be Blue Dog Democrats. They also seem to be more outgoing and positive than I am, and they found their tribe on campus at SEC schools. I blame staying put in DC for my own hyper Type A tendencies and cynicism.

I’m astonished by my friends who seem to think the best way to change the world is by bubble wrapping themselves and their children in private schools in liberal communities. What a joke.

You lost me at “thriving.”

[Anonymous]

Ole Miss is a very good school in a super interesting and fun environment and if your student is motivated, no doubt will offer an amazing education. Do not listen to the miserable, depressed and CLOSE MINDED jerks that are out of touch thinking their kid needs to go to Middlebury and the likes to get educated. You know better.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Ole Miss is a very good school in a super interesting and fun environment and if your student is motivated, no doubt will offer an amazing education. Do not listen to the miserable, depressed and CLOSE MINDED jerks that are out of touch thinking their kid needs to go to Middlebury and the likes to get educated. You know better.

Don't be bringing that level-headed shit to DCUM. The frumpy moms won't tolerate that shit.

[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,

It’s not an inconsistent position. If I were hiring a young person and they told me they went to Ole Miss from out of state, I would wonder why. If that same person went to a low-ranked school without a racist history, I would just assume it was the best school they could get into to (and no shade to that — if they did well there and made the best of it, I’d be impressed). I would not be impressed by someone CHOOSING to go to Ole Miss if it’s not their in state school.

Outside of HBCUs is there a college below the Mason-Dixon Line without some sort of racist history?

Just curious as to you line of reasoning/logic?

I suggest that pp look up the connections of schools like Brown and even Harvard to slavery and racism.

Here’s something to get you started: https://slaveryandjustice.brown.edu/

https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2022/04/slavery-probe-harvards-ties-inseparable-from-rise/

And don’t forget Yale: https://news.yale.edu/2021/11/01/yale-publicly-confronts-historical-involvement-slavery

[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,

It’s not an inconsistent position. If I were hiring a young person and they told me they went to Ole Miss from out of state, I would wonder why. If that same person went to a low-ranked school without a racist history, I would just assume it was the best school they could get into to (and no shade to that — if they did well there and made the best of it, I’d be impressed). I would not be impressed by someone CHOOSING to go to Ole Miss if it’s not their in state school.

+1, this is the standard reaction, by graduation they should be pretty used to it.

[Anonymous]

Assuming that your daughter is white, heterosexual, apolitical or right-wing and neither particularly feminist nor intellectual, I'm sure that Ole Miss will be a good fit for her.

I personally would not pay OOS tuition for a school with a student body that is likely to be way less academically competitive than her high school cohort (see https://nces.ed.gov/collegenavigator/?q=mississippi&s=all&id=176017#admsns)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:“I happen to think liberal kids from privileged backgrounds who take a different path are more open-minded than others.”

Right. Nothing says open-minded like blasting airhorns in an auditorium when an invited conservative is trying to speak.

Bingo. I always laugh when a liberal makes these clueless proclamations.

[Anonymous]

Wait, troll is allowed to call me a loser parent and I am not allowed to respond?

My kid isn’t going to Philly, either, but for different reasons.

Think about the women suing their states for putting their lives in peril because doctors have to second guess state law as to whether their female patients’ lived are allowed to be saved in an emergency. This is happening, and my family isn’t taking the chance of this happening, no matter how small.

[Anonymous]

Lives, not lived - stupid iPhone

[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,

It’s not an inconsistent position. If I were hiring a young person and they told me they went to Ole Miss from out of state, I would wonder why. If that same person went to a low-ranked school without a racist history, I would just assume it was the best school they could get into to (and no shade to that — if they did well there and made the best of it, I’d be impressed). I would not be impressed by someone CHOOSING to go to Ole Miss if it’s not there in state school.

There is no need to work for employers that are judgmental.

[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,

It’s not an inconsistent position. If I were hiring a young person and they told me they went to Ole Miss from out of state, I would wonder why. If that same person went to a low-ranked school without a racist history, I would just assume it was the best school they could get into to (and no shade to that — if they did well there and made the best of it, I’d be impressed). I would not be impressed by someone CHOOSING to go to Ole Miss if it’s not their in state school.

Outside of HBCUs is there a college below the Mason-Dixon Line without some sort of racist history?

Just curious as to you line of reasoning/logic?

I suggest that pp look up the connections of schools like Brown and even Harvard to slavery and racism.

Here’s something to get you started: https://slaveryandjustice.brown.edu/

https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2022/04/slavery-probe-harvards-ties-inseparable-from-rise/

And don’t forget Yale: https://news.yale.edu/2021/11/01/yale-publicly-confronts-historical-involvement-slavery

Was not stating that other schools do or don't have a past or present problem with racism. Just responding to PPs take that Ole Miss as a southern school with a racist history.

[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,

It’s not an inconsistent position. If I were hiring a young person and they told me they went to Ole Miss from out of state, I would wonder why. If that same person went to a low-ranked school without a racist history, I would just assume it was the best school they could get into to (and no shade to that — if they did well there and made the best of it, I’d be impressed). I would not be impressed by someone CHOOSING to go to Ole Miss if it’s not there in state school.

There is no need to work for employers that are judgmental.

They're all judgmental, sorry.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Watch “Bama Rush” on (HBO) Max. Although it’s not about Mississippi, MS is always subtlety worse than the Alabama. If THAT is the kind of school you want your DD going to, that’s your choice. If you are a modern, first world person, I highly doubt you would consider paying to send a young woman there.

I went to a big football school in the south (UF), and at large universities, there are so many people who aren’t part of that culture. I would say that the town as a whole can get pretty excited about championship games and big events like that, but the number of people actually participating in that football party culture, or Greek life in general, is relatively pretty small. I think one of the benefits of a large state school is that there are many options, both course of study and socially.

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Anonymous wrote:

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,

It’s not an inconsistent position. If I were hiring a young person and they told me they went to Ole Miss from out of state, I would wonder why. If that same person went to a low-ranked school without a racist history, I would just assume it was the best school they could get into to (and no shade to that — if they did well there and made the best of it, I’d be impressed). I would not be impressed by someone CHOOSING to go to Ole Miss if it’s not their in state school.

Outside of HBCUs is there a college below the Mason-Dixon Line without some sort of racist history?

Just curious as to you line of reasoning/logic?

I suggest that pp look up the connections of schools like Brown and even Harvard to slavery and racism.

Here’s something to get you started: https://slaveryandjustice.brown.edu/

https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2022/04/slavery-probe-harvards-ties-inseparable-from-rise/

And don’t forget Yale: https://news.yale.edu/2021/11/01/yale-publicly-confronts-historical-involvement-slavery

Was not stating that other schools do or don't have a past or present problem with racism. Just responding to PPs take that Ole Miss as a southern school with a racist history.

The implication was that only Southern states have this issue and the comment above was that pp would judge someone for going to a school with a “racist history,” which means there must be alternative schools without a “racist history.” The point is that *all* schools that have been in existence for any appreciable time have a racist history, including many Ivy League schools that have direct ties to slavery and the slave trade.