Another record enrollment, among other things.....
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I need 615's input before I know the appropriate response to this seemingly good news**
Was JD Vance there? Otherwise everything about this is an abject failure
Oh Im sure it does, but they are using the exact same descriptor both years- “First Time Students”
So is Alabama’s Crimson Tide….
Doesn’t matter. Mississippi State is rolling.
For some reason, whenever I read article and posts like this, I’m reminded of “1984” by George Orwell.
Don’t ask me why
(“It appeared that there had even been demonstrations to thank Big Brother for raising the chocolate ration to 20g per a week. And only yesterday[…] it had been announced that the ration was to be reduced to 20g a week. Was it possible that they could swallow that, after only 24 hours?”)
This particular number is referring to first-time in college students from about 3600 to over 4000. Almost 6700 of the same first time students as last year, to compare apples to apples.
Ok…I was going off this language from last year’s release:
MSU is seeing an increase of almost 500 more students over the 2023 total of 22,657. First-time students make up 6,356 of the overall student body that hails from all 82 Mississippi counties, all 50 states plus Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, and 94 countries.
Yea using that phrase is a bit vague. Made an edit to my original response, but we're up in both "first time" categories they've used.
I think Im more confused. I’ve re read all this and cannot find the distinction.
First-time this year is just the freshmen. Last year was referring to new freshmen, transfers and grad students
Well, we were up by either definition. Instead of what you thought you were doing you actually pointed out even better news.
I think you have the wrong guy. I was just trying to get an explanation of the numbers. They literally used the same terminology with different definition between this year and last year. You are reading too much into this.
Arkansas has a great out of state tuition program that helps a lot.
Yes, that is
BUT a lot of TX kids who can't get into or don't want to go to UT/aTm usually go to OK, AR or Ole Miss. There are so many students and limited in state opportunities for a "big college" experience.