Clarion rag really barking up mississippi having 318 more students than MSU....

[Drebin]

Id like someone to offer an opinion. Mine is that OM has turned its focus back to MS students and that they have more money with auto scholarships at higher levels- that part is public bc I’ve compared the two online. I know someone from enrollment reads the board if they want to correct me.

Ole Miss is definitely trying to increase their in-state enrollment and they are throwing more scholarship money at in-state students than we are. I know this from first-hand experience.

 

[Cantdoitsal]

My Dad and his older Brother by 4 years were the first to break the family chain of going to tsun being direct descendents of Leflore County's first judge. The Great Depression combined with our Irish DNA love of whiskey drained all the "Old Money" and my Dad and Uncle were going to have to work thru college unlike the rest of their tsun friends in Greewood. I know things have changed since the early 60's but they both just felt more comfortable at STATE considering their financial circumstances and would have felt somewhat embarassed having to work their way thru school with the known name they had at the time. I'm glad my Dad did just that and that's why I'll always refer to STATE as "The People's University" whether anyone agrees with it or not.