re: Ole Miss and out of state students

Well...frick you too then.

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So ole miss waives out of state tuition?

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The university does not waive out of state tuition for all out of state students. Those fees are not listed and have haven't increased just as some clever ruse.

What Henry is correct about is that all MS universities have the same entry requirements for instate students. However, the Ayers case only applies to MS residents, so the university is allowed to set different requirements for out of state students, so the stereotype of "just having a pulse" really doesn't apply when it comes to students coming in from other states. It doesn't necessarily apply to instate students either, but that is another thread.

Most of Ole Miss' OOS students come from Texas and Georgia. Regardless of the mudslinging, objectively, Texas, Texas A&M, and Georgia are all excellent public institutions. Since there are hundreds, if not thousands, who are actually very good students but cannot get into those universities (and others, as the same situation plays out in other states in smaller numbers), as they have quite high entry requirements these days, there is a large pool of students out there with a lot of potential who, as much as anyone can tell based off standardized test scores and GPAs, stand to be great students in college.

Along with retaining as many excellent students within the state of MS as the university can, the various colleges and schools do what they can to entice good out of state students to attend, and waiving OOS tuition can be one of those enticements among, other financial aid offers. However, there are plenty of OOS students paying the full price.

Considering the minimum instate requirements are a 2.5 GPA and a 16 on the ACT or a 2.0 and an 18 on the ACT, yet the 2017 freshmen class had a 3.36 GPA on average and a 25 on the ACT, it says quite a bit about how successful the efforts are. While I don't believe that anyone who works for the university is under any illusion that Ole Miss is Vanderbilt or even a UNC academically, the average student coming in here is definitely quite a bit better than barely scraping by to get into a college.

Basically, Ole Miss is a decent, affordable college with a lot of really solid programs and a few excellent ones that has a good brand in Texas and the south and offers quite a bit of the social fare in which high school grads are interested when they are looking at going the state university route. Couple that with a really strong alumni network - I'm a Florida grad myself and am continually impressed by how well Ole Miss competes in that realm nationwide - and it's a pretty attractive school to a lot of 18-year-olds and their parents.

Duh..

You see a surprising amount of Ole Miss stuff in parts of SC, especially Columbia. A lot of the Cola natives who want to get away from home seem to go to Ole Miss. I've always liked both Mississippi schools to be honest.

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Yep

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False. They do not waive out of state tuition at Ole Miss.

Multiple MS public schools began to pursue this option a few years ago, but UM opted not to do so.

Out of state tuition ends up ~about 22-24k per year with tuition and fees. And in state is about 8k, with a steady ~10k room and board and req for all freshmen to live on campus.

In some instances, UM offers scholarships to offset the out of state tuition costs/fees. For example, they waive it for veterans, so long as the veteran enrolls fulltime and stays continuously enrolled. Other scholarships are tied to ACT/SAT scores that add progressive amounts to offset out of state costs. The high end is a 33+ ACT will get ~22k.

But, UM does not simply waive fees for our of state as other MS public schools do.

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Texas Tech is a fun school. You’d have to watch out for raider rash.

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Lubbock is a good college town.....shitty little place other than that. One of the poorest areas of Texas if not the nation.

Texas State is a STD cesspool...seriously.....also lots of racial tension in San Marcos. Great area of Texas but 4 kids from my sons graduating class went to San Marcos....All Hispanic kids from New Mexico ( Texas and New Mexico are part of the Wesrtern University Exchange....basically in state tuition for non residents). All of those kids are in Lubbock now. One of them was beaten so severely by skinheads in San Marcos he may never recover fully. The other three left for the same reasons. San Marcos seems to be the “ line” between the part of Texas that is philosophically the south and Hispanic Texas of San Antonio. The STD thing is called an epidemic by the press....

Beautiful campus and town though....in the best area of Texas, in my opinion.