Glad to see some updated posts on Ole Miss site. We live in Ks ( Kansas City area) and our son did like Ole Miss when we visited in July. It seemed more of personal feel, especially the professors in mechanical engineering department. Even Though it’s 8 hrs away from home, he looks at it that it’s only about a 2 hour plane flight home. Cannot beat the OSS academic scholarships and Ole Miss is supposed to be very generous with their other competitive scholarships.
We also looked at Miss St and Alabama too. Both nice schools and generous academic scholarships, especially UA. I think UM and UA are more personable than MSU. My son is choosing between these 3. His first choice was Colorado School of Mines but just too expensive even after the $14,000 for ACT and GPA.
Our son is pretty laid back, plays football, track, and band. So I know he’ll fit in wherever he goes. I think it’s great that he’s not afraid to see what life is like outside of Kansas and decided not to go where all of his friends are going ( K-State).