<p>Sounds like your daughter’s a lot like me. I’m also planning to attend law school after earning my French degree. I think I might even choose LSU’s law school; according to my dad (who graduated from LSU Law a few years ago and chose it over a full ride to Loyola N.O. Law and a scholarship to Tulane Law), it’s one of the few (or maybe he said the only? I’ll check) schools where students can learn both common law and civil law, thereby qualifying you to practice pretty much anywhere in the world. </p>
<p>Since my parents wanted me to stay in-state–fine by me, since Louisiana is a fantastic place to study French–I also considered Tulane, which is the only other top-tier school in Louisiana. At Tulane, though, French and Italian share the same department. That and the very high tuition (which would make it really, really hard for me to have enough money to study abroad, not to mention pay for grad school) led me to choose LSU. </p>
<p>LSU is definitely a large school, both in campus size and enrollment, with tons of spirit. The whole of Baton Rouge gets into the spirit, actually. I can NEVER drive anywhere in Baton Rouge without seeing at least a few handfuls of LSU bumper stickers, tee shirts, etc. The fantastic athletic programs at LSU make for many die-hard, devoted fans (many of whom are probably camped out in Omaha right now, partying before the baseball team plays Virginia on Saturday), and the tailgating before football games is like nowhere else. Tailgater Monthly ranked LSU the 3rd best tailgating school ([Tailgater</a> Monthly - The Top 10 Tailgating Schools](<a href=“http://www.tailgatermonthly.com/funstuff/schools.html]Tailgater”>http://www.tailgatermonthly.com/funstuff/schools.html)), and ESPN ranked us first ([The</a> Road Warrior: Best College Tailgating Scenes - Travel - ESPN](<a href=“ESPN - Serving Sports Fans. Anytime. Anywhere.”>ESPN - Serving Sports Fans. Anytime. Anywhere.)).</p>
<p>Athletics aside, though, I went to orientation a couple of months ago (admitted students with certain ACT scores and GPA are invited to an early program in spring during which they can take placement exams and earn credit hours), and the chancellor’s speech was followed by dance routines by both the student ambassadors and the “Tiger Girls,” a speech by a girl wearing tiger ears, and recorded fight songs played by the marching band. </p>
<p>Greek life at LSU is pretty big, from what I’ve heard. Actually, the Panhellenic Council just mailed me a booklet titled “Greek Tiger” that contains information on how to join a sorority/fraternity and profiles of every sorority and fraternity at LSU. I’m not interested in going Greek, so I’ve done no more than thumb through it, but it’s definitely there if she wants to participate.</p>
<p>Have you and your daughter visited LSU yet? (And sorry for the super long response!)</p>