@BeeDare “My concern is her being at a school where the students’ attitude is pervasively negative and comparing themselves to the “better” flagship and others.”
If you are talking about MSU, you will not find that. Students and alums have a huge amount of pride in their school. You are not going to find a bunch of students who wish they were at UofM or feel second rate in any way. That is just a cc perspective on it.
Coming from high schools in Michigan, getting accepted to MSU is a significant achievement. The average ACT score of a student in Michigan is a 19 or 20 on each section. The MSU average ACT at 26. That means that compared to their high school peers, these students have had to work hard and feel like they have accomplished something significant. I think that MSU students have the most school spirit of all of the Universities in Michigan, although our friends in Ann Arbor will dispute that. lol