really people??
by: reblawI am replying to a sweet little lady who posted her true thoughts about Ole Miss in relation to how it is today vs how it was in 1960's when she was here. I am ashamed of everyone who blasted this sweet little lady on her point of view. Times have changed since 1960 and to her I am sure it seems very over whelming the way things are being ran. In 1960's there were no interracial couples at events, the girls were not shacking up, the amount of parting was kept to a minimum respectfully. Ole Miss was known as the "money school" of the state. It was where the states most wealthy sent their children. Ole Miss became very greedy in its judgmental ways. They created a plan to accept OOS that were not grade eligible any where else to increase the number of students and revenue. I will agree as a student in the early 80"s we did not have as many OOS. I think what our sweet elderly poster was saying is the OOS are moving things from a "Mississippi way" to their way of doing things. I will admit Ole Miss does not have the same warm and fuzzy feel I had back in 1982. The traditions have been lost in many way. The Greek system is taking pride in being " a hard rush" and it is skipping over some of the true values and things that were important to us when we were part of the greek system years ago. A degree from Ole Miss is not what it used to be. Being part of greek life at Ole Miss is not what it used to be. The value of this University is dropping and I am sad to see it.
#1 by: Oos
The university is currently charging oos students an additional $10,000 per semester to attend this school. Ole miss had to start recruiting oos students because it needed their money to keep the university open.
By the way, oos students currently have to reach higher academic standards than in state students.
How in any way does that hurt the university? Your classrooms are better equipt and the student body is more academically prepared than ever before!
Now, don't even get me started on the Mississippi girls in sororities and how they snub and generally look down upon oos students. I love my sorority and every thing it stands for, but those Mississippi girls are rude and hurtful. I always have them the benefit of the doubt and thought they just didn't know how their actions effected others, but now, after your post, I'm beginning to believe that they are born and raised backwards that way
The rest of the world in pretty cool and amazing, perhaps if you would get out of your bubble, you can discover new and exciting things.
My parents taught me to spread my wings and fly! To accept new challenges and see the world. That is why most of us chose oos schools. I was also accepted to Alabama, lsu, auburn, and Georgia. I chose ole miss because I liked the school. Not because I couldn't get in anywhere else.
Comment#2 by: me
I got into University of Michigan, Vanderbilt, Georgia, LSU, Alabama, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
DON'T try to say OOS couldn't get in anywhere else. I came to Ole Miss because THEY GAVE ME SCHOLARSHIPS FOR MY GOOD GRADES, and due that I will graduating debt free. OOS students bring more to Ole Miss rather than just Mississippi students. Don't get me wrong, I have loved all of the MS people I have met, (only a few snoody ones). But I think it is so cool that everyday, I can easily go meet someone new. Just a few days ago I met someone from Hawaii! I have never met anyone from Hawaii!
by: Yea butSep 30, 2015 9:20:39 PM
OOS only get oos tuition waived for string academics, which raises the bar academically....
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#3 by: Dear me
Why O Why is anyone over the age of 22 even on this website. Do these dear ladies think that there is some sort of truth in any post on here. I find it very odd that girl bashing and hate-mongering has been going on for years on this site and all of a sudden this week it struck too close to home. Betty hold the door, how dare the good name of DDD be questioned now they impart on us their wisdom and caste system views. I tend to agree with the above poster, I now understand why the traditionally MS sororities have such inflated egos. I hate to break it to those ladies and their college sisters but MS has always ranked somewhere in the bottom 5 in every category about education, poverty, health in the US. They need to get the internet out at Tara Plantation.
by: BravoSep 30, 2015 5:43:54 PM
by: Wealth?Sep 30, 2015 9:40:45 PM
Mississippi wealth??? Compared to Texas and California wealth that is a laughable statement!
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#7 by: lol
OP, what was the point of this post? are you agreeing with the "sweet old lady" poster? do you wish there were still no interracial couples, or that ole miss was still exclusively made up of MS natives? you need to stop being delusional and realize that an ole miss degree not being worth "what it used to be" is a ridiculous statement. an ole miss degree from your day was laughably worthless, and it's only slightly more valuable now because of the growing diversity and smart OOS scholarship students bringing up the worth. remember, at the end of the day, mississippi isn't even on most people's radar. it's little more than a useless flyover state with a high obesity rate.
#8 by: Please
Mississippi has one of the worst, or arguably the worst, public education system in the country. 2/3 of the student body of Ole Miss is from Mississippi. If you think the quality of students and academics is being pulled down perhaps you shoukd take a look in your own back yard.
Furthermore, it's not 1960 anymore. Times have changed, culture has changed, everywhere. And that's not a bad thing.
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by: meSep 30, 2015 5:09:52 PM
also, Ole Miss is NOT making more money on out of state students when the vast majority have scholarships.
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