<p>I'm pretty sure holden is actually considered one of the new freshmen dorms. Obviously the best freshman experience you'll have is probably in brody, but I definitely think freshmen hold the majority at holden. </p>
<p>And what I meant by getting away with things is that you can be loud, crazy, drink and you probably won't get written up for it like you might in other dorms. I think hubbard is really low key and laid back which makes it easier for people to do whatever they want</p>
<p>sounds like holden is the place to be for me..
brody sounds great and all, but i dont wanna party too much and do bad in school</p>
<p>I'm a freshman currently living in North Hubbard and it's pretty much you either hate it or love it here. I have a friend who lives on the 6th floor and I hear her complain about the noise almost everyday. Not to mention the cops have been called to the 6th floor to break up fights and other disturbances. But the 10th floor, where I live is always very quiet,everyone is very friendly,and we've never had a complaint. As far as food goes, when I first heard about Hubbard people told me the food was great and blah blah blah, but it's really just ok...Holden and Sny/Phi are way better in my opinion. The fact that Hubbard is really diverse also attracted me to it. I've met people from Taiwan, Africa, all 50 states, and many other places around the world...that was a big plus for me. Hubbard's rooms are pretty cool,I've seen a lot of different set ups and the furniture is modular...but no lofts are allowed. I personally didn't want to have community style bathrooms, so the suite-style was perfect for me.</p>
<p>hope this helps!</p>
<p>Yeah Holden seems nice. I think my top choices would be Brody, Holden, Wilson/ Wonders and maybe a few others. I think I would mainly prefer a freshmen dorm ( or at least majority freshmen), though meeting upperclassmen/ non freshmen may be nice also.</p>
<p>Every hall has honors floors right? Because if I go to Holden im gonna live on the honors floor.</p>
<p>Every dorm does not have an honors floor. The dorms with honors floors are Bryan, Case, Holmes, Mason, Snyder-Phillips and Yakeley-Gilchrist</p>
<p>Just to add to the dorm descriptions:</p>
<p>Sny/Phi: Recently renovated, and has the best cafeteria on campus. Has modular furniture. It's one of the older dorms on campus, but it's a really cool building and the part of campus it's in is absolutely beautiful.</p>
<p>Mason/Abbot: The building is set up just like Sny/Phi, but it hasn't been renovated recently. There's no caf, so you have to walk next door to Sny/Phi, but it's not far at all. I'll be living in Mason next year. Lofts are allowed (for now).</p>
<p>Shaw: Right in the middle of campus. Shaw is mostly upperclassmen, you have to be extremely lucky to get in as a freshman. Good caf.</p>
<p>West Circle: Older dorms, but like Sny/Phi and Mason/Abbot they're really cool old buildings and are located in a beautiful part of campus. A lot of music majors live in West Circle.</p>
<p>so that means holden doesnt have an honors floor...too bad.</p>
<p>when i go to fill out my housing app, does it mention which halls have honors floors? and does it describe each floor and stuff?</p>
<p>Hi.
I really don't have the time and/or energy to read through this whole thread, but my question is simple:
What are the bulk of the classes at MSU like? Are they mainly lecture halls with 200+ students, or are they smaller classes (like 30-50)?</p>
<p>(I'm a current Loyola University Chicago student, but I'm thinking about transferring my junior year, and I'm looking into possible changes. MSU has a good journalism program, correct?)</p>
<p>MSU has a great journalism program as far as I've heard (I don't know details, but it is one of the highly touted programs at MSU). The bulk of classes at MSU heavily range from lecture halls with 200+ students to smaller classes. Unless you are in an honors section, most of the general ed. classes that fulfill your university requirements (the standard 2 classes of social studies, 2 classes of arts/humanities, 2 classes of science, and 1 math class) are very large lecture halls. Introductory level classes are also huge on average. Writing classes are a lot smaller, and classes for your major are a lot smaller as well (15-30 students for writing, language classes), while upper level science/history classes have from 25-50 students. Since you are likely transferring to MSU your junior year, likely most if not all of your core requirements will be finished, and you will most likely get to avoid the big lecture halls (even as a freshman, only 1 1/2 of my 4 classes are done in a large lecture setting-the other classes I am in have 20-30 students).</p>
<p>So I was wondering what the possibilities of someone getting invited to the honors college are cuz I have a 28 ACT and my school doesn’t rank, so I dont know if I’m in the top 5%. </p>
<p>And does it come 2-4 weeks after your admission letter or is it supposed to come with your admissions packet?</p>
<p>Should be known with admission pack I thought.</p>
<p>I think it’s a separate letter that’s sent a couple weeks after you’re accepted. I had a 28 ACT and was top 5% and didn’t get invited to the Honors College, I was invited into the Academic Scholars program, though. I ended up not doing it.</p>
<p>if you dont mind me asking, why didn’t you do it?</p>
<p>Mostly because I was dead set on going to Michigan Tech when I got the letter, so I never followed through with the whole sign-up process. I didn’t decide until April that I was going to MSU instead of Tech.</p>
<p>It’s not the biggest deal if you don’t get invited to the honors college your 1st semester. If you get a 3.5 GPA here at State for the 1st semester you automatically get an invite anyways. The main disadvantage to not being admitted to the honors college right of the bat is that you wouldn’t be eligible for incoming freshmen-honors college scholarships.</p>
<p>What’s my admissions acceptance percentage, if I have a 3.6 GPA, 22 ACT and at least 60 hours of volunteer work? I was 160 out of 600 public school students last semester and I’ve taken AP Microeconomics and Honors English. BTW I’m in-state.</p>
<p>Not sure, if ACT was a little higher I would say average.</p>
<p>I will be coming to MSU this fall and I wanted to know how to enter Lyman Briggs College. I am actually a Honors student. Can I still apply to Lyman Briggs? How should I do the application for housing process?</p>
<p>Sparkly,</p>
<p>Lyman Briggs in first come first serve. If you are interested, contact them and they will put you on a wait list (I’m pretty sure they’re currently full for Fall 09 term). You will automatically live in Holmes Hall unless space becomes an issue.<br>
Spots should start opening up as students make their final college picks-I know my dd is in Lyman for fall but will probably be attending a different university. My guess is by May 1st some spots will open.
Hope that Helps</p>
<p>Are there people that choose quiet rooms/floors? I mean is it common to do that, or are there not that many people on those floors?</p>
<p>How does that work?</p>