<p>i just have what the brochure says, though when i stayed overnight at the honors college the woman said that if you qualify for a scholarship on the brochure, you should definitely get it, so i assume that will come later (i just got an additional brochure in the mail about MSU finaid and it said award packets should come in March)</p>
<p>im pretty sure keeping any of these scholarships goes through the same guidelines as staying in the honors college-3.2 gpa and taking honors classes</p>
<p>for merit recognition, is says in the HC brochure that it's renewable for four years; i think i found on the website that it applied to university apartments and dorms, so we wouldn't have to live in a dorm all four years...i have no idea how it would work w/ a greek house or living off campus-i dont know if we would get the equivalent of housing plus 4000 or just 4000 or nothing-that's a mystery</p>
<p>im pretty sure the scholarships are automatic if you qualify b/c that would mirror automatically getting into the HC if you qualify, and getting things like the legacy and study abroad scholarships w/out applying, just qualifying</p>
<p>Farmgirl, I thought the same thing at first. But the HC national scholarship of $8000 is only for out-of-state honors college students that DID NOT receive the professorial assistantship/grant to in-state tuition. So you will not be receiving this (they don't specify the conditions of this on the brochure). However even if you don't receive anything from ADS don't count yourself out for other scholarships. In the July before I started school, I got a letter saying that I received another scholarship for 2000. </p>
<p>As for professorial assistantship, the appointment is only for 2 years. However, there are lots of research jobs available after this time, and perhaps a professor that likes you might appoint you to a separate research job when junior year comes around</p>
<p>yes farmgirl my scholarships/financial aid went about 3000 dollars more than I needed(aka 3000 dollars extra) so MSU sent me a check for 3000 dollars and I got to spend it how I wanted to (put most of it in a checking account, used a little to buy a new phone)</p>
<p>Are there any Southeast Asian / Indian (from asia) clubs?
are there many Southeast Asians at MSU?</p>
<p>I don't really know the percentage of Asian/ Indian on campus, but I heard many Asians are on campus. There are also Asian markets around campus.</p>
<p>Michigan State University clubs and organizations:
Department</a> of Student Life | Michigan State University</p>
<p>Been to this site before, but not sure for what your asking.</p>
<p>would anyone happen to know how minorities feel on the primarily white MSU campus?</p>
<p>What is the spartan engineering residential experience like? Do you have to live in Wilson hall and if so will there be less people?</p>
<p>Compared to what I'm used to, there are not that many southeast Asians on campus. But there is a decent population of Indian students, and a larger population of Chinese/Korean students. First, there is APASO-Asian Pacific American Student Organization, the umbrella organization for all Asian cultural groups. Further info is on here-<a href="https://www.msu.edu/%7Eapaso/">https://www.msu.edu/~apaso/</a>
Check out the affiliate groups-there is the Coalition of Indian Undergraduate students, Hmong American Student Association, and the Vietnamese Student Association (among others). </p>
<p>I am 1/2 Taiwanese-Chinese so I would consider myself a minority. My first impression when I got to MSU was that geez, it was white. Back at home (in Alaska) there are large amounts of Samoan/Pacific-islanders, lots of Southeast Asian/filipino/Koreans, and Alaska Natives. Not seeing this was a bit disconcerting at first. But there is actually a decent amount of diversity-a lot larger African American and middle Eastern populations than I was accustomed to. My biggest issue is that the majority of Asians stick to their own groups, and are a bit cliquey. There is a rather large divide between the international students and then the more integrated Asian-American students. In my dorm, I am sad to say that I only know 1 Asian friend well...the rest of the students I hang out with are white, and not as culturally knowledgeable about Asian stuff that I am accustomed to (back home, my friends drank bubble tea, knew what kimchi was etc. Here they are a lot more clueless about anything Asian). I ended up needing to go to a few APASO meetings so that I didn't feel so disconnected to my ethnic background. That's how I feel...overall though, I don't think it is a major factor. There is very little blatant prejudice and racism from what I can tell on campus, and most minorities feel comfortable whether they choose to have more minority friends or more white friends</p>
<p>As far as the Spartan Engineering Residential experience, I don't know too much about the specific program but it works similar to a residential college (such as james madison or lyman briggs).<br>
Spartan</a> Engineering Residential Experience | Future Engineer, College of Engineering, Michigan State University has more info.
You would be required to live in Wilson hall (which is, in my opinion, in a great location in south complex, close to spartan stadium, breslin student events center, intramural west athletic facility, etc). What do you mean by less people-there aren't as many people in wilson as there is in brody, but there are still a load of students in the one dorm-Wilson there are 6 floors, 2 wings each floor, with I think close to 1000 students? Trust me, if there is one thing MSU isn't lacking it is people.</p>
<p>( Didn't know Wilson Hall was the engineering residental school)</p>
<p>Yeah I heard being in MSU residential school helps the campus feel more smaller/ at ease for one who is looking to a smaller community in a large one.</p>
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<p>When driving by/ through MSU campus I have notice when seeing Asians they were more in a group together. As I probably posted before there are many Asian stores throughout the city, one I know of is a market located not far off campus.</p>
<p>Also I wouldn't worry about discrimination etc.... probably more close to one of the last things you will want to worry about.</p>
<p>does anyone know if incoming freshmen can get single dorm rooms?</p>
<p>does anyone know where i can find the acceptance rates for each college at MSU, along with maybe stats (such as average gpa and SAT scores for each college) ?</p>
<p>I've heard that incoming freshmen can get single dorms, though it's rare and not recommanded due to social reasons ( I use to think as a freshmen a single dorm would be nice, though now I disagree).</p>
<p>I don't know if they exactly have that listed online ( college stats), but I'll assume that the residential college stats may be more prestige.</p>
<p>Raiderfan4eva,</p>
<p>I don't think that the acceptance rates change for each college. I think it's universal. When you select your major, you are directly put into that college. If you want to major in a special residential college (such as Lyman Briggs or James Madison College) you just select that as your major and your acceptance is based on how much space is available in the program. If you meet the MSU requirements, you should be good to go for the specific college you are trying to be get into.</p>
<p>MSU Facts off Collegeview.com:
Acceptance Rate: 74% of applicants accepted
Average GPA: 3.31
Average SAT: 550 CR, 585 M (1135 Combined w/ NO writing)
Average ACT: 25</p>
<p>collegeboard.com seems to be more updated</p>
<p>Percent applicants admitted: 70%</p>
<p>88% In-state students
12% Out-of-state students </p>
<p>31% in top 10th of graduating class
72% in top quarter of graduating class
97% in top half of graduating class </p>
<p>37% had h.s. GPA of 3.75 and higher
32% had h.s. GPA between 3.5 and 3.74
19% had h.s. GPA between 3.25 and 3.49
7% had h.s. GPA between 3.0 and 3.24
5% had h.s. GPA between 2.5 and 2.99</p>
<p>Acceptance rates don't change for each college/academic dept for MSU because you are 1st admitted through the university (disregarding what major you are), although students are rather self-selective and the average stats for certain programs (i.e. the residential colleges) are a bit higher. </p>
<p>And fyi, the collegeview stats are a bit out-of-date.
Princeton review is normally pretty trustworthy as far as stats go, because they update theirs annually.
Average High School GPA for incoming freshman: 3.61
Percent applicants admitted: 70%</p>
<p>Then directly from MSU office of admissions- the fall 2007 class profile:
GPA: 3.4 to 3.8
ACT: 23 to 27 composite
SAT Combined (w/o writing): 1020-1140</p>
<p>Do these typical GPAs, from either admissions or collegeboard include electives - band, gym etc?</p>
<p>I'll assume it just includes the GPA sended by the students to the university, or more likely what the university sended collegeboard.com. So it depends on the school wanted to present the their students to collegeboard.com.</p>
<p>Ya I agree with coolbreeze. I think it's just the GPA your school sends to MSU.</p>
<p>uhm, from what I've heard the public universities in Michigan also use the same rubric of calculating gpa's as california... is that true?</p>
<p>do they only count sophomore and jr years?</p>