<p>Boise State or Ole Miss?</p>
<p>Can't choose which would be better.</p>
<p>they both have their pro's and con's.</p>
<p>If you intend to be an English or creative writnig major, try Ole Miss.</p>
<p>ole miss...</p>
<p>Ole Miss no doubt.</p>
<p>Here's a review of Ole Miss from The Princeton Review:</p>
<p>University Of Mississippi</p>
<p>"The University of Mississippi (or “Ole Miss,” as it is familiarly known) is an institution “steeped in rich traditions” that its students praise for having “great people, a beautiful campus, and a hospitable community.” Familial connections and affection for the school’s past (which includes graduating “numerous senators and representatives, among them Trent Lott, Thad Cochran, and Roger Wicker”) draw many to Ole Miss, but that doesn’t mean the school is content to rest on its history. On the contrary, in recent years the school has taken major strides toward “making itself one of America’s great public universities.” The 1997 establishment of the Croft Institute for International Studies, “recently ranked the second best in the nation by the State Department in the areas of job placement,” represents one such step. Another was the 1999 creation of the Lott Leadership Institute; together the two resources “provide unique and challenging fields of study that help distinguish Ole Miss academically.” Solid programs in journalism, music, accounting, forensic chemistry, engineering, pharmacy, premedicine, and Southern studies help round out the academic picture. Those who can gain access to the Sally McDonnell Barkesdale Honors College should take advantage of the opportunity; the program “is so strongly supported by the administration and alumni that you can literally eat dinner with 14 other honor students and a visiting senator, and then the next day go talk with a visiting ambassador about opportunities for working with the State Department. Honors College students receive many perks, including the chance to go on a ‘ventures’ trip to a major city, paid for by the Honors College.”"
"Ole Miss is home to more than 12,000 undergraduates, a size that makes generalizations about the entire population difficult and necessarily imprecise. That said, students here detect an undeniable presence of “students who are pretty wealthy and take pride in that”; this group is personified by the “preppy girl or boy wearing expensive labels and going to school to follow in his or her mom or dad’s footsteps.” Sums up one undergrad, “Ole Miss students are charming and very social; it is as if everyone has been raised attending cocktail parties and debutante balls forever. We are primarily conservative White Southerners who are unashamed of our Southern culture and heritage who flock to the Oxford campus. Those who fit this mold love Ole Miss; [others] seem to view the Southern elitism as ‘snobbery.’” This perceived snobbery may be at least a partial result of the fact that the school is “not very diverse.”
"Undergrads at Mississippi are generally a content lot. As one student happily exclaimed, “The school spirit and pride people have at Ole Miss is contagious.” Indeed, many undergrads view the university as, “a great Southern school with amazing traditions and great standards that knows how to have a good time.” Popular traditions include pregaming in The Grove, “a social setting jam-packed with friends and families all bound by the same values of hospitality and friendship.” An “extremely popular” Greek system is another tradition that hasn’t lost any steam; for many undergrads, “Most all activities outside of class or studying are centered on Greek life,” which includes not only “an enormous amount of drinking and partying,” but also “being among the most involved and active people on campus.” Hometown Oxford “may be small, but there is always something to do. Oxford has some of the best restaurants in the South. Also, Oxford gets great live music, poetry readings, and famous authors frequently. Lake Sardis is also nearby. Many people go boating on free days.”</p>