<p>So I have a lot of questions since I'm a incoming freshman. First, I would like to know how the Computer Science is at MSU. The rigor of the courses, is it a good program, and basically everything you can tell me about computer science at MSU. Also considering that the Computer Science major falls under the Lymann Briggs program, I have to stay in Holmes Hall.
How is Lymann Briggs at MSU, Pros and Cons. I will be attending in the fall and im not sure if I want to live there or not. I will be majoring in computer science. I am really social so I would like to have equal social life and academics. So I was seeing if someone could give me a detailed description of the pros and cons (How are the roooms there, will i be able to party if i go there, how is the food, should i stay there instead of a regular residential hall, how are the students, is it diverse, location) , because from what i hear is that lyman briggs is more for "nerds" and that they are not as social, and the classes tend to be harder, and that some of the tests are hand written, and not put on a scantron</p>
<p>I graduated from Michigan State (Math/CS) but it was 20+ years ago, so I don’t know if could give an accurate description of TODAY’S MSU.</p>
<p>Holmes Hall is a regular dorm just like any other dorm but usually had more upperclassmen staying there and of course Lyman Briggs students. The rooms are basic suites where one bathroom is shared between two dorm rooms. Food is the same as other dorms, although as I remember McDonel Hall is next door. I mention that dorm (McDonel) because that dorm is mostly grad students with a later closing time for lunch meals and for SOME REASON had a different menu from the undergrad dorms (head scratcher).</p>
<p>The whole “nerd” stigma will be applied to anyone who holds a Calculus book, so I would not sweat that. As for partying, across the street from Holmes Hall are both Akers Hall (my freshman year dorm) and Hubbard Hall (my sophomore year dorm). Akers and Hubbard are primarily freshman/sophomore dorms except for 6th floor Akers and 1st-Floor Hubbard (where upperclassmen stay somehow through political networking, LOL).</p>