I took my son down to Ole Miss this weekend for the junior preview day, and we were both blown away by the university. The campus is absolutely gorgeous, and my son was in love with it immediately due to all the open spaces and greenery. All the students he met were very friendly, and he had some good conversations. He’s interested in the Honors college, and wants to major in biomedical engineering. Our campus guide happened to be a biology student in the honors college and he hit it off with her right away. She was very quirky, loves sci fi, called herself a nerd, but is totally plugged in and is a sorority member. Another guide was from our home state, absolutely loves it at Ole Miss. My son felt that he could feel at home there.
We both thought Oxford was wonderful, we really enjoyed the book stores, the record store and had a lot of fun eating dinners in the restaurants in the evenings. It’s a short walk from campus. I don’t think my son was expecting to like it as much as he did. Ole Miss is now the school to beat.