<p>im from a state far away from msu and i was just wondering how life is up there. what is there to do on the weekends and how nice are the people?if im leaving home will i be welcomed by a friendly environment?</p>
<p>fa-la-la-lena would have some good advice on this. Perhaps you should specifically ask only the people you would like to hear from?</p>
<p>id like to hear from all of you. i dont dislike you romani i just disagree with your methods.</p>
<p>I don’t have any methods. I give personal experience. You have made it quite clear that my personal experience isn’t as “valid” or something along those lines as others for whatever reason.</p>
<p>not experienced as “others”, as experienced as the people in the admissions office…i shouldnt of made the open statement and sorry</p>
<p>FWIW, the environment was the reason that I came to MSU over UMich. It has been welcoming with open arms and I have loved 95% of my experience here. The faculty and students are ridiculously nice and everybody is willing to help you, especially in the first month when everyone is getting used to the campus. Don’t worry about not knowing anyone. </p>
<p>But, take my advice with a grain of salt, because it’s only personal experience, and therefore only right .5% of the time ;).</p>
<p>mulski, I WISH there were admissions officers on here, but there aren’t. So, rather than leaving those people asking for chances with silence, we (me, fa-la-la, coolbreeze, etc) give our own personal experience and offer advice. That’s all we CAN do and that is the whole point of CC.</p>
<p>ok well if your going to be sarcastic about all of this whats the point of posting on this thread?</p>
<p>All right, I am done being sarcastic (although I only had two sarcastic sentences, the rest was actual advice). You try having a thread devoted to bashing you and see if you don’t take it a bit personally. Especially the type of remarks that it has attracted (most of which have been deleted thankfully).</p>
<p>i apologized</p>
<p>I accept your apology. In the future, please either PM someone if you have an issue, counter-chance someone if you think what someone says is wrong, or just have a thick skin and move on. There will always be people that you disagree with and people that you feel the need to call-out, but try using reason to back up what you say, make sure what you say is indeed correct (I am not 21 nor did I only say that he had a high reach, etc), or just ignore it and let people fight their own battles. This is advice not only for CC, but for college and life in general. </p>
<p>It didn’t bother me that you devoted a thread to what you disliked about me. I can take that. What bothered me was that you took many things out of context and/or flat-out made things up, THAT bothered me. I spend more time on here trying to help people than pretty much anyone else that appears in this forum (not JUST with chances but with a whole plethora of topics, which I may or may not be helpful in but that is up to the reader and the person I am helping to decide), but instead you chose to only look at chances and most of my chances are backed up by the other regulars on here. </p>
<p>I hope to be done with this topic now.</p>
<p>Honestly though, I hope fa-la-la-lena comes here. She is an OOSer who may have lots of OOS advice. Perhaps you might want to PM her?</p>
<p>same. would u mind telling me more about the life at msu
?</p>
<p>im not really sure what to expect out there at all</p>
<p>OP- I am from Washington D.C… One reason I chose to go to MSU was because it was far away from home. I wanted to leave the big city environment and experience the world outside of the East Coast. So far, I love Michigan. Everyone at MSU is so friendly and welcoming. You will make friends quickly, even if you don’t try. Mostly everyone is approachable and I haven’t met a rude person yet. My weekends mainly consist of going to Grand Rapids or Kalamazoo, so I can’t really say much about weekend activities. If you fancy the party scene- we have plenty of that. If you like to just chill and relax, and maybe even study on the weekends, there are plenty of places to do that as well. The University Activities Board always schedules fun events during the week and on the weekend. However, there is the one downside to being oos- I haven’t been home since the beginning of the semester and I have been homesick for about a month. I would advise traveling home at least once a semester, if your budget permits.</p>
<p>see thats what im afraid of…getting home sick. I heard theres tons to do at MSU (especially because im a sports fanatic) but i really have no idea what to expect on the college scene</p>
<p>To add to ps’s post, the UAB activities are generally free and are pretty fun, whether you’re by yourself or in a big group :).</p>
<p>is it suburban/? im looking for a suburban nice looking campus</p>
<p>Suburban? Wow, how to explain MSU. Well, the north end of MSU is Grand River Ave. which is a very busy street in East Lansing. It is a main road from Downtown Lansing to East Lansing. There are lots of stores and places to eat. Students like to hang out there. The east side has businesses and very, very nice homes close by. The south end beyond the classrooms is farmland and wetlands owned by MSU. The west side (towards Lansing) is close to the highway and has some restaurants. So it has a little bit of everything.<br>
The campus is beautiful. Lovely trees, paths, buildings, a river goes through campus. East Lansing is a few minutes away from many small cities and towns. It is not unusual to see deer. I saw a crane (bird) on a building. So it is a little bit city, suburban and country, in my opinion.
There is the Wharton Center for concerts and plays. The Breslin Center for sports, circuses and shows and the Pavilion for rodeos, lama shows, horse shows and such.</p>
<p>Well lets see, I only live about 10 minutes from Michigan State University and have a sibling who attends there. From information I’ve heard/ what I know Michigan State University is a friendly campus, easy to meet other people especially considering all the clubs, activities, events etc… The city, well East Lansing is a typical college town. Next door is Lansing, Michigan, the two cities are most connected by Michigan Ave. Most state students I know of go to one mall, Meridian Mall, and other things downtown East Lansing. I know a lot about the area ( lived hear over 17 years, soon to be changed though: college next year for me) so I can answer any questions you ask about the two cities. I’am well informed about MSU itself, but would not be able to give a perspective as a student ( since I’m only a senior in high school).</p>