<p>how nice is the campus and the facilities?</p>
<p>I’ve been there a lot, and both are nice; some of the facilities are old and a bit run-down, but others are brand new and even the older buildings are well-kept. The campus itself is very nature-oriented and gorgeous in the Fall and Spring. Just look up some pictures, they’ll give you a pretty good idea of the aesthetics.</p>
<p>The campus is really nice, well kept landscaped etc… mostly a clean environment. Facilities , well I know a good number of them have recently or in the past remodel.</p>
<p>hi. Adjusting as an out-of-state student was never really difficult for me. I definitely miss home right now (going back tomorrow!) but homesickness has never really been a serious issue. The people at MSU are super-friendly and laid-back but still have the “study hard, party hard” mentality. Sports are a huge aspect of student life…during football weekends, most everyone is on campus at the game/tailgating. However, life quiets down on non-football weekends (or away-games). The large majority of freshmen/sophomores are residential though, and most don’t go home very often so you won’t be alone on campus on any given weekend as an out-of-state student. As far as stuff to do, I really don’t ever feel the need to get off campus all that often. I spend tons of time with my friends, going to football/basketball/other sporting events, seeing movies at campus center cinemas (free as part of the residence hall association), concerts, going to parties etc. If you are willing to look, there are tons of cool events that you can participate in. Off campus there is a great variety of restaurants and a couple of decent malls and other things to do but the east lansing-lansing area doesn’t really have a very urban environment. As far as the campus goes, it is gorgeous in my opinion, with buildings and facilities very well kept as a whole.</p>
<p>MSU’s students are generally very friendly and laid back. Because its such a large school you are pretty much guaranteed to find a group of people who you get along with and who are interested in the same types of things as you. Most students definitely have a “work hard, play hard” attitude but if partying is not your thing there are (like other have mentioned) tons of other things to do on the weekends with other students who aren’t into the partying scene. I know quite a few students from out of state, and while they are homesick at times, overall they love it and have made tons of friends. The campus itself is very pretty. The older parts of campus are (in my opinion) really beautiful because of the style of them whereas the newer parts (south of the Red Cedar River) are more modern. There’s tons of trees all over campus which makes it especially pretty in the fall. As far as facilities most of them are pretty nice. The IM buildings (for working out) all have tons of the latest equipment.</p>
<p>how is the party scene?</p>
<p>^ Work hard, party hard. Pretty much sums it up.</p>
<p>party scene=pretty excellent. Alcoholics are everywhere - halloween, cedarfest, St. Patty’s day, exams being over, and after-home-football-games are the best reasons for celebration. The frats are okay/so-so if you are into that type of thing and have good dance floors but they don’t really provide beverages unless you know people on the inside. The house/apartment parties are a lot of fun depending on who you know and where you go, the standard is $5 for a cup. For someone who is not used to the weekend=party environment it mind be a little odd getting used to as MSU is generally a party school, but whether you drink or not you can still have a great time as there are loads of activities to partake in. Weekends start on Thursday nights for some, although during the weekdays students generally crackdown on their schoolwork and save the partying for later.</p>
<p>Don’t encourage that stuff. Cedarfest is dead. The people who got drunk, destroyed buildings in East Lansing, tore down signs, and even girls who lifted their shirts, ended up in jail for days, paying thousands in fine each, did community service and got kicked out of college for a year or more. From what I have heard the laws have changed out there. MSU and the city are totally disgusted with that behavior. People take pictures and then the troublemakers are tracked down.</p>
<p>Destroyed buildings is putting it too harsh. Damaged buildings is what I meant.</p>
<p>Cedarfest from a student standpoint is not necessarily an event where we burn couches and damage buildings (and where girls flash their stuff for all to see). I’m merely referring to the celebratory atmosphere that occurs after one of the big basketball games (not what they publicized on nationwide news in 2008), and in no way am I encouraging illegal drunken behavior.</p>