<p>My son wants to go to the University of Mississippi. People in Illinois are telling us that there is still animosity between the north and the south. We went down there for a visit and everyone seemed real nice. Has anyone from the north that sent thier son or daughter to a southern school, heard of anything like this? </p>
<p>He really likes Ole Miss and wants to attend. But we don't want any problems.</p>
<p>I’m a Louisianaian, and I can tell you that we have nothing against Northerners. I’m sure any college on the Gulf Coast will welcome your son with open arms :)</p>
<p>Do a search. There have been a number of threads discussing northerners and adjustment to Ole Miss, 'Bama etc. As long as your son is willing to accept the culture and not be a bratty Yankee, there should be no problems. It IS different- but in a good way (at least in my opinion). I hope he likes football.</p>
<p>Just an FYI. Not saying this type of stuff is rampant down there, but it is a very different world:
<a href=“http://www.philly.com/philly/wires/ap/news/nation_world/20110210_ap_proposedmisslicenseplatetohonorkkkleader.html[/url]”>http://www.philly.com/philly/wires/ap/news/nation_world/20110210_ap_proposedmisslicenseplatetohonorkkkleader.html</a></p>
<p>^^ It is not rampant, and it is a different world from Philadelphia, the third rudest city in the country. (and I grew up there…) I was born in the south and I got back as quickly as I could!</p>
<p>Chicagoan who went to LSU. PM me and I can tell you anything you want to know.</p>
<p>I’ll just make a couple of quick points.</p>
<p>What is your son’s motivation for wanting to go to Ole Miss? </p>
<p>Ole Miss is one of the heaviest Greek Life schools around, so if he does not plan on joining a fraternity, it could be tough to meet people. </p>
<p>If he wants to go to Ole Miss because he feels that being a northerner at a Southern school will make him unique, which would make it easier to be interesting to people, he’s mistaken. That’s a misconception I had before I started.</p>
<p>If he wants to go to Ole Miss for the pretty girls… Well…</p>
<p>Without knowing the personality of your son, it’s hard to say what it will be like.</p>
<p>If it were not for finances, I regret my decision. But everyone is different.</p>
<p>The north/south animosity is a load of crap though. My college counselor made a Civil War reference when I mentioned I was interested in heading South. Garbage</p>
<p>Again if you have any specific questions, I can try to help.</p>
<p>It also depends on what you mean by “Northerner.” A person from the northeast is going to find it very different, but not sure someone from the upper midwest would find it all too different.</p>
<p>What on earth are you talking about, informative? You seem to have no clue that the culture of the upper Midwest isn’t terribly different from that of the Northeast cities, and is very different from the culture of the south. Where is your life experience that tells you otherwise? You’ve barely been out of Boston.</p>
<p>Everyone knows people in the northeast are always having high tea and such–unless they are eating meatball subs and pizza.</p>
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<p>Count me among those in the meatball subs and pizza group. We also enjoy fine pastrami/corned beef sandwiches, matzoh ball soup, latkas, spring rolls, rice plates, hot dogs, burgers, buffalo wings, burritos, etc.</p>
<p>I also enjoy high tea in the suburbs of Detroit. The tea is OK, but what I put in it to make me high is what I really enjoy. :-)</p>
<p>Animosity? - Absolutely not.</p>
<p>People seem nice? - Yes indeed.</p>
<p>KKK? - Actually the main KKK territory in the U.S. over the past few decades has been the upper midwest.</p>
<p>Cultural differences? - Certainly. Southern campuses, to a greater extent than campuses in the north or midwest, are likely to reflect student differences in social status based on socioeconomic stratification along with a strong Greek and “preppy” focus and relatively lower student diversity. The lower diversity isn’t a product of overt discrimination; HBCUs attract a significant proportion of Southern African-American students, the South has a lower Asian population, and northern schools tend to attract the top minority prospective students more effectively than Southern schools.</p>
<p>Every region has “cultural differences”. </p>
<p>My Calif nephew is seeing cultural differences in Boston. A Floridian will find cultural differences in the Pacific Northeast. My Midwest niece experienced differences going to college in San Diego. </p>
<p>Shocking…I doubt it. These are fellow Americans. Far less shocking than the cultural differences one experiences with int’l travel.</p>
<p>I’m a Southern Californian now living in the South. Yes, some things are different…the grocery chains are different…and some regional chains are there that aren’t in Calif (like Cracker Barrel). But…the cities of the South are very much like cities everywhere.</p>
<p>the one thing that always makes me laugh in the South…there is a pharmacy and an animal hospital on every corner. Maybe because there are a lot of retirees with pets in the south.</p>
<p>^^^ No Cracker Barrels in Calif? REALLY?!</p>
<p>Nope!</p>
<p>From the website…</p>
<p>*There are no Cracker Barrel Old Country Stores in the state of California at this time, but we are growing fast! Cracker Barrel always chooses new locations that are easy to get to from the interstate highway system, and since there are interstates in California , it’s possible that a Cracker Barrel will open up here. *</p>
<p>I’m a northern transplant to Mississippi, and I sincerely doubt there will be much culture shock. Oxford is a wonderful town, Ole Miss has some great programs, and although it is a fratty, preppy SEC school, people are very friendly. One caveat, however: with the exception of game days, Ole Miss can be very subdued on the weekends, since a lot of the student body goes home.</p>
<p>I would just add that the southern version of preppy is very different from the northeast version of preppy. Pink and green Lilly with everything matching is different from mom’s old cashmere cardigan with a slight hole that has been repurposed and will be passed down to a younger sibling.</p>