<p>I got accepted into Michigan State. My mom wants me to go to Michigan State or Northern Illinois just to be to get loans and everything in case something happens. She wants me to stay at the college for four years. However, I don't really like or care for Michigan State or Northern Illinois. Michigan State has 75% acceptance rate. Indiana U, the college I want to go to has an 80% acceptance rate. I want to go to community college or Northern Illinois (instate) for a year then transfer to Indiana. Will I get screwed financially if I transfer to Indiana year2 (w/ loans, scholarships etc.)?? Should I just lie down and take whatever is given to me?</p>
<p>MSU is a solid school that I’d pick over No IL. OOS at IU is tough to get aid as a frosh or transfer, so you do the cc, save the $$$, and go soph or jr yr. (I’m not sure why you put in acceptance rates?)</p>
<p>First, thank you CharlieW for replying to the question. I feel like Michigan State will be one of those “public” colleges where people are rude and help from teachers would be hard to get. The reason why I posted the acceptance rates was because if I decide to drop MSU, go to community college, then transfer to Indiana is that it would be “realistic”.</p>
<p>Peter, if you are looking for better value type schools look at Kansas, KState and Iowa State. The are all good schools with the same type of atmosphere as IU but their tuition is a lot less. I have heard that their campuses are also very nice. Best of luck!</p>
<p>Peter, I can understand that with your major. IU is very nice and its a good solid school (as is MSU). If you really want to go there and it is your number 1 choice I would consider going to cc and than transferring later. Did you get a chance to visit both schools? If you are interested in any other schools and are looking for certain requirements let us know and we might be able to help.</p>
<p>peterj22, without writing a treatise, I can say your assumptions about MSU are misguided. Michigan State is hardly a “rude” or uncaring place; in fact it has a reputation for being unusually friendly for a big school, from the administrators to fellow students. And depending on the program, you can have lots of 1-on-1 faculty/admin experiences, esp in one of the 3 well-known residential colleges or the honors which, not to be mean, but if you’re talking about community colleges is probably irrelevant to you.</p>
<p>Yeah, I agree about MSU. It has a reputation here in Michigan as being surprisingly friendly and undergrad-friendly. It’s the U of Michigan in Ann Arbor where the people are arrogant and full of themselves. I have a very close family relative who went to U of Michigan and just started teaching at MSU. He’s amamzed at how friendly and cohesive MSU is. He loves it there.</p>
<p>I spent time as a grad student at Indiana, and I live near MSU. They are quite similar in layout (huge, creek running through campus, beautiful, architecturally cohesive–MSU red brick, IU limestone). They are also both very friendly. The big difference between them is that MSU is a rather practical place, with prominent colleges of agriculture and engineering. Whereas IU is more artsy-friencly; it’s sort of a gigantic liberal arts college–no engineering, agriculture, or medical schools. Small Law School. Bigtime Music and Drama departments. Both MSU and IU are excellent in Business and Education. If you are dying to go to IU, MSU is an incredibly similar consolation prize.</p>