<p>Okay I got two questions.</p>
<p>I just transferred out of Purdue for financial reasons to another school. I hate this current school since the student population isn't really accepting of diversity. So it's been tough on me socially. So, how is the social life in terms of caucasian students and asian students interacting? Since elementary school I've been friends with caucasian kids more than asian kids even though I'm asian. </p>
<p>Also, I saw some posts on FA but I was wondering if anyone had a similiar situation. I'm OOS and have a 0 EFC and my grades aren't great enough for merit-based aids. So hows the FA going to look for me? I had a terrible package from Purdue and I feel as though MSU will give me a similiar package with a loan totaling 32k a year.</p>
<p>MSU has pretty good financial aid but I’m at sure about for transfer students so you’d have to contact the school. fa-la-la-lena is an OOSer too so she can help you better than I can. But I believe that MSU is cheaper for OOS than Purdue is. Plus with (at the bear minimum) the Pell Grant and work-study, you are under 28k worth of loans roughly. But I highly doubt you will get loans that high.</p>
<p>As for diversity, I have yet to see any racial tension whatsoever on campus. I am half white, half hispanic and I have friends from all over the color spectrum.</p>
<p>MSU OOS tuition is higher than Purdue OOS tuition but room & board is a little less so the cost is about the same. I doubt the FA package at MSU would be much different from Purdue. Other schools such as Kansas and SUNY have substantially lower tuition for OOS.</p>
<p>eh… I figured it’d be like that since both schools are one of their flagship colleges for the state… it’s hard finding a bigger school that has a good hospitality program at a cheaper price…</p>
<p>Actuallly being out of state with a efc 0 may not help much, as from what I’m informed their financial assistance is at best, or good for in-staters.</p>
<p>That seems to be the exact way with Purdue. People from Indiana literally have a free ride to Purdue if their EFC is 0. If only NJ had a good hospitality program or some sort…</p>
<p>The low OOS tuition does interest me… but the fact that their program isn’t really recognized nationally doesn’t… also the fact that its a very small school…</p>
<p>i’m OOS and got full loans- which i think were about $38000. but since i’m OOS and in the honors college, i receive an $8000 scholarship every year from the school. i really don’t know too much about the loans though because my parents didn’t accept them and are paying out of pocket for every bill. but, i know that you can easily do work-study.</p>
<p>There is plenty of interaction between asian and white groups. The biggest divide at MSU I would say would be between the international students (primarily asians) and the rest of the student body, as the international students stick within themselves to a great extent. But on average, students who are Asian-American (not international) have no problems in finding their niche within the student body. I am Asian too…(1/2 asian), born and raised in the US, and I have a very diverse group of friends (racially and socially) so that was never a problem. I’d imagine that MSU is quite a bit more diverse than purdue would be.</p>