<p>A very good family friend has been accepted to Trent Lott.</p>
<p>Any info from anyone in this program would be great! Also is there any scholarship asociated with it?</p>
<p>The Trent Lott Institute is for students interested in majoring in Public Policy Leadership. Many of the students who complete this program go on to Master’s programs in public policy, education, healthcare administration, etc. Others may go to Law School, and a few have been accepted to medical schools. </p>
<p>The program offers some unique attributes such as a study abroad component and access to political speakers and very small class sizes. Please feel free to visit their website at lottinst.olemiss.edu. </p>
<p>There are a couple of scholarships that go to students accepted into Lott each year.</p>
<p>Very small class sizes indeed, collegeguider. Count only 25 people. After Trent Lott (which I was accepted and participated in), I still keep in contact with my Trent Lotties! </p>
<p>There isn’t a “scholarship,” per se, but it’s definitely not expensive to participate in Trent Lott. It only costs $500, and many Trent Lott prospectives, many are encouraged to ask friends, neighbors, and other family members for this sort of money. It isn’t necessary but recommended. </p>
<p>(Also, the trip to Washington DC is FREE and they give every student $200!)</p>
<p>I love love love Ole Miss.</p>
<p>Re. the Public Policy Leadership major, are the courses very conservative? My D is interested in immigration law and could cover most of the lower level (distribution) requirements with AP/IB credit so she was looking at whether she might be able to double major in International Studies and Public Policy Leadership. She is quite liberal so this idea might not work if the program is too conservative for her liking.</p>
<p>For my Lott Leadership group, half of the people leaned left, and half leaned right. Your daughter will meet conservative people who tolerate liberal beliefs, but she’ll also meet people who agree with some of the ideals that she believes in. If your daughter believes in gay rights, that’s okay! She’ll meet Lott Leadership kids who do as well.</p>
<p>Now, for the major, I’m not so sure. But, if she’s interested in double majoring in International Studies and Public Policy Leadership, she’s bound to meet open-minded classmates and have a non-biased professor. If she’s getting into Croft, I have met a professor at Croft, and he was fantastic! The professor told me that public policy courses are taught with neutrality. </p>
<p>Also, I have a friend who is going to major in International Studies. She has beliefs what many in the South would deem “liberal.”</p>
<p>There are quite a few students who double major in International Studies and Public Policy. Many of them are in the Honors College as well. So, it’s definitely possible!</p>
<p>I’m an International Studies and Public Policy double major. The combination will be time consuming (simply because of the number of courses she will have to take). If you have any questions, feel free to ask. I have enjoyed all of my Croft/Lott classes, and I think that classes are very mixed as far as political beliefs. I think younger people in general tend to be more liberal on social issues, especially in these programs, whereas you may be more likely to find a higher number of economic conservatives. But no, it isn’t all Reagan/Bush '84 shirts walking around.</p>
<p>Thank you for your responses! Have any of you received the Lott scholarship? I assume it is possible to apply for all the special scholarships (Lott, Honors, Croft) at once and then you may receive a single scholarship if you qualify.</p>