<p>What are the key differences? I'm planning on majoring in a science or healthcare related field so which is better for this?Hows the student life in both? The town? the people? What are each better known for? etc. Anything u know about either one! thanks!</p>
<p>I go to the University of Oklahoma and my roommate transferred out of Oklahoma State for cost and personal reasons. One of my coworkers just graduated from Oklahoma State’s hospitality program, and I’ve visited the school a couple of times.</p>
<p>Oklahoma State has a few more programs in the science fields. Makes sense since it’s the agricultural school of Oklahoma. However if you’re not into soil science, fire research, or raising cattle, that information will be totally useless to you. Neither OU nor OSU have a medical school on campus, although if I’m not mistaken, OSU has an on campus DO program. OU is closer to the Oklahoma Health Science University, which most nursing students go to after their first two years. </p>
<p>Personally I much prefer the city of Norman to that of Stillwater. Not only is it larger and closer to a city, but it’s also more vibrant in terms of its arts offerings. It’s also decidedly more liberal (well as liberal as a town in Oklahoma can be). From my perspective, Stillwater is a small town which can get boring quickly, although the town-gown relations are likely slightly better. </p>
<p>The University of Oklahoma is a slightly more diverse school than OSU although neither has a nationally representative student body. For the most part students at the school hail from either Oklahoma, or Texas with a smattering from other states (I’m from California) as well as other countries. </p>
<p>Both schools’ offerings are quite broad, although within Oklahoma, OSU is seen as a good school for agriculture and engineering, while OU is seen as being better for the liberal arts, geology, and petroleum engineering. Keep in mind that OU is fast developing its engineering capabilities, and of my engineering friends who recently graduated, all found relevant jobs. </p>
<p>If you’re asking this question, you’re likely local to both schools, so I would advise you to tour both during a free week. The summer tours can be a bit misleading since you’ll see very few students relative to the enrollment of the schools, but they can still provide pertinent information. </p>
<p>Are you in state or out of state?</p>
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<p>For anything medical, I’d suggest OU over OSU. OU has a medical school while OSU doesn’t, as well as OU being well known for many different types of engineering. I also think Norman is an overall better place to live. It’s a quintessential college town, but still only about 20-30 minutes away from Oklahoma City, the state capital and the largest city in the state with over a million people in the metro area, so plenty of great internship opportunities. Also, OU attracts more National Merit students due to its excellent financial aid packages for NMSF students. It has the largest number of National Merit scholars of any public university. In terms of reputation, I’ve lived in Oklahoma my whole life, and I’d say OU has a slightly better reputation. People just view it as a little more academically challenging than OSU. I even know quite a few high school students who have literally wondered aloud “Why would people even consider OSU when they could just go to OU?” I think OU also has better study abroad options than OSU. OSU is known to have a much better agriculture program than OU, though. Stillwater isn’t as nice as Norman, in my opinion. It doesn’t have as much of a college town feel, and it’s about an hour an a half away from Tulsa and a little farther away from OKC, the only two real “cities” in Oklahoma, so the internships are a bit more limited. If you think you might be a NMSF, definitely look into OU’s financial aid , as you’ll be eligible for a full-ride with stipend (this full-ride covers a year of graduate school at OU, as well). I’ve always been more biased towards OU over OSU. OU is just known in Oklahoma to be a better college academically (unless you’re talking to an OSU alum, obviously); most people I know consider either OU or TU the best college in Oklahoma. I know people who’ve chosen OU over Northwestern, UT Austin, and even Harvard and Yale (it had a little to do with finances, among other things), but I’ve never known anyone to choose OSU over anything, besides maybe OU (some people just lean more towards OSU, I blame it on family legacies). </p>
<p>I attended both at various times and I have a bias for one over the other, but I think the real key is that the two campuses just feel dramatically different. OU is definitely a status school and the people who attend tend to be more concerned with status and academia. OSU is more of a people school. The kids who attend there tend to be more friendly as a general rule - That may come from being in a small place instead of next to a major metropolitan area. . OU is probably better in Medical and Biological Sciences. OSU is actually better in degrees such as Accounting, Journalism, some of the Engineering fields and Architecture. </p>
<p>I tend to think the best bet on these two is to simply visit them - You will immediately ‘feel’ the difference between the two. You may prefer one environment over the other and that is the school for you. I’d never claim that one is a better school - that simply isn’t true as they are both pretty equivalent in terms of most degrees. l disagree with the earlier post that Stillwater isn’t a ‘college town’ (Eskimo Joes anyone?) and if you happen to be a NMSF scholar - please know that the package at OSU is actually better - just went through it with a friend)</p>
<p>I think Norman is much more of a college town than Stillwater. Stillwater is a college town on a much smaller scale. I agree that the two are vastly different schools, and you should visit both. You’ll see a difference right away.</p>
<p>Side note, OU’s journalism has dramatically improved in recent years. OU is now stronger than OSU in the field although that’s fairly irrelevant to the OP. </p>
<p>Can you clarify what you mean by "status school "? </p>