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Louisiana State at a Glance

LSU Old Law Building

LSU Old Law Building Built in 1936 and modeled after the US Supreme Court Building
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Location:
Baton Rouge, LA
Setting:
Mid-sized city
Control:
Public
In-State Tuition:
$5,764
Out-of-State Tuition:
$14,383
Room & Board:
$8,210
Full-Time Undergrads:
21,539
Part-Time Undergrads:
1,473
More statistics . . .
School Website:
www.lsu.edu
Admissions Website:
www.lsu.edu/paurec
Financial Aid Website:
www.lsu.edu/financialaid
Application Deadline:
April 15
Acceptance Rate:
69 %
Admission Difficulty:
Average
Average SAT Scores:
1540–1880
Average ACT Scores:
23–28

Best Things

  • Football season
  • The party-school atmosphere
  • Really attractive coeds
  • Hurricane parties when school is cancelled
  • More best things . . .

Worst Things

  • The size
  • Parking on campus
  • The pollen that gets on everything in the spring
  • Teachers that have difficulty with the English language
  • More worst things . . .

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Tags: Traditional Colleges and Universities, Tuition: $10K-20K, Student Body: 20000-30000, Louisiana, Mid-sized city, Bachelor's (4-year), Master's, Doctoral

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Sure LSU students gripe about everything from parking to the weather to questions about academics and more, but rarely will you meet a student who will actually tell you they wish they had gone somewhere else. The overall experience of LSU outweighs any factor students could imagine. There is an overwhelming sense of pride and allegiance to the University that unites all LSU students. The phrase, “I bleed purple and gold,” holds more true than anyone could imagine.

LSU is all about experiences. It’s the experiences of community, whether it be through football games, through nightlife, through more academic organizations, or through living on campus. Students appreciate the fact they are at something far bigger than themselves. The size of the University presents students with opportunities to do so much from getting involved academically to finding a boyfriend or girlfriend. It’s about the experiences of involvement from joining a frat to working on campus to not doing anything at all. LSU seems to offer anything any student could imagine. The experience of going to LSU is so unique and exciting, students cannot even fathom what it would be like to have gone somewhere else.

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Campus Dining at Louisiana State University

amandamf123

Actuarial Science '15

3.8
B+

Plenty of Options

Plenty of options such as two dining halls and multiple chain food restaurants that take Paw Points (part of meal plan used at non-cafeteria food places on campus)

May 23, 2012

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Off-Campus Dining at Louisiana State University

amandamf123

Actuarial Science '15

4.6
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Tons of Food.

Its Louisiana. The food is excellent and plentiful. You can find all kinds of cuisine in Baton Rouge and its amazing.

May 23, 2012

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Drug Safety at Louisiana State University

amandamf123

Actuarial Science '15

3.8
B+

Clean Campus

As in any campus there are an amount of drugs on campus but at LSU i have never experienced a first hand encounter. LSU is a very clean campus and drug safety is not a problem unless you get into drugs yourself.

May 23, 2012

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