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Best Things

  1. Traditions, especially groving on football weekends
  2. Great work experience that's available in your field of study before you graduate
  3. A faculty that's supportive of the students, instills knowledge, and helps ensure that students have jobs after college
  4. Small class sizes once you get past the lower level "weed out" courses
  5. Great restaurants
  6. Oxford's close proximity to Memphis, Jackson, Tupelo, and Clarksdale
  7. Small-town atmosphere
  8. Knowing that you're safe just about anywhere in Oxford
  9. Attractive campus
  10. Outdoor activities like fishing, canoeing, camping, and hiking, which are available nearby

Worst Things

  1. Parking
  2. Constant construction on buildings, even though it will pay off in the end
  3. The stereotypes that others have about Ole Miss
  4. The communal bathrooms in the dorms
  5. The limited number of classes that are offered in each subject
  6. English is not the first language of many of the science and engineering professors
  7. Enormous out-of-state tuition, which seems to go up every year
  8. Huge role that Greeks play in student life
  9. Less-than-ideal advising system
  10. Unpredictable weather

Most Recent Contributing Author

Name: Janna Jones
Hometown: Booneville, Miss.
Major: Print Journalism

Fun Fact: Janna graduated high school with exactly 50 people?and that was a BIG class for New Site High!

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