OT- Maybe German but that's a lot of freshmen

[TaleofTwoDogs]

14,000 enrolled this fall 2023. That's 35% more than the total student body back in my day. Hope they all dropped in their extra meal money in the NIL box in the Union.

https://www.msstate.edu/newsroom/article/2023/11/record-class-msu-first-time-students-finds-connectivity-academic

 

[tenureplan]

14,000 enrolled this fall 2023. That's 35% more than the total student body back in my day. Hope they all dropped in their extra meal money in the NIL box in the Union.

https://www.msstate.edu/newsroom/article/2023/11/record-class-msu-first-time-students-finds-connectivity-academic

Would you eat in the union with Aramark running it? That is a lot of freshmen though...

 

[jethreauxdawg]

Would you eat in the union with Aramark running it? That is a lot of freshmen though...

The Union food court was so good pre-renovation in 2006ish.

 

[PK Dawg]

Those 14,000 must have gotten better campus tours than those poor kids with sixpack connections

 

[ronpolk]

14,000 enrolled this fall 2023. That's 35% more than the total student body back in my day. Hope they all dropped in their extra meal money in the NIL box in the Union.

https://www.msstate.edu/newsroom/article/2023/11/record-class-msu-first-time-students-finds-connectivity-academic

I think the 14k was referring to the amount of students that graduated from Mississippi high schools, total student body not just new enrollees.

 

[Maroon Eagle]

That’s an awkward sentence. The number is referring to total students— not just freshmen.

MSU also recorded its highest number of freshman applications, as the university remains the No. 1 college choice for Mississippi’s high school graduates with 14,296 from the Magnolia State. This totals 63.1% of the student body.

 

[dawgstudent]

I’m reading that as the university received 14,000 applications for enrollment from high school graduates.

 

[HumpDawgy]

I believe 14k was our total enrollment in the fall of 88.

 

[BulldogBlitz]

The Union food court was so good pre-renovation in 2006ish.

I prefer the Union where I could get a haircut, then whip around to the bowling alley ...and then hit Tetris.

I have zero clue what was upstairs.

 

[jethreauxdawg]

I prefer the Union where I could get a haircut, then whip around to the bowling alley ...and then hit Tetris.

I have zero clue what was upstairs.

I would’ve liked that place as well. I was late to the party.

 

[L4Dawg]

I believe 14k was our total enrollment in the fall of 88.

We hit 13k while I was there in the early 80s.

 

[8dog]

I think they are probably catching some flack for how much we have gotten our *** kicked the last two years in student recruiting so they put out an article with a numbers salad.

 

[ronpolk]

I’m reading that as the university received 14,000 applications for enrollment from high school graduates.

That would make sense until you read the last sentence and it referenced the 14k being 63% of the student body

 

[dickiedawg]

14,000 enrolled this fall 2023. That's 35% more than the total student body back in my day. Hope they all dropped in their extra meal money in the NIL box in the Union.

https://www.msstate.edu/newsroom/article/2023/11/record-class-msu-first-time-students-finds-connectivity-academic

It’s either really poorly written or intentionally confusing- possibly both.
But it also said total enrollment is 22,657 and 20% graduate students, which should mean 18,125 undergrads.

 

[maroonfriday]

The 14,296 is the total number of students that are in-state residents. Us being at 63% is a shot at Ole Miss, which is around 50% in-state.

 

[ronpolk]

It’s either really poorly written or intentionally confusing- possibly both.
But it also said total enrollment is 22,657 and 20% graduate students, which should mean 18,125 undergrads.

It’s poorly written for sure. The first paragraph says new enrollment is up 11% over last year. If we really had 14k new enrollees, that would mean last year would have had somewhere around 12,500. Enrollment just between the last 2 years would be over 26,000 students.

 

[Darryl Steight]

I prefer the Union where I could get a haircut, then whip around to the bowling alley ...and then hit Tetris.

I have zero clue what was upstairs.

Don't forget you could also get a shoeshine before going up to the food court. It was like a mini-mall.

 

[PooPopsBaldHead]

Terrible way to use data in that article. Also, we need to think critically for 2 -3 seconds when you read an article like that.

Here's the simple truth. A freshman class of 14,000 would suggest a total student body of +/- 80,000. Texas A&M enrolls about 12,000 freshman on the main campus and has near 70,000 students in College Station.

Our freshman enrollment this year is around 1/4 of the 14,000 number or 3750 according to Sid Salter a few months ago.

Record Freshman Enrollment

 

[maroonfriday]

It’s poorly written for sure. The first paragraph says new enrollment is up 11% over last year. If we really had 14k new enrollees, that would mean last year would have had somewhere around 12,500. Enrollment just between the last 2 years would be over 26,000 students.

New enrollment as in new to the university, meaning first-time freshmen, new transfers and first-time graduate students.

 

[ronpolk]

New enrollment as in new to the university, meaning first-time freshmen, new transfers and first-time graduate students.

What?

 

[maroonfriday]

What?

Students are classified as either new or continuing. In this case, the 11% increase was for the first-time freshmen, about 3,750, compared to last year's 3,367

 

[ronpolk]

Students are classified as either new or continuing. In this case, the 11% increase was for the first-time freshmen, about 3,750, compared to last year's 3,367

Yeah, that’s what I’ve been saying this whole thread… that new enrollment was not 14,000

 

[Duke Humphrey]

The 14,296 is the total number of students that are in-state residents. Us being at 63% is a shot at Ole Miss, which is around 50% in-state.

This

 

[Pilgrimdawg]

Back in the early 70’s we were between 9 and 10k. Best years of my life. Wish I could go back and do it again.