Quote Originally Posted by Cowbell View Post
Every family I know from Texas that visits campus for a potential academic enrollment is honestly blown away. It always moves up their list at that time. If MSU was closer to Texas it would be huge.
But Ole Miss is no closer than Starkville, so why are they flocking to OM in droves? Because OM has focused on those out of state areas and has changed the perception. We on the other hand don't even attempt to do it. We're happy recruiting in state kids who were probably going to come to Mississippi State anyways, and honestly we don't do that well with those kids either. Our student recruitment sucks. Every kid you ask, in state and out, who considers Mississippi State will tell you that other schools bombard them with mail and they MIGHT get a postcard from Mississippi State once.