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    Is the food any good at Ole Miss and other Mississippi colleges?

    Okay, this might sound shallow, but the quality of campus food genuinely matters to me. I'm a picky eater and I've heard horror stories about dining halls. One sophomore at Mississippi Valley State wrote: "The dining hall food also wasn't the best, and options were limited." That was one of...
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    How are the dorms at Mississippi State and other Mississippi schools? 🏠

    I'm trying to decide between a few Mississippi schools and housing is a big factor. I've been reading reviews and the feedback is all over the place. At Mississippi Valley State, a sophomore wrote that their first year wasn't what they hoped for: "The dorms had issues, maintenance was slow, and...
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    What is the baseball culture like at Mississippi colleges?

    I got recruited to play baseball at a Mississippi college. Coming from Texas where high school football is basically religion, I'm wondering what I'm getting into. A buddy who plays at Southern Miss told me: "Baseball here is like football in Texas. People live for it." Mississippi State's Dudy...
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    How to avoid plagiarism when everything I write sounds like my sources?

    I got my first college paper back and my professor wrote "too close to sources" in the margins. I didn't copy anything word-for-word, but apparently I was still too dependent on how my sources said things. I had a mini panic attack thinking I was going to get accused of plagiarism. My professor...
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    How to cite sources in an essay? MLA vs APA is confusing

    I have my first college paper due and I have to cite sources. In high school, we just put the website link at the end. My professor laughed when I did that. Apparently that's not correct. Now I'm trying to figure out MLA and APA and my brain hurts. Here's what I've learned: MLA (used in...
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    How to write a thesis statement that actually says something? 🤔

    My TA keeps writing "where's your thesis?" on my essays. I thought my thesis was just... what I'm writing about. Like "this essay is about climate change." Apparently that's not a thesis. I Googled it and found a formula: specific argument + reasons. So not "social media is bad" but "social...

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