re: McNeese students who will be wearing purple on Sat...

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What academic programs are they known for?

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Engineering is a big draw. Having so many plants in Sulphur is useful for internships throughout the year and whatnot. They tend to hire heavily from McNeese (assuming their hiring freeze has been lifted). Education is another quality program. Texas schools often hire from McNeese, and it is a decent school system for students to get observation and student teaching hours. The creative writing program has a couple professors who have won numerous awards so I hear that program is pretty solid. Tons of kids come for nursing too.

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If you could go to McNeese or LSU out of high school, what would prompt someone to choose the former over the latter.

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I got into both, but McNeese paid for everything (tuition, food, housing, books), so I decided to save my money for grad school.