Admissions

Questions to ask on a campus tour

Thank you for your interest in MSU Moorhead.

Visiting a college campus can be an interesting experience. Much of the information that is offered can be the same that you heard from another tour. We've compiled a list of some questions that may help you determine if you are making a good choice. We welcome any additional questions that we may have left off of this list.  Please feel free to E-mail them to us.

General - freshmen and trends 

1. What is unique about your institution? 
2. What's it like being a student here? 
3. How large are freshmen classes? 
4. How easy is it for freshmen to get the classes they want? 
5. How many freshmen return for their sophomore year? 
6. Are undergraduates considered important on this campus? 
7. Are you able to study in your residence hall room? 
8. How many students go here? 

Academic - standards and staff 

1. What are the most popular majors? 
2. What percentage of classes are taught by instructors, and what percentage by teaching assistants? 
3. How accessible are the instructors? 
4. What would you most like to see improve about the college's academic offerings or standards? 
5. Do most students graduate in four years? What percentage do not? 
6. How many graduating seniors find employment upon graduation?
7. How many times a year will you see your advisor?
8. Is your advisor in your major?
9. Do you have career counseling?
10. What major corporations interview here?
11. What percentage of instructors have their doctorate?
12. Can you study abroad?

Campus - facilities and services 

1. Can you access the book stacks in the library? 
2. Is there an academic support or writing center? 
3. Are computers readily available for use? 
4. Are computers readily available around exam time? 
5. What is the availability of computer help?
6. Is there an internship resource center? 
7. Is there a job recruitment center for students who are graduating? 
8. What are the on-campus restaurant/cafeteria facilities like? 
9. What are the hours for the restaurants and other campus facilities? 
10. How good or bad is the food? 
11. What are the athletic facilities like? 
12. What facilities or services would they most like to see added on campus? 
13. When will I not have access to the food services?

Students - habits and practices

1. Which types of students are happiest at the college? 
2. Which students usually succeed here? 
3. What percentage of students leave campus for the weekend? 
4. What kind of fraternity and sorority system is there? 
5. What percentage of the student body becomes involved in these societies? 
6. Where do students live after their first year: in residence halls, in fraternity/sorority houses, off campus? 
7. Are the residence halls co-ed? 
8. Are the bathrooms co-ed?

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