Ole Miss is that amazing school located in Oxford, Mississippi that you have probably heard people talking about like it's some great, fairy-tale land. You might think it's overrated if you've never really been -- trust me -- I was once one of those people. But once you visit, you realize that every good thing you've ever heard about it is true, and actually, it's even greater than people described. So, if you have your heart set on another school, or for whatever reason you just really don't want to, or can't one day attend The University of Mississippi, you should probably stop reading this now. Also, if you don't want to go Ole Miss, definitely do not visit...
Don't visit the Square... Don't eat at Ajax or Old Venice Pizza. Don't wander into any of the quaint little book stores. Don't even window shop at the adorable boutiques and shops. And don't go get ice cream at YaYa's... unless you want to move here. Don't go shopping at the cute antique stores -- which have literally furnished and decorated my apartment, by the way. They will also have you too imagining having your own decorated house in Oxford.
Don't even step one foot on campus. If you HAVE to drive by, just close your eyes. Because if you don't, you won't be able to resist the beauty that is Ole Miss. ABSOLUTELY do not go for a walk in The Grove... the atmosphere just walking on campus through The Grove, past the Union, around the Circle and Lyceum, it's like nothing you've ever imagined. Don't tailgate in The Grove either, we've literally been named the best tailgating college, like ever. "We ain't never lost a party!" - that's for sure;) Oh, and don't go to a game in Vaught-Hemingway Stadium... you'll be bleeding red and blue before you even realize it.
Don't talk to people, they're too nice. Don't visit the historic sites in Oxford, they're too interesting. Don't do anything in Oxford really. In fact, if you really are dead set on not coming to Ole Miss for college, don't even drive through Oxford. Detour if at all possible.
Oxford is just a place that -- and I quote from actual sayings -- "gets in your blood and stays forever." I've only lived here maybe three months and this already couldn't be more true. Ole Miss is literally one great big family and it reminds me so much of a bit larger version of my hometown and high-school. I am so excited for my future here and I know this is exactly where I am meant to be. I always said I didn't want to go to Ole Miss, until I visited at the very end of my senior year. At that point, I was already dedicated to another school, but one year later, I applied to Ole Miss and moved five hours away to Oxford soon after. One visit will make five hours (or way more for some) seem like nothing. Because when you're in Oxford, and you go to Ole Miss, no matter where you're from, YOU. ARE. HOME.
