I spent four years at CMU. The campus is nice and compact so no matter where you park, it is always relatively easy to get to class. As others have said the casino is the main attraction. I never gambled much, but the buffet is usually very good. There really is not much to do in Mount Pleasant except go to the bars or Walmart. Unfortunately the towns around Mount Pleasant are no better. East Lansing is about an hour south, so the nearest large city is not too far. As far as student housing goes the apartments in Mt. Pleasant are dirt cheap, so your stipend should go far. Unfortunately Central Michigan University is not the Carnegie Mellon University of the west, and your neighbors in these apartments will be loud, obnoxious drunk and high. At CMU there is no way to avoid it. Avoid anything owned by United Apartments though. There is not really much to say about Mount Pleasant. If you have any specific questions I'll try to see if I can remember more.