Truman State University Top Questions

Studious, Patient, Kind

Someone who takes their academics seriously. Also, someone who doesn't mind cold in the winter.

Someone who is ok being away from the city life for awhile.

If someone is ready to be challenged in the classroom, make lots of new friends, and be pushed to excel, Truman State University should be among their top choices. At a liberal arts university like Truman, students are encouraged to try new experiences and explore themselves and the world around them. To the inquisitive mind, Truman is a great place to attend.

people that want to be challenged, do well under pressure, and make good grades

Someone who likes a smaller univeristy and who is willing to work hard for their grades and rewards, but who also wants to have a lot of fun and meet some awesome people. It's also cold here for most of the academic year, so be prepared!

People who want to go to a selective, small, public university with a focus on liberal arts.

An ambitious student with focus and determination. Students should be open-minded but know what they want from life. They should be alright with putting studying before social life, or combining the 2.

A self-motivated student who has grasped the idea that to get anywhere in life they must work for it, it is not given to them. They can learn this in the first or second semester at Truman without too much trouble, but it helps to know that before they come it saves a lot of hardship.

Someone who values acedemics. Good school for nerds, and those who like socializing in fairly small groups. You can learn a lot.