University of Missouri-Columbia Top Questions

The academic advising is unorganized and inexperienced. There are only a few per department that really know what they are doing, but there are too many students to handle which means new advisors are always being hired and they continue to switch yours around instead of keeping you with the same person who knows your class history and preferences. Also, they say that only 25{4a082faed443b016e84c6ea63012b481c58f64867aa2dc62fff66e22ad7dff6c} of the campus is Greek but it honestly feels like much more than that. It's constantly in your face.

The overall tuition cost seems to hit me harder than most anything. Even with my FASFA package, good grades throughout high school, and grants, I'm struggling to pay my expenses. The facilities, food, campus, professors, and classes do not stress me out nearly as much as my money situation.

Though it is hard to pick out something about my school that I don't like, I would have to say that I dislike the walking distances to get to and from classes to dorms. On a map, a prospective student cannot really tell how far away everything is from the dorms but on campus some of the classrooms can be a fifteen minute walk from the dorms. It can be quite tiring, especially in one-hundred degree weather or two feet of snow.

The worst thing about my school is that it is a PWI, although there is some diversity its just not as much as i hoped.

its very big so its easy to get lost.

I think that the worst thing about this school would be the attitudes of the incoming freshmen. Unfortunately, many freshmen come to Mizzou because they want to tailgate and party. Of course, this means they neglect their schoolwork and end up flunking out. Mizzou has done a lot to try and keep this from happening to their students but ultimately, it is up to the students to acheive.

There is a very large greek community on our campus, which is not bad in itself. I have heard people upset by how large it is and frustrated because they do not want to join the greek community, but do not really know where they fit in yet. I'm not greek and am still friends with a lot of greek people. I think it's all about finding what you love and giving it your all through on-campus clubs and organizations, community sports, or friends in your field of study.

I think the worst thing about my school is the diversity of it. There isn't a lot of diversity on campus in my opinion, even though sometimes it may be said that there is. Being a transfer student and minority, I also don't think that they provide enough financial aid their students, even though the school says that they provide need based financial aid, which ultimately turns out to be loans in my situation.

The reputation I have heard through word of mouth before I decided to come here. It is a school with much better academics than I heard before, and has any and all facilities I would really need or want.

The worst thing about my school is the large general education classes that many stuggle with. It's harder to connect with these professors due to the large class size and sometimes there are multiple teachers for different sections of the class so not everyone gets exactly the same thing. However, these classes normally have very smart TAs; however some of them don't speak English too well, and it can be hard to understand them. It's best to be patient and ask lots of questions and if that doesn't help seek the Student Success Center.