University of Missouri-Columbia Top Questions

The worst thing about Mizzou is that greek life is such a large part of the institution. There are so many fraternities, but for the most part all I see them do is party. I barely ever hear about something they run that has benefits for the university. Most of the time all they do is care about themselves and how they can improve themselves. I would like to see them start caring for the university as a whole. After all we are "One Mizzou".

Coming from 12 years of Catholic education where ministry was not only expected, but thoroughly enjoyed by students and faculty alike, I am sorely disappointed at the lack of emphasis and enthusiasm I have found in regards to helping other people. Although service opportunities are available, I have found most everyone who participates does so because it is compulsory for another organization of which he or she is a member. I dearly miss the feel of solidarity and community in this aspect, as it is something i hold in very high esteem, and I wish it had more support here.

The worst thing about the University of Missouri is the cost of living, eating, and just about anything associated with the school. For convenience Mizzou has a place like a grocery store on campus called the Emporium. At the Emporium you use your meal points to purchase items which is great until you realize that you're paying over double the price the product should be. It is really frustrating.

The worst thing about my school is that there are clearly groups that are divided upon the race line. Meaning that Blacks stay with Blacks, Whites stay with Wihites, Mexicans with Mexicans, etc.

Really, the University of Missouri does a pretty excellent job at most things. There was, however, seemingly little available in terms of scholarships (in all 5 years I was there, I receieved none). Also, because of the extremely large faculty, I noticed that occasionally the teachers/professors/Teacher Administrators were obviously subpar. I recall one older professor who sat multiple classes and told stories about his grandchildren and various experiences he had. Great stories, but no learning. Perhaps they could tighten up their teacher quality a bit.

The worse thing about the University of Missouri-Columbia is that there is so much to do. There will be hundreds of activities that grab your interest, but because this is college you simply can't attend them all.

The worst thing about MU is walking to class and trying to park on campus. MU has a large campus and classes are sometimes far apart. Summer and Winter months are the worse because you have to endure the weather. And like any large university sometimes the physics and mathematics teacher or foreign and difficult to understand.

I think the worst thing about my school is the fact that you are sometimes unaware of the classes in which you need to take, to graduate on time. Also, the fact that they dont tell you how many credit hours you should take to graduate on time.

That it's not non-smoking. I'm not sure if any campus is non-smoking but I wish the University of Missouri was. It's awful to walk behind someone that is smoking a cigarette and that's all you're inhaling. That is not my ideal way to walk from point A to point B.

The University of Missouri-Columbia is very, very difficult. There is a lot of work involved, and you have to be thoroughly committed to doing it all and on time. This takes away a lot from your social life and balancing the two becomes very hard.