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A common stereotype about students at Mizzou is that they are solely focused on partying. What I have learned through my attendance here is that while students are quite capable of throwing amazing social events, they are intent on utilizing their education to improve their respective fields.

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Since Mizzou is a public university, it is home to all different types of people. For the most part, students are casual and laid-back. About 20{4a082faed443b016e84c6ea63012b481c58f64867aa2dc62fff66e22ad7dff6c} of campus is Greek, so their presence can be easily seen, however if you're not involved in Greek life, it is not overwhelming. Because of the 30,000+ student population, there are all different kinds of people (typical trust fund kids students on full scholarships; students who spend all weekend, every weekend buried in books; people who find any excuse to go out; and everything in between). It's extremely easy to find your niche here. The one thing that can be easily seen whenever stepping foot on campus is the extraordinary amount of school spirit. So basically, as long as someone is willing to campout all night for a basketball game, lose their voice at a football game, and be prepared to own more gold shirts than they knew existed, they'll fit right in.

The University of Missouri is a large, exciting campus. There are many stereotypes of the students that attend my school. A big portion of the students are affiliated with Greek fraternities and sororities. These kids are often seen as partiers. In fact, Mizzou is seen as a party school. There are constantly parties, and people are always around. Most of the students go to parties, but during the week the campus calms and students are studying and working. There are always people studying in Ellis Library and the Student Center. So, even though Mizzou is viewed as a big party school, we also have outstanding academic success.

Mizzou definitely has a reputation for being a party school and if you're a party animal, you'll feel right at home here. Mizzou is much more than that though. Whether you're here to spend all your time in the library, work out at the rec (ranked number 1 in the nation by ESPN), or hit up parties, you'll find other people like you here.

Well it is a party school and people believe that if you go to mizzou you will gain 22. I actually lost 22 pounds instead.

Currently, Mizzou is the largest university in Missouri with almost 34,000 students enrolled. The great thing about this is that with such a large number of students you are surrounded by an abundance of personalities and interests, making it very difficult to stereotype the current students. However, one thing that really attracted me to Mizzou was all the opportunities the university provides, making it easy be whoever you want to be and to make tons of friends while doing it! With over 600 registered student organizations there are clubs dedicated to sports, politics, art, academics, and much more. Additionally, we have a large greek system with numerous fraternities and sororities that help you to get involved. As for stereotypes, it would be impossible to have just one. That's what makes it so great, you will always find your niche at Mizzou.

Most of the common stereotypes about students at my school are frat kids, given as over 30{4a082faed443b016e84c6ea63012b481c58f64867aa2dc62fff66e22ad7dff6c} of my campus is Greek. There fair few jocks, but they are very welcoming. The campus is big enough so you can choose to either be with your high school friends or not.

No one stereotype matches the entire student body. There are however, stereotypes that go along with students involved in Greek Life, sports, academic organizations, and other various associations. I work at the Women's Center on campus, where we work a lot with diversity and try and avoid stereotypes. I have met some people that do not match the stereotype affiliated with their group.

The usual stereotype at Mizzou is that all the students are affluent caucasians. I would have to disagree with that stereotype since I've came to Mizzou. Although there are a lot of affluent white kids throughout campus, Mizzou is truly a melting pot of all ethnicities. This really gives every student the opportunity to enrich their knowledge of other cultures and traditions from around the globe.