University of Missouri-Columbia Top Questions

I think a stereotype about Mizzou is simply that its just another run of the mill huge state school where everyone is on the same academic level and its very hard to meet people

It's a very Greek school, a party school, not very diverse, middle to upper class students, very liberal.

1. Mizzou is not the first choice of many of the students that attend. 2. Everyone is from St. Louis

Rich, dumb

It's all journalism kids and greek life. And liberal

Conservative, Christian, rich, white, not progressive...

SInce we go to a bigger school students are less connected and therefore not cordial towards each other

Lots of STL yuppies, but one will find yuppies at every university. There are also country boys in hunting camo and country folk in general. If you are out-of-state, the accent might take some getting used to. You may even find yourself subconsciously mimicking the twang. Mizzou is KNOWN for its world-class journalism program. They will not let you forget it, either. All non-journalists there will hate on the pre-journalists and the pre-journalists will continue to annoy them with their perpetual research and interview attempts for stories that are unlikely to be published. According to a survey I made up for this answer about 1/3 of the student body is made up of Greeks. If you don't want to go Greek I hope you have a tight group of friends or spend your life trying to dismantle the entire Pan-Hellenic empire that is Mizzou. If you do decide to rush- you go, young whippersnapper. may your top choice be a mutual one. Don't cry if Upsilon Upsilon Upsilon doesn't ask you back for a second interview; I'm sure Phi Mu has room for you. But seriously, you are forced into oodles of social entertainment and you are likely to enjoy many a formal.

I think a lot of people come to Mizzou to party, and because of our relatively huge Greek Life we look like we're all just drunken sorority girls or frat boys. While there are a lot of us that are exactly that, there's still a significant population of non-Greeks, and while partying is an important part of the Mizzou experience (some might argue college-experience) you can still find releases that have nothing to do with alcohol.

I'm not sure; maybe that we're a hick-ish school since we're in the middle of Missouri.