University of Missouri-Columbia Top Questions

The University of Missouri is an awesome school who has alot to offer students to make them feel cmfortable and involved.The type of student who should not attend this school is one is does not typically work well in large class settings (lectures), is close minded, not open to getting involved around campus, and does not express a huge amount of school spirit.

If you are a person that does not enjoy people or a person that likes to know everyone in the community, do not come here, because it is impossible to get to know 35,000 kids in a years time.

I think people that are unsure of their future goals should not attend this university. It's a very fast paced and career driven school.

People who are not serious about their academics.

The kind of person that shouldn't attend Mizzou is a slacker. If you have no drive or determination, you will fail. Homework and reading has to be done. You have to be willing to give your 100{4a082faed443b016e84c6ea63012b481c58f64867aa2dc62fff66e22ad7dff6c} all of the time.

Any student who needs a more intimate learning setting, where they can interact with their professor often, will be largely out of luck at the University of Missouri. Many classes, especially General Education classes, are 500+ student classes. Also, as in most universities, there is a large party scene, which is fine. But unfortunately, I watched as several of my schoolmates couldn't keep up with school because of their excessive partying. While this is something that may be a problem at any school, the ease of party availability at UM makes it particularly easy to fall behind.

People that are not willing to work hard or dedicate a lot of time to studying should not attend this school. The academics at this university are at a high level and if one is not determined to do well then they will greatly struggle.

I noticed that students from small towns often experience some degree of difficulty assimilating the larger city and the larger classroom sizes.

If you are intimidated by a large class size and have trouble being self motivated

A person that does not have very much school spirit or much drive should not attened this school.