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Truman has a good mix of different kinds of students. I don't know that anyone would feel out of place at Truman unless they wanted to. I mean as long as you make a little effort to be nice to people and make friends, you will find many people that you will be friends with forever. Most students where either jeans or sweatpants and a t-shirt to class. occasionally there are times that people have to dress up. The four types of students in the dining hall would be the greeks-people affiliated with a sorority or fraternity; the jocks-people that play sports; people that aren't affiliated with either the greeks or the jocks but still party with them; and everyone else-this includes the DnD kids, people that eat by themselves, church kids, theater kids. Most truman students are from Kansas City or St. Louis. Most of truman is made up of middle class families. I would say that for most students the reason they picked truman was because it is so cheap as opposed to their first choice school where they didn't get enough scholarship.

Honestly, truman girls are hot. foreign exchange students add a lot to the day-to-day experience, but mostly hang with each other. most students are future-oriented.

The student body is so diverse that I don't think anyone would feel out of place. I think there is an even mix of political views, and people of different backgrounds interact with each other. I think the groups formed now are ones pertaining to extracurricular activity or major. Such as all of the football people sit together in lunchrooms, and most of the math majors sit together. Most everyone seems to be politically active.

There are too many foreign kids here and they all stink.

Here we go, I've been waiting to talk about this for sometime... Truman's student body is made up of mainly students from St. Louis, Kansas City, and Chicago. If you're from these places you'll find that you enjoy this school as it is all that will be talked about. If you're from a small town you might as well save yourself the trouble and not attend University at Truman because all that you will get in return are horrible stares from the city students even when you go out of your way to be nice. Frat life is a load of bs, don't expect to be able to talk to the guys or gals with the Greek alphabet on their clothes, it's a joke. They walk around like they own the damn place and don't talk to anyone that isn't in the organization. Parents know that the party life at this school is something of a problem as there is Freshmen week where every night the Universities frats buy tons of beer and get all the freshies drunk to join their group. This is every single night of the week that first week.

Truman is racially dynamic in some ways, but not in others. There are many exchange students from overseas but there is a lack of afircan american students. There is a large presence of greek life on campus. Whether greek or some other organization, you need to find a group or organization to become part of. If you do not do this, you will have a hard time keeping friends throughout all 4 years.

the student body at truman is all over the place! you will find kids who went to a high end private school who is best friends with the kid who went to a low budget public school. while most of the student body is from st. louis and kansas city, there are people from all over the world! my roommate in the fall (and one of my best friends) is from china. ever one is friendly, this is the kind of place where you can walk on campus and see people who dont know each other smile or say hi as they pass!

Truman is the school for pretty much everyone I believe. There is a large population of foreign exchange students and you are forced from the beginning to get to know and understand other cultures. Its a school of combined ethnicities and full of students from lots of places. However, if you were to look at the students as a whole, the majority would be from KC or STL. Students are from all types of homes and backgrounds. However, you would never really know it, most people seem to all be the same until you really talk to them.

the fraternity life a truman was fun but it felt like the school was working against us even though we worked hard to provide a social atmosphere for the students under 21

Truman can be seen as conservative or liberal. Conservative because many students are trying to be lawyers or doctors or something and not really looking to change the world or start protests. But liberal in that we have many races and religions and sexual orientations and everyone is accepted for who they are. I truly believe that anyone could find a friend at Truman, the most unnormal thing is older students. Sweats are worn a ton!!! I interacted with a ton of different types of students, with the amount of class projects you will have you will have to intereact with someone outside your social circle. many Truman students come for STL and Kansas City. Many students have scholarships to go to school because of their High School grades, many are middle class.