Truman State University Top Questions

Truman is a hard school and Truman students are extremely smart!

It's harder than the average school and you will work for it. There is nothing to do except go to Wal-Mart.

When someone askes what college I attend and I mention it's TSU, the response is usually, "Ohhh you must be really smart." Truman students are smart, competitive (academically, not athletically), stressed, sleep deprived, etc.

They are all geeks. That outside of the athletic population and greek life, its a bunch of nerds. the faculty and higher-ups don't care about building strong sports teams.

That we are nerds, don't have fun, always stressed

St. Louis Area biology students.

That we are all smart.

I came from out of state, and though Chicago is not thousands of miles away, no one has ever heard of Truman. So considering that, I had no preconceived ideas about Truman coming into the year, save that it was the school that I ended up being most attracted to for its size and price. It bugged me so much my first year to see students selling or donning Truman State t-shirts boasting "Harvard of the Midwest." Come on. Truman academics aren't a piece of cake, but I can tell you that after talking to friends at the Ivy League schools, Truman is NO Harvard. Truman students like to characterize themselves as being "bright and studious..." and, while that is true, it's not a characteric unique to Truman students. Obviously. With that said, Truman does have a lot going for it, especially for its price: attentive faculty, strong campus organizations, and always lots going on around campus. For that, I'll settle with Truman's stereotype of being a "great buy."

Truman is said to be the Harvard of the Midwest, with some of the brightest students

People are thought to be geeks with now lives