University of Missouri-Columbia Top Questions

The most frustrating thing about the University of Missouri has to be how much drinking goes on in the fraternities and how little people seem to care about their bodies when they go out wearing practically nothing to become intoxicated and not remember the night before in the morning.

On campus there isn’t a lot of jobs for non work-study students. My twin and I attend different colleges but had the same financial need. She was granted work-study and I was not. However, I was told that there were lots of jobs left on campus. Yet after attending multiple job fairs, the jobs left on campus were mainly departments looking for upperclassmen. So, my advice to incoming freshman looking for a job, prepare your resume in August and apply as soon as you arrive on campus.

There are times where the campus has become very unsafe especially for females. Since I was a freshmen there have been multiple sexual assualts reports that have occurred on school grounds or very near. I wish that MUPD and the MU Adminstration would take more serious steps into reversing this problem. No student, faculty or staff deserves to feel unsafe at this distinguished institution.

There really is nothing frustrating about Mizzou!! It's a bit pricey, but going to one of the top universities in the state of Missouri, you learn to accept that fact. I love this, but there are a TON of people which makes walking to classes a challenge during those first few weeks of classes. I've learned to create shortcuts, which really makes this less frustrating!

The most frustrating aspect of my school is the fact that there is little clinical exposure when it comes to the pre-health professions. I think that there should be more requirements to graduate one of these programs than the typical prerequisit courses.

The most frustrating thing about my school is the cost of tuition.

The University of Missouri systems uses a site called Blackboard. This site can be very convenient at times yet massively irritable at others. Just in the one year of attendance I have acquired, it has cuased me quite a few problems, so be sure to stay on top of your assignments and never wait till last minute if requiring blackboard. This site, however, is constantly undergoing maintenance to better user friendliness so the future still looks bright.

The procedure to petition for Missouri residency and achieve an easier to pay tuition is quite extensive and could be confusing, though it makes sense financially for the school to implement it. It is a bit of a leap of faith to have this thing over your head for the first semester and not know what you're going to have to pay for your education once it ends.

The traffic and campus police are frustrating.

The lack of consistent public transportation. If you don't have a car, you're screwed.

The most frustrating thing is about my school is it's size. I come from a small town and small high school. I am not used to seeing a lot of people daily. Even though this is very frustrating, I also find that this is very beneficial. I get to meet new people and network with people from all over the country and even the world.

The most frustrating thing about Mizzou in my opinion is the IT department. While they do have a very large job to do, they are constistantly screwing up the technology here. The internet goes out more than several times a semester in different buildings, or they perform updates over the summer to systems which ends in the campus having little to no internet (or Blackboard too) for several days. There is only a wired connection in dorm rooms as well, so students have to buy routers for wireless if they want it or go to common areas for access.

The most frusterating thing about my school is that it is very difficult to speak with professors because they are extremely busy and overbooked. The teacher's assistance do a wonderful job, but at times it is difficult to communicate or get help because they are not as competant as the professors.

The most frustrating thing about my school is that many of the professors have jobs other than teaching, such as researching, so they are often busy. It can make the class seem disorganized and the students feel that they are paying for nothing. I have had classes like this and I ended up feeling like I didn't learn anything.

I do think the education provided is just satisfactory. It could be a bit more challenging. But the teachers are always available to you and it is easy to pass classes if you stay on you school work.

The most frustrating thing about Mizzou is that it is really hard to find certain extracurricular groups. We have a surplus of them but there isn't any place where they are listed comprehensively so it makes it difficult to find the ones I want to join.

The parking situation is expensive and bad, but this seems to be the case at a lot of colleges.

The most frustrating thing for me would be people who are here and don't care about their education or anyone else's so they cause a lot of distrubances in the evenings in the dorms when people are trying to study.

It is pretty large, so walks across campus between classes in the winter can be rough.

Sometimes it feels overwhelmingly big and you feel like you will get lost in a crowd. The parking is also very limited and that makes it frustrating as well.