University of Missouri-Columbia Top Questions

I wish I would have realized how big the campus actually is and planned my classed accordingly. I had a 15 mintue walk that I was supposed to complete in 10 minutes. I was always late to one of my classes.

I wish I known how easy it was to make friends and get involved with the community.

I wish I had been told that meal plans were required if you live in the dorms

What I wish I had known before I came to this school is how easy it is to get in contact with your teachers. Before I came here I was so nervous that I would be just another face on campus. But the University of Missouri makes it so easy to ask your teachers for help and the teachers are always readily available to help anyone out. If I had known this before I came here, I would have been less nervous about classes and such.

The school is located in a small town, thus the transportation system and access to things far from campus is not the best. It can be hard for a city kid to transition to being limited in regards to mobility. The best thing to have on campus is a car, which is why they allow freshman to bring cars.

I wish that i knew how many things there were to do on campus and how much help is avilible when you need it.

Before attending college, I wish I would have understood that a higher education is about learning higher thinking concepts, not simply facts and figures. By knowing this, I know I would have been able to be a more effective studier. It has taken me almost a full year to adjust how I study so I can study according to what I need to learn and be effective both inside and out of the classroom.

I wish I would've known how to get myself out there. I'm not a very outgoing person, so when it came to meeting new people I didn't do very good. I needed to learn that others are going through the same things that I am. I also needed to learn to not be so nervous around new people. Having people to be around helps take the stress off homework and studying.

I wish I had known that I wanted to go to the University of Missouri when I was a senior in high school because I would not have wasted a semester in a different major and I would have been in a better scholarship situation than I am now. Freshmen get a much better scholarship package than transfer students.

That it is hard to make friends and become active within organizations due to the schools big size. And it is much harder to get good grades than it was in high school. You have to study a lot.

I wish I had known how much meal plans cost and I wish I had known that the place I am staying at now is expensive and the internet access is lousy.

Before coming to school, I wish I would not have had a preconvienced notion that everyone was going to have similiar opinions as I do, or that everyone would be from the same religious background. I have learned that listening to my peers, and understanding their opinions has allowed me to become a more well rounded human being.

more people

I wish I had known how different it was going to be from high school.

How the fraternity process works and how demanding the courses were.

Way differant then high school

I wish I had known what my professors had expected from me and that even tough I did well in high school with out studying that college was going to be different. Studying is a necessary thing for every class even if you think you know it, you still need to study because everything you learn for the rest of your college carrer builds on the first few years.

The only thing I wish I would have known beforehand is the population of the town. The town is pretty small compared to the city I?m from, but I?ve learned to love it.

How to get better financial aid.

i wish i knew what frats to join and which dorms to go to that would make me more friends.