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<li>How are the people there, are they friendly?</li>
<li>Is it hard for and OOS student to make friends?</li>
<li>How hard is it to get into the journalism school?</li>
<li>How hard is it to join a frat there? Do most people get bids?</li>
<li>How long is the pledge process? One semester or a whole year?</li>
<li>How is the workload? Is it hard to get A's and B's?</li>
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<p>Hi there,</p>
<p>I’m not a student, but my daughter is finishing her freshman year there this week. She is OOS from Pennsylvania and in the Journalism program. She knew no one from her school that was going to Mizzou. </p>
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<li><p>The people in Missouri and especially Mizzou are super friendly. I remember the first time we went, we couldn’t stop talking about how nice everyone was. The people at the restaurants were over the top nice, the people on the campus tours were over the top nice and even the people and especially the students at the KOMU TV tour were over the top nice. The freshman that had talked to us during the tour even came out to us at the end of the tour because he wanted to make sure we didn’t think he was being rude to us while he was doing a broadcast. He wanted my daughter to know how great the school and especiallyt he J-school was at Mizzou. I wouldn’t worry at all about people being nice. It’s the midwest and everyone is really nice. Does that mean that all the kids that go to Mizzou are nice? Aboslutely not. I’ve heard some stories and met some kids who had nightmare roommates from not so nice kids and some are even from the state. It seems that a lot of the OOS kids bond and become friends, but I’m sure that isn’t the case everywhere or all the time, and it may depend on the major (It seems especially true of the J-school).</p></li>
<li><p>No, although that depends on the person. My daughter found it easy to make tons of friends, but she didn’t stay in her dorm and ventured out into the lounge and made friends that hung out a lot in the lounge. Mizzou does a great job with the FIGS, and that is a great way to meet friends. If your going into Journalism, I suggest one of the Journalism FIGs and pick a Journalism Dorm. Your more likely to meet and be friends with kids sharing your interests and major this way. There are lots of socials and events too. Her roommate was the exact opposite and didn’t socialize, so it really depends on the person and what your priorities are. Her roomates grades are better because my daughter spends more time socializing. Greek life is very big at Mizzou. This is a great way to meet a lot of people. My daughter COB’d this spring and she has a ton of new friends and is really loving Greek life at Mizzou. </p></li>
<li><p>Getting into the Jouralism program is cut and dry. Read the requirements on the Mizzou Journalism website. You either get in or you don’t. Don’t let being directly admitted into the Journalism program sway you. Seriously, there isn’t much difference between the two groups of direct admits and pre-journalism students besides who your academic advisor is for the first two years. My daughter is a pre-journalism student as are most of her friends. She got good grades, mostly A’s in high school, was very active but didn’t score high enough on the SAT’s and wasn’t in her top 10 at her school so she didn’t get directly admitted. After her first year, it isn’t a big deal. There are a couple of advantages to being directly admitted, but don’t let that deter you. </p></li>
<li><p>From what my daughter tells me, it seems it’s way easier to get into a frat than a sorority. She has a friend who just got a bid from a Frat at the end of his freshman year. He didn’t rush last summer and only decided to do this spring. He has been going to events put on by a few frat’s through this spring and just got his bid this week. </p></li>
<li><p>Sorry can’t answer that as I have NO knowledge!! I don’t think the pledge process is a year, although I do know the way Frat’s and Sororities do it is a bit different. My daughter joined at the end of March and just got initiated about a week and a half ago. </p></li>
<li><p>My daughter got through high school very easily, and not having to study much. College was a big wake up call. I think she came in and partied a little too much at the beginning and then after her first few tests realized she had to change how she studied. I think she would do better if she studied more, but she tends to procrastinate and then pull all nighters of studying. I guess it depends on the teacher and your study habits and knowledge retention for how hard it is. She works pretty hard, so it’s definatley not a walk in the park. It is college after all.</p></li>
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