Thoughts on the University of Missouri?

College Search & Selection
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<p>I disagree with that.</p>

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<p>Hey, it’s not something that attracts me, but it’s a big plus for many students. It’s an area where Mizzou is a leader. Anyway, if you don’t like Greek life, Syracuse is not the place to go to avoid it.</p>

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<p>I have been to Mizziou several times the campus and atmosphere is great go for it.</p>

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<p>Go to Mizzou - you can actually watch football outdoors and not sit in a dome.</p>

<p>BTW, do any of you dudes wanna buy a ShamWow?</p>

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<p>I have decided on Missouri, so the rest of this is moot, but just to respond to a few comments:</p>

<p>-My misconception that there is such a vast difference between the academics at the 2 schools stems from a) the US News Rankings (which tends to influence me despite how much I tell myself it’s BS) and b) word of mouth. </p>

<p>-As far as greek life goes, I don’t really see myself going greek, but I don’t expect that to detract from my college experience.</p>

<p>-And yes…Columbia is absolutely gorgeous, especially when compared with Syracuse (and the rest of upstate NY).</p>

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<p>Dont worry about that crap. Mizzou is great.</p>

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<p>Congratulations on the decision. You’ll have a great time.</p>

<p>If you want to go Greek, it is easy to do. If you don’t want to, that is easy, too. That is one of the major advantages of large universities. There are many different ways to arrange your college years, and a lot of different groups of students, a lot of different activities.</p>

<p>Columbia is quite a nice college town. I’ve lived in several, including some of the most well-known, and I think Columbia is very under-rated.</p>

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<p>Congrats on your decision to go to Mizzou! I look forward to beating you guys in football every year that we play the Tigers…</p>

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<p>Syracuse is the better school overall and has an j-school that is equal to Mizzou’s, but congrats on the decision to go to Mizzou. Hopefully it will work out for you.</p>

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<p>Coming from a Syracuse matriculator ^ (meanwhile most that are enrolled in neither school would agree that Mizzou is the better school, especially for J school)</p>

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<p>Actually, I go to UNC…</p>

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<p>Your sn suggests some affiliation to Syracuse… hence the 'Cuse part.</p>

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<p>Yeah, I created the SN 4 years ago when i was still in high school, and applied to Syracuse, but ended up deciding that it wasn’t the place for me and went to UNC. Still doesn’t change what I said earlier though…</p>

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<p>who cares whether mizzou or syracuse is better. both schools are great in journalism and both will open many doors. but mizzou instate tuition is a third of syracuse’s price tag, and i personally like it way more than syracuse. besides, does syracuse have an nbc affiliate news station? nope :)</p>

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<p>Actually, it does- [Local</a> News, Weather and Sports for Syracuse and Central New York - Powered by WSTM NBC3](<a href=“http://www.wstm.com%5DLocal”>http://www.wstm.com)</p>

<p>Additionally, ABC news chose to open college news bureaus at 5 universities across the US. Among those chosen-Syracuse and UNC. Mizzou was not.</p>

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<p>just because there’s an nbc station in the town of syracuse doesn’t mean that it is owned by the university like mizzou’s is. ;)</p>

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<p>Syracuse has a university-operated ABC station and ESPN station, so it really isn’t missing anything!</p>

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<p>I hope you’re nursing some deep-rooted insecurities in insisting that Syracuse is better than where the OP has settled on. :)</p>

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<p>unfortunately, syracuse isn’t worth the tripled price tag of missouri.</p>

<p>by the way, most people agree that the top 3 j schools are missouri, northwestern, and columbia.</p>

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<p>What senor boombox was asking is if Syracuse Univ. Journalism program actually operates its own NBC affiliate, as MU-J school does. I don’t see any evidence that the station linked in post 35 has anything to do with Syracuse Univ.</p>

<p>On the other hand, NBC 17 in Columbia is a training ground for MU journalism students. It broadcasts throughout the region and reporters, anchors and writers are MU students.</p>

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<p>One of the local newspapers (The Missourian) is also a product of the journalism school. Alas, it is currently not a print daily due to budget constraints.</p>