The University of Missouri - Columbia

Date: Sep 28 2014
Major: Journalism (This Major's Salary over time)
I came to Mizzou from out of state to study journalism. Culturally, Missouri was not a good fit for me. I am liberal, atheist, and could care less about the Greek system and sports (in fact, you could say I am hostile toward both). Missouri is conservative, Southern Baptist, racist,and big on Greeks and football. As I always tell people, it was the last slave state. Also, you don't get admitted to the journalism school until your junior year. Once I started taking journalism classes, I realized it wasn't what I wanted to do, but as a junior, I felt it was too late to transfer, and Mizzou is not renowned for anything besides journalism, so I chose not to change my major. However, my sophomore year I became an RA and this was a very formative experience for me. In addition to giving me confidence and leadership skills, my fellow RA's became lifelong friends. Also, I had some great classes/professors in English Literature, Anthropology, Peace Studies, Latin American Studies, History of the Environment… Funny that none of my favorite classes/professors were in the Journalism school! Still, if I had it to do over again, I would not have attended Mizzou. In retrospect, I wish I would have chosen a college that was a good fit for me instead of choosing a college for its major. I give money every year to my law school which was a good fit for me culturally, but though I am asked from time to time to give money to Mizzou, I never have.