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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I work at the University of Missouri. Admissions are guaranteed for 24 ACT / 1160 SAT and a 2.0+ GPA. This is the state flagship; other state schools are even easier. It's crazy to me as a native New Yorker that so many locals send their talented, accomplished kids to Mizzou. But then they are having a good time, graduating without debt and still getting into law and med school, so maybe I am the crazy one. Still trying to figure that out.[/quote]

My kid with an SAT mid 1300s will attend Mizzou’s J-School. The top Journalism programs were a HUGE reach with their stats, plus the tuition made them completely out of reach.

They are getting enough merit aid to be a bit less expensive than our in-state flagship. The school has all the extras my kid wants: rah rah athletics, large enough campus, cute and close downtown, greek life. Add to that, their highly rated J-school. [/quote]

I am the Mizzou employee - Congratulations! The J school is really incredible. My post was not to say denigrate Mizzou at all (in case that wasn't clear). It was just hard to believe, coming from a prestige-obsessed area, that so many of the local best and brightest (who could afford and get admitted to more competitive schools) elect to go to Mizzou. But they do, and they have great experiences and outcomes. As another poster mentioned, kids self-select into different majors and areas of study. J school in particular has students from all over the country, so it should be a great environment for an OOSer![/quote]

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