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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, if you'd said you wanted to work in journalism, I would definitely encourage you to consider Missouri because of its J School (and excellent career placement in that field) and the academic scholarships you reference of OOS kids.

But since journalism is not your passion, I'd have to agree with the other posters who are down on it generally. Mizzou is not going to help on your resume, given your career goals.[/quote]

How is Mizzou not going to help on my resume? I thought the old saying was that it’s what you do in college, not where you got your degree from. Also it’s elitist to say certain colleges won’t look good on a resume. It’s not my fault that I don’t have very wealthy parents who can pay for the best school I can get into. Most of us regular people look for finances first when choosing a college, not the ranking or one that would boost a resume. [/quote

I’m the person who grew up in Missouri and would choose Arizona State, if I had a choice. The solution: Go to Mizzou and double major in poli sci or something else public poli sci related. People will assume you chose Mizzou for the journalism school. You’ll probably end up hanging out with other moderate and liberal people, but you’ll be able to communicate with conservative people, which is good. If you’re careful and go undercover as a journalism person for a few years, you may have a great excuse not to reveal your politics. Just be scrupulously neutral and take good notes.

- Missouri as a state may be red, but Kansas City and St. Louis are blue, and I’m sure the merit aid is attracting a wide variety of great out-of-state students.

- If the general quality of the student body is weak, the offset is that you’ll stand out more.

- Maybe you could get an internship trying to turn a purple House seat blue, and maybe that would be more fun than keeping a blue seat blue.

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