I wouldn't say he was a hero.

But I agree that it's good to see the education in the local area spreading around instead of everyone simply wanting to go to KU.

Lots of errors in this post but that is typical.

Missouri only has 6 million people in the state not 8. Missouri State is on the verge of passing K-State in enrollment and will do so easy in the next decade, so that is another faulty logic by you. Not to mention UMKC and UMSL take away students from the main campus. Both of those together are the same size as UMC.

Why are you including UMKC and UMSL? I understand they are part of the Missouri "system" but I wouldn't consider them the same school.

UMKC fields a Division 1 basketball team for Pete's sake. come on man, you're brighter then that.

You are correct on the population. Missouri is more than double the population of Kansas as opposed to slightly less than three times the population.

UMKC and UMSL are under the MU system.

Missouri state had about 23000 students a couple years ago when I graduated. It is growing a ton.

JFC:facepalm:

Right, like the University of California System...

:rolleyes:

The University of Missouri (Mizzou, MU, University of Missouri–Columbia or simply Missouri) is a public research university located in the state of Missouri. In 1839 the university was founded in Columbia, Missouri, as the first public institution of higher education west of the Mississippi River. The largest university in Missouri, MU enrolls 33,762 students [3] in 20 academic colleges. ****The university is the flagship of the University of Missouri System which maintains campuses in Rolla, Kansas City and St. Louis.**** MU is one of 34 public universities to be members of the Association of American Universities and the only one in Missouri. There are more than 262,000 MU alumni living worldwide, with almost half continuing to reside in Missouri.[2] The University of Missouri was ranked 90th in the 2012 U.S. News & World Report among the national universities, up four spots from 2011. It is the highest-ranked public school in the state and second overall (tied with Saint Louis University).[6]

Thanks for updating me. Is MU the only school that runs three separate athletic programs? I've never heard of such a thing but the way you state it, it appears to be true.

1. You're Welcome
2. I don't know. Probably not.
3. It is true.

Looks very similar to the california system setup with ucla as the flagship but I'll have to take your word for it.

As long as you apply to MU and have 3 different options on where to go I can see how easy it is to get it.

Entrance requirements are higher than KU, and the acceptance rate is lower, but it's not too bad.

True dat. My granddad went to MU. He's a smart dude.

WTF happened?

It doesn't work that way. You have to apply to your specific school just like any other institution. There are 4 universities under the University of Missouri System (UM-Columbia, UMKC, UMSTL, UM Science and Tech). This is a simular setup you see in several states. For instance, the University of Nebraska System has the same setup (Lincoln, Kearney, Omaha). There is a University of California system as well (i.e. UC-Berkeley, UC-Davis, UCLA, UC-Santa Cruz, etc.)