Truman State University Top Questions

What kind of person should attend this school?

Jacob

Anyone that values, really values, their education should go to Truman. The classes are difficult and the teachers expect a lot from their students. As long as you have or develop effective time management skills and really apply yourself to your school work, you will excell at this school.

Kailey

The type of person that should attend this school is a person that enjoys learning for the sake of learning and is willing to work hard.

Samantha

Someone who is outgoing, active, and able to be flexible will thrive in the Truman atmosphere. Truman really does everything it can to try and get students involved and active in the community and campus life. Those who are looking for a business, music, or medical degree will be thoroughly challenged. The ROTC program for our nation's finest is exquisite as well.

Sarah

As a liberal arts college, Truman is ideal for the student who wants a well-rounded education and is excited about learning subjects outside their major. Truman also has the wonderful reputation of being academically formidable, especially as a public institution. Truman requires a driven and self-motivated student, not afraid of going the extra mile to succeed.

Jaronda

A person who wants to be pushed academically to succeed would be the perfect student for Truman. It is a small school with a lot of expectations held by the staff and faculty for the students to keep their grades up and achieve that potential they possess. Also, a person who wants to attend a LIberal Arts School who is willing to fund the students with potential to succeed. Anyone who wants to attend Truman State University should, it is a great school surrounded by a great community.

Catherine

Agriculture or extremely focused individuals because of the location. The school also offers a good tution cost compared to other schools if one cannot come up with money to pay for the tution or if they do not want large amounts of debt after graduation.

Noelle

People who are hard-working, responsible, and driven. Truman is tough school academically; it's not for people who want to goof around. There are no "easy A's." If you don't work hard you won't succeed. But there are so many opportunities for help with anything you need, and if you put in the time and effort it's really not that bad, looking back, and it's SO worth it, because it opens a lot of doors career-wise. About 95{4a082faed443b016e84c6ea63012b481c58f64867aa2dc62fff66e22ad7dff6c} of students have a job within 6 months after graduation.

Sandra

Someone who is looking to make a lot of friends in a small school with good teachers. Someone who doesn't like big lecture halls and wants the teacher to know them by name and recall who they are.

Christopher

A person who wants to attend "The Harvard of the Midwest"

Laura

A student who is willing to be challenged by difficult programs and professors. They must be focused and dedicated in their studies while also be willing to branch out in organizations and making friends. Although the town is small, this student must be willing to look for his/her own excitement within its small confines by forming relationships with other students.

Peter

Studious, Patient, Kind

Chelsea

Someone who takes their academics seriously. Also, someone who doesn't mind cold in the winter.

John

Someone who is ok being away from the city life for awhile.

Jonathan

If someone is ready to be challenged in the classroom, make lots of new friends, and be pushed to excel, Truman State University should be among their top choices. At a liberal arts university like Truman, students are encouraged to try new experiences and explore themselves and the world around them. To the inquisitive mind, Truman is a great place to attend.

Robyn

people that want to be challenged, do well under pressure, and make good grades

Tabetha

Someone who likes a smaller univeristy and who is willing to work hard for their grades and rewards, but who also wants to have a lot of fun and meet some awesome people. It's also cold here for most of the academic year, so be prepared!

Laura

People who want to go to a selective, small, public university with a focus on liberal arts.

Andrea

An ambitious student with focus and determination. Students should be open-minded but know what they want from life. They should be alright with putting studying before social life, or combining the 2.

Kathryn

A self-motivated student who has grasped the idea that to get anywhere in life they must work for it, it is not given to them. They can learn this in the first or second semester at Truman without too much trouble, but it helps to know that before they come it saves a lot of hardship.

Leah

Someone who values acedemics. Good school for nerds, and those who like socializing in fairly small groups. You can learn a lot.

Jamal

White or extremely smart.

Zach

someone who is very academically gifted and focused on their schoolwork, who doesn't mind being in a fairly small town, and who wants a good education for a very competitive price.