<p>Is there a difference? If so, how do I apply for the journalism school? I have an application, but there is no place to select a college on the actual application. On the scholarship application, it has a place to check your school or college, but that shouldn’t be where it is because not everyone needs to fill out the financial aid application. How do I apply to the journalism school!?!</p>
<p>There’s a place to check Journalism on the ONLINE application.
<a href=“https://musis1.missouri.edu/sis/selectappl.cfm[/url]”>https://musis1.missouri.edu/sis/selectappl.cfm</a></p>
<p>This talks about directly admitted Journalism students: <a href=“http://journalism.missouri.edu/undergraduate/admissions.html#differences[/url]”>http://journalism.missouri.edu/undergraduate/admissions.html#differences</a></p>
<p>cool, i will look in to the online application. Thanks for the help!!!</p>
<p>Let me know if that works for you. Once you submit the application, you cannot go back and view it. My son didn’t print his before he submitted it, otherwise I’d look at it to be sure I’m correct. In looking at his online status check, it definitely says Journalism.</p>
<p>Seems strange that the conventional application does not have a line for that.</p>
<p>Anyway, filling out the online application is nice because you get instant notification that they have received it. About a week later, you’ll get a letter in the mail with your Mizzou pawprint number, and with that you can log in and check your status.</p>
<p>Cool, I got it all done, just have to get my grades off of my transcript. You were a big help!</p>
<p>I have a one more question though. Is there not a required essay with the admission application? It seems like there would be if you wanted to get in a journalism school! You have been really helpful, so thanks a lot!</p>
<p>Nope, no essay. It’s the easiest application ever. When we were there (and by “we” I mean my H and S, but they shot video the whole time, so I feel as if I was there, LOL), a prof in the J-school said that a LOT of students declare Journalism - and then after a course or two, decide to major in something else. So maybe those first couple of journalism courses are designed to figure out who is right for the job, so to speak. But yes, I’m surprised there isn’t an essay for Journalism.</p>
<p>How did you guys find out you were directly admitted to the J-school? I got my acceptance letter, and have a high enough SAT (1340), but my letter says nothing about Journalism??</p>
<p>My son got his Mizzou acceptance letter in mid-October. His j-school acceptance letter was dated about a week after that and took a while to get here (East Coast). You’ll get it eventually. I’m not positive about this, but I don’t think the actual j-school acceptance shows up on his Mizzou page. By the way, he used the paper application, and there was a box somewhere to check your intended major/school.</p>
<p>To be directly admitted to the J-school, you need certain scores and ranks, higher than the University requires for admission. If you don’t meet the criteria, you have to reapply after your first year grades are in. Good luck! Mizzou is the best J-school in the USA!</p>
<p>S2 was accepted (checking online), and got the J-School acceptance a couple of weeks later (like geezermom’s S–we’re also East Coast). He got his Walter Williams Scholar designation from the J-School a couple of weeks after that!!</p>
<p>Ok, just worried. I qualify to be directly admitted to the J-school, and got my accepted letter to the regular college on 11/20. However, haven’t heard anything from the J-school. Should I call?</p>
<p>My DD is a WW Scholar(soph) as well. The program is great! How else do you know the Dean on a first name basis before you even get to school in August???!</p>
<p>I have a question for mizzou-mom: What is the biggest difference between the (regular) journalism scholar and the WW scholar? My son’s scores were just below what he needed for WW scholar, but he did get direct admit to Journalism and into the Honors program - so my understanding is that he’s an automatic journalism scholar, although he never got a letter specifying that. He did receive a letter from the Honors College welcoming him.</p>
<p>drumbum, you’ll probably get your journalism letter very soon.</p>
<p>You get a little more money for each year as well as $1000 to study abroad. But the biggest advantage is knowing the dean personally. He gets to know the kids and they get to know each other through an online group over the summer, so before you even move in, everyone knows each other a little bit. Also, he has them to brunch at his house at least once a year. The WW kids also have their own FIG, but live on the floor interspersed with the scholar kids in Twain. I believe they have earlier registration as well. It is SUCH a great J-School!</p>
<p>My son (direct admit to j-school) hasn’t sent in his honors college essay/application yet. He has to write an essay because he is just below the top 10% of his class, though his SAT scores are fine for honors. Does anyone know if the honors college has a cutoff on the number of students they accept? I had vowed to stop nagging–a strategy that has worked pretty well so far!–but maybe I should start issuing some gentle reminders to get it done. The journalism scholars program, the special-interest dorms, etc., sound great.</p>
<p>Question #2: Has anyone had experience with scholarships for freshmen that are awarded by the journalism school? He applied, but I’m just wondering what types of scholarships they offer, since they’re vague about it on the web site (they say there’s more than $200,000 available to incoming freshmen).</p>
<p>My understanding from a couple of years ago was that the Honors college was very receptive to admitting kids that just missed the cutoff if they appealed. I would say go for the Honors program, if only because your Freshman/Soph. requirement classes are so much smaller if you take the Honors version, and also more challenging. Plus, they have those GREAT Humanities classes! Also, I HIGHLY recommend the FIGs!</p>
<p>We have not seen any additional scholarships other than the extra $1000 she gets for being a WW scholar. I don’t have any idea who gets all that money because none of her friends do, either.</p>
<p>The letter S2 got from the Dean indicated that the WW money was good for the first two years (and the extra $1,000 for study abroad, etc. could be used at any time during your 4 years), and then you had to apply for the money that is given in scholarships for the next 2 years. Maybe that’s where all that money goes–upperclassmen, and grants for special projects?</p>
<p>My D heard from older WW kids that basically they just extend your $1000 for each year. Again, she doesn’t know anyone who has gotten extra money as upperclassmen, and some of the kids she knows are VERY involved and have high GPA’s. I would not go in expecting big money when your son is a junior/senior. Just plan on the basic $1000 to be extended. Then maybe you’ll be surprised.</p>
<p>Thanks for the feedback. To be honest, Mizzou is a bargain even without the scholarship money. My S did the scholarship application anyway, just to see what happens.</p>
<p>I will nudge him to get his honors college essay in soon. The FIGs and the Journalism Scholars program sound terrific.</p>
<p>You must be instate, because it is NOT a bargain for us out of state people. However, it is cheaper than Northwestern or any of the other major J-Schools! The only reason to pay the OOS costs is because it is, hands down, the BEST J-School in the USA! And if he qualifies for the Journalism Honors FIG, definitely go for it! BTW, if your S is borderline for the WW, maybe he could take the SAT/ACT one more time? The intrinsic value of the program is definitely worth it!</p>