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A drop was indeed projected but....

Posted on: August 22, 2016 at 14:18:56 CT

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MU wasn't anticipating this many. Officials expected around 600 fewer incoming freshmen based purely on demographics per my memory but are looking at somewhere close to 2400. That's a big delta.

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Down nearly 3000 students. 32,777. Not as bad as expected. - Air Force Tiger MU - 8/22 13:36:03

Explain why you believe the quality is the same. Not what - TigerFan92 MU - 8/22 17:35:43

RE: Explain why you believe the quality is the same. Not what - Ragarm MU - 8/22 18:08:49

What I find funny is watching the SEC Storied piece - McLovin SEC - 8/22 17:25:00

I'm watching it now . . . - corbyandkellen MU - 8/22 17:37:44

I'm guessing admission requirements will drop as well. - tjwheeler UI - 8/22 16:59:25

No(nm) - Bobk MU - 8/22 17:48:16

It's already happening, Bob(nm) - tjwheeler UI - 8/22 20:58:17

RE: I'm guessing admission requirements will drop as well. - Mjtiger MU - 8/22 17:14:24

They've already lowered. - tjwheeler UI - 8/22 20:57:56

So? - JayHoaxH8r MU

- 8/22 16:31:29

RE: Down nearly 3000 students. 32,777. Not as bad as expected. - Mjtiger MU - 8/22 16:01:18

Grad student enrollment was expected to drop with the change - Bobk MU - 8/22 16:22:26

The next drop coming will be in PostDoc Fellows - doughboy MU

- 8/22 16:29:26

I'm waiting to see how much of the drop is in grad students - doughboy MU

- 8/22 16:21:49

University of Arkansas set a new enrollment record... - Logan BAMA - 8/22 15:46:45

Under 27k(nm) - doughboy MU

- 8/22 16:18:15

Arkansas going hard after Columbia students. - GapDaddy MU - 8/22 16:16:07

RE: Arkansas going hard after Columbia students. - Mjtiger MU - 8/22 17:15:36

That seems like a huge decline - restore the roar MU - 8/22 15:09:34

It does seem enormous - I haven't been following it - MakeShift MU - 8/22 17:35:36

A drop was expected long before the race incidents, less - Sleepy MU - 8/22 14:15:38

Maybe they should go after more out-of-state students from - Tigrrrr! MU

- 8/22 16:32:24

didn't UI lower tuition and entrance requirements? - nomadcowatbk MU - 8/22 16:45:40

Yes, but UI is now trying to counter that(nm) - Bobk MU - 8/22 17:52:02

A drop was indeed projected but.... - GapDaddy MU - 8/22 14:18:56

RE: A drop was indeed projected but.... - CPA MU - 8/22 15:54:47

4799. 1400 fewer than '15. Smallest class in 10 years. - GapDaddy MU - 8/22 16:11:42

that number is early for comparison purposes. - GapDaddy MU - 8/22 14:14:55

I cetainly hope all the students that found MU to be a - MU-TULSA MU - 8/22 14:09:57

I could be wrong, but I don't think those are the students - zodiac6 JC - 8/22 15:22:24

^ - jeepdad MU - 8/22 15:02:29

Exactly! (nm) - Hbombtiger STL - 8/22 14:13:39

32,777 is the 6th largest enrollment EVER. nm - KCT-BoneTiger MU

- 8/22 13:57:55

You should write for the newspaper. 10% is just a statistica - TigerFan92 MU - 8/22 17:38:14

This is correct. I laugh every time I hear the enrollment - jrmtiger MU - 8/22 15:01:40

That seems to be the case - JimD MU

- 8/22 16:00:33

what expectation? Last I saw, 1,900 was the expected - SuperTone MU

- 8/22 13:39:17

1900 freshmen - MizzouAstro MU

- 8/22 13:59:27

Believe the initial estimates were 4 or 5K - Air Force Tiger MU - 8/22 13:47:01

I never saw anything saying that much in the media.(nm) - SuperTone MU

- 8/22 13:54:55

Projections from summer (when enrollment was up) were 2600+. - GapDaddy MU - 8/22 14:16:53