University of Minnesota Twin Cities

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Anyone have feedback on this school? DC is thinking of a political science or economics major. TIA!

Political Science department is well regarded. I considered doing my doctorate there but opted to stay in DC. (I went to undergrad at Minnesota-Duluth) The twin cities are very happening right now, and the state of Minnesota has become quite the booming economic powerhouse, particularly compared to the disaster that is Wisconsin thanks to Walker. While the state as a whole, and admittedly a lot of the suburbs, are very white, the cities are very diverse. There are large Hmong and Somali communities.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Anyone have feedback on this school? DC is thinking of a political science or economics major. TIA!

Political Science department is well regarded. I considered doing my doctorate there but opted to stay in DC. (I went to undergrad at Minnesota-Duluth) The twin cities are very happening right now, and the state of Minnesota has become quite the booming economic powerhouse, particularly compared to the disaster that is Wisconsin thanks to Walker. While the state as a whole, and admittedly a lot of the suburbs, are very white, the cities are very diverse. There are large Hmong and Somali communities.

I was surprised to see no hit yet to UW's rankings on USNWR due to the Walker cuts. They have had a real and lasting effect on the faculty, some of whom have packed their bags.

https://madison.com/wsj/news/local/education/university/after-difficult-summer-uw-madison-fighting-off-efforts-to-poach/article_192d511c-a5f3-5508-82e0-c2c884883b9b.html

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:U of Minnesota, Twin Cities, is one of the top public institutions in the country. You can tell because it draws a lot of foreign students, like UCLA, UC Berkeley, UMichigan, University of Wisconsin at Madison. Minnesota is just below those schools.

Nice try,

Let's be nice, please.

No one cares about the opinion of one snotty teen. OP asked for information about the school. If you don't have something helpful to add, please scroll on by.

As a practical matter, there are real differences among how the different flagships run their schools. "Best" in terms of selectivity isn't the only measure of how to choose one over the other. UMN-TC does direct admits to the different colleges, with majors chosen within the college later based on the college's rules. The UCs do direct admits to impacted majors, with is great if you know exactly what you want to do, not so great if you change your mind along the way. UW-Madison doesn't do direct admits to the business school or the engineering school (the engineering answer is tricky). Newspaper reports describe the UC system and the UW system as cash strapped over the last bunch of years. UMN-TC press about money has been better (except for recent increases in OOS tuition, which is a bummer). Which model is right for any given student is a matter of preference. And yes, UMN-TC is highly regarded internationally.

This is not true- my DD was a direct admit.

[Anonymous]

^^ ok, that article is in the WSJ (Wisconsin State Journal) and is mostly about the cost of successful attempts to keep top faculty. You can read elsewhere about the departures. Some landed at UM-TC, others Penn State.... and those are just the ones who know me.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:U of Minnesota, Twin Cities, is one of the top public institutions in the country. You can tell because it draws a lot of foreign students, like UCLA, UC Berkeley, UMichigan, University of Wisconsin at Madison. Minnesota is just below those schools.

Nice try,

Let's be nice, please.

No one cares about the opinion of one snotty teen. OP asked for information about the school. If you don't have something helpful to add, please scroll on by.

As a practical matter, there are real differences among how the different flagships run their schools. "Best" in terms of selectivity isn't the only measure of how to choose one over the other. UMN-TC does direct admits to the different colleges, with majors chosen within the college later based on the college's rules. The UCs do direct admits to impacted majors, with is great if you know exactly what you want to do, not so great if you change your mind along the way. UW-Madison doesn't do direct admits to the business school or the engineering school (the engineering answer is tricky). Newspaper reports describe the UC system and the UW system as cash strapped over the last bunch of years. UMN-TC press about money has been better (except for recent increases in OOS tuition, which is a bummer). Which model is right for any given student is a matter of preference. And yes, UMN-TC is highly regarded internationally.

This is not true- my DD was a direct admit.

OK, then they changed it since my nephew applied. Sorry. I do recommend reading about continuation requirements - at least for engineering it is sobering. Again, sorry for the dated info on Madison.

[Anonymous]

The school used to be a bargain but a few years ago they started raising the OOS tuition by a fair amount.

Non-resident tuition by year

2015-2016: 20,660 (increase of 7% from prior year)
2016-2017: 22,210 (7.5% increase)
2017-2018: 24,986 (12.5% increase)
2018-2019: 28,736 (15% increase)
2019-2020: 31,609 (10% increase)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The school used to be a bargain but a few years ago they started raising the OOS tuition by a fair amount.

Non-resident tuition by year

2015-2016: 20,660 (increase of 7% from prior year)
2016-2017: 22,210 (7.5% increase)
2017-2018: 24,986 (12.5% increase)
2018-2019: 28,736 (15% increase)
2019-2020: 31,609 (10% increase)

Yes, that's a serious bummer. Note that this doesn't mean your child will face changes this big over the four years, since the rate schedule for Freshman and for continuing students is different.

Even with these unfortunate increases, after merit aid my kid is coming in close enough to UVA's engineering school that the difference in price doesn't matter to us. I was also told that there is money to apply for along the way to help with tuition costs.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The school used to be a bargain but a few years ago they started raising the OOS tuition by a fair amount.

Non-resident tuition by year

2015-2016: 20,660 (increase of 7% from prior year)
2016-2017: 22,210 (7.5% increase)
2017-2018: 24,986 (12.5% increase)
2018-2019: 28,736 (15% increase)
2019-2020: 31,609 (10% increase)

Wow. If you were enrolled did you pay those price increases each year?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The school used to be a bargain but a few years ago they started raising the OOS tuition by a fair amount.

Non-resident tuition by year

2015-2016: 20,660 (increase of 7% from prior year)
2016-2017: 22,210 (7.5% increase)
2017-2018: 24,986 (12.5% increase)
2018-2019: 28,736 (15% increase)
2019-2020: 31,609 (10% increase)

Wow. If you were enrolled did you pay those price increases each year?

No.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The school used to be a bargain but a few years ago they started raising the OOS tuition by a fair amount.

Non-resident tuition by year

2015-2016: 20,660 (increase of 7% from prior year)
2016-2017: 22,210 (7.5% increase)
2017-2018: 24,986 (12.5% increase)
2018-2019: 28,736 (15% increase)
2019-2020: 31,609 (10% increase)

The school wanted to raise it 15% again next year but scaled it back after seeing a big dip (26%) in OOS enrollment this past year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The school used to be a bargain but a few years ago they started raising the OOS tuition by a fair amount.

Non-resident tuition by year

2015-2016: 20,660 (increase of 7% from prior year)
2016-2017: 22,210 (7.5% increase)
2017-2018: 24,986 (12.5% increase)
2018-2019: 28,736 (15% increase)
2019-2020: 31,609 (10% increase)

Wow. If you were enrolled did you pay those price increases each year?

No.

This may help

https://onestop.umn.edu/finances/cost-attendance

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The school used to be a bargain but a few years ago they started raising the OOS tuition by a fair amount.

Non-resident tuition by year

2015-2016: 20,660 (increase of 7% from prior year)
2016-2017: 22,210 (7.5% increase)
2017-2018: 24,986 (12.5% increase)
2018-2019: 28,736 (15% increase)
2019-2020: 31,609 (10% increase)

Wow. If you were enrolled did you pay those price increases each year?

No.

So they freeze your tuition at admission for 4 years?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The school used to be a bargain but a few years ago they started raising the OOS tuition by a fair amount.

Non-resident tuition by year

2015-2016: 20,660 (increase of 7% from prior year)
2016-2017: 22,210 (7.5% increase)
2017-2018: 24,986 (12.5% increase)
2018-2019: 28,736 (15% increase)
2019-2020: 31,609 (10% increase)

Wow. If you were enrolled did you pay those price increases each year?

No.

So they freeze your tuition at admission for 4 years?

No, they limit current students to only a 5.5% annual increase.

[Anonymous]

Can your kid handle this? It is 16 degrees right now. Here's a webcam on the quad (surprised to see liquid water on the lens). Who knows what you will see when you look. Blizzard, sleet, sunshine?

https://cse.umn.edu/college/tate-hall-webcam

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Can your kid handle this? It is 16 degrees right now. Here's a webcam on the quad (surprised to see liquid water on the lens). Who knows what you will see when you look. Blizzard, sleet, sunshine?

https://cse.umn.edu/college/tate-hall-webcam

and if you are wondering, the students are in the tunnels.