what is the University of Minnesota like?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My DC would tell you that the urban setting of the school is a large part of the appeal. DC enjoys getting off campus and having more interesting things to do than walk around a suburb. He went to the Guthrie twice and some other theatre venues, as well.

We have been happy with the quality of DCs education. They must be doing something right because so many end up settling in the Twin Cities after graduation.

That's one way to look at it. Another is that the degree isn't worth much outside MSP, so they have no choice but to settle there.

I have no idea which is accurate - just that there's not one that is necessarily correct.

Yes, you are correct about the logic but...

They have a choice, and plenty do leave. MSP has long had a great reputation as a place that one can make a very nice life - affordable housing, sufficient culture, and good access to the wider world. So, for those who can handle the brutal winter, and there are many of us who prefer that to a brutal DC summer, MSP has a ton of appeal.

[Anonymous]

In my experience, most hiring managers who are not from the very top firms are not that knowledgeable about colleges outside their local area or in the top 20. The default seems to be if somebody went to "University of..." they got a quality education and are sufficiently intelligent because it's the flagship school of their state. In the past I have tried to encouraged them to look at the admissions profile of University of Idaho' vs the admissions profile of VCU, GMU, UMBC and you see that the students attending local public schools that are NOT the flagship tend to have SATs/ACTs/GPAs far above the flagship in lower populated areas, but this is a bias that seems to stick hard. Interestingly--for better or for worse--some of the new algorithmic hiring software factors in the standardized tests inter-quartile range of colleges. So instead of you giving your SAT score (as some places request) they just give you a factor that's informed by the average at your college. Weird new world.

[Anonymous]

I think the acceptance rate is something like 40%. That's not terribly high.

[Anonymous]

Bump for 2023 updates.