I received an email this evening from University of Minnesota saying this:
"Thank you for your interest and application tot he University of Minnesota! I was hoping to connect with you about an exciting update, please call me directly at your convenience!
Be part of something great-the University of Minnesota!"
Then it listed the direct contact info for the senior admissions counselor…
I know I was already admitted, so what does this mean?
Possibly to tell you that you got accepted.
Waait you already received a decision? Are you undergrad? Which college? (Can you tell I’m anxious LOL)
Call 'em and find out. And then let us know.
You’re the person who was already admitted, right? Our status hasn’t changed from the your application is complete stage. As I recall, your stats are really strong so perhaps it’s about honors.
@freezycool yes I got admitted last week! Freshman admission, CBS.
And I’ll call him after I get out of school today and let y’all know what he says
So I finally got a hold of him!
I wish it was something better, but he just wanted to personally let me know that I was accepted. Apparently I was one of the first admitted students for the class of 2020… Oh well 
My son was accepted, too. College of Science and Engineering. He was told in person when he visited the campus yesterday. Not sure if he got an eamil. According to the information they were given, about 10,000 students apply to CSE and only 1000 are accepted so I guess he was a strong applicant!
@msd228 If you do not mind, could you share your son’s stats (ACT, GPA, Class Rank)?
ACT 33, GPA 3.47/4.1 unranked
Thanks a lot. Very close to my twins. Son has 33 ACT, 4.0/5.5, top 3%; Daughter has 30 ACT, 4.0/5.4, top 4%.
Good Luck to your son. Is he looking at other engineering schools? I am trying to get mine to look at Iowa State and Iowa. They have applied to Alabama.
Are you IS or OOS? We haven’t seen any change in status for CSE…35 ACT and 3.6/4.02 GPA with strong CS ECs. I thought DS would be considered a fairly strong applicant and was hoping to hear this month. I had no idea their admission stats were so low though. Yikes.
Hi Folks, just a clarification on admission stats for CSE. I think the 1,000 is ENROLLED not ACCEPTED. Still, with 10,000 applicants and assuming a 30% yield (consistent with the university overall) that’s about a 33% acceptance rate. Clearly below the overall university acceptance of 45% and on par with some pretty selective national university programs. So not bad at all.
@CyclonesGrad: Thankyou. He has been accepted to Iowa. Applied to Purdue, Utah, UWMadison. Will apply to UIUC and Virginia Tech. He turned down the opportunity to save us a ton of money at Alabama 
I would like him to apply to Rose-Hulman which he liked on our campus visit but he is unimpressed with location.
@s16s18s21s25: we are OOS, perhaps they process those first?
Actually, according to the stats, they have about 1000 in CSE each year, which means they admit probably what, twice that number? I don’t know offhand what the yield is. But admission rate must be higher than 10 %, so I feel better about chances.
@s16s18s21s25 yield for UMN is 29% for men and 26% for women (overall). Applying these #'s to CSE with it’s approximately 75-25 men/woman split, you get about a 28% implied yield for CSE. However, I personally believe it’s a bit higher than that, though I have no evidence.
With the 28% yield that turns acceptance into about 36%. So overall it’s reasonable to guesstimate 30% - 35% acceptance for CSE. That’s a wide range, of course but places CSE alongside some of the more selective national programs.
Your son has great stats. Even more important than looking at the acceptance rate is to look at the stats of those accepted both this year and in the past (admissions profile, etc.). Betcha he gets in
@msd228 they do process OOS first - at least in the past. Congrats to your student!
@Mamelot Thanks for clariying the stats. I was not there and even if I had been I probably would have misunderstood! I will try to edit that post.
@Mamelot Thanks for clarifying about CSE stats. I was not there when this was mentioned and I probably would have misinterpreted it anyway 
@s16s18s21s25 I think @mamelot is probably pretty accurate regarding yield of accepted students is about 30%. That means they probably accept 3,300 of the 10,000 that apply to get about 1,000 to enroll yearly. A 33% acceptance rate is pretty selective.
A yield of 30% is significant considering that the kids applying have high stats and are getting accepted elsewhere with pretty good merit money. Look at the stats for the incoming 2015 class in CSE:
http://admissions.tc.umn.edu/academics/profile.html
UM-TC is in significant competition for students with some major players.
@msd228 What state are you from? We are from IL. I told my twins not even to apply to UIUC because IS get no money and it is $31K for Tuition/R&B to go for engineering. UW is tough on giving money to OOS also as I found out with my oldest daughter. Rose-Hulman is a really good school especially if someone likes a small school atmosphere. I think Iowa is a safety school for your son and he will get significant merit money. You can check stats for 2014 incoming engineering classes here:
@msd228 no worries at all I think this discussion came up last year as well so no need to edit. It’s probably come up in prior years as well. CSE is a selective program any way you look at it.