<p>I have never seen anything on CC about Augsburg in Minneapolis. I am just starting to look into it for one of my kids. Has anyone here heard anything at all about it (campus, academics, student body, etc.)?</p>
<p>I’ll be visiting Augsburg in the early fall, so I can tell you more then. But I have a couple of friends that went there and enjoy it. They’re all playing sports so that would be a little different situation than just going to school. It has a pretty small population but being in Minneapolis gives the feel of a larger campus. I wish I could tell you more, but I really won’t know for a couple of months!</p>
<p>A co-worker’s daughter goes there and loves it. I believe there are options to cross register with other area schools. The campus area is small. It is near the west bank campus of the University of Minnesota. It is a Div. III school but seems to seems to have alot of school spirit. Minneapolis has alot to ofer culture wise.</p>
<p>Know lots of kids that go there and enjoy it. They seem to like the small class sizes and the ability to socialize on the U of M campus. Has a good urban feel with lots to do. Most love the great on campus apartments.</p>
<p>S had applied and was accepted there a few years back and rec’d a nice fin’l aid package (which would have made it cheaper to go to Augsburg than the Univ of MN); however he never seriously considered it since he was going into engineering (he would have done a 3-2 double major and transferred to the University of MN literally right across the street; and since he was already considering doing co-ops which often add an extra year to graduate he didn’t want to do the extra year to double major). </p>
<p>I like the school a lot, he thought it was too small and wanted a much larger more active campus but he agreed to apply as a “backup” to appease me and his GC. Augsburg is well-known locally for offering very good LD services and he has Asperger’s and I was not sure he was ready for a larger school. However, a couple of friends of his with LDs ended up going there because their GC recommended it (plus one was a legacy), one likes it a lot, another transferred this year to one of the other consortium schools, I think because of his major? I am not sure but there may be requirements about the number of classes that can be taken for your major at the other consortium schools (which I think includes Macalaster).</p>
<p>It is small but the University of Minnesota is right next to it so if you want a bit of big school flavor, you can head over to the student union or a Gopher sports event.</p>
<p>It is part of the ACTC consortium, so you can indeed cross register to take classes at Macalester, Hamline, St. Thomas, or St. Catherines, and shuttle buses run quite frequently between the campuses so it is not inconvenient. [Associated</a> Colleges of the Twin Cities](<a href=“http://www.associatedcolleges-tc.org/]Associated”>http://www.associatedcolleges-tc.org/)
Because Augsburg is small, there is not quite the variety of classes offered, but by opening up classes at the other four schools, you have a lot of nice extra options.</p>
<p>What is the personality of the school? What kinds of kids go there? Is it cliquey?</p>
<p>The one negative thing that I saw in my Barron’s book is that only 38% of the students graduate within 4 years. Yikes!</p>
<p>One of the reasons Augsburg has a low 4-yr grad rate is that it is a very small college but has a large number of non-traditional undergrads (about 3000 undergrads total, but over 1100 are in the weekend/evening program); they also have a large percentage of LD students - about 1 out of 20 undergrads receive services/accommodations which often includes reduced course loads.</p>
<p>S liked the school and faculty he met during a visit. The wife was impressed by the small class size and they seem to care about their students. S is majoring in engineering so it wasn’t a good fit academically. We’ll keep Augsburg in mind when D is ready.</p>
<p>Lots of non-traditional students. Know many who work a year, take classes for a year and continue to follow that pattern. But also know students who go for just four years!</p>