Has anyone received Golden Gopher application for Fall 2017 yet? Or when will they send them out? My understanding is GG is given to OOS and not necessarily for kids who have sent in their ACT scores.
I received an email that UMN had sent an invitation to apply with GG application to my son. He has not received anything yet though.
My two older kids received the GG application and we are in-state. D3 is also applying this fall and they’ve had her info. for awhile but haven’t sent her a GG application. Weird because their online application went live earlier than usual I thought.
My son is OOS and has not sent ACT scores yet but did receive an intro letter from the admissions office in the mail the other day. No GG yet.
Daughter received an invite first week of August and she submitted her application last week. She is OOS. We just sent her SAT scores last week as well.
@dcolosi Was the invite received by email or regular email? I got an email saying an invitation was sent to my son, but he did not receive it.
@uwalummom we received it via e-mail so we used the link in the e-mail to complete the application. They then sent something via mail for the release of information but our HS uses Naviance to do the transcripts, etc. so we just added it to her Naviance account. She did get her confirmation and log on ID about four days submitting the app.
The link in the e-mail took us right to the application page and it took maybe 10 minutes to complete. Some of the fields were already populated for us. I’m assuming they had some of our basic information form her HS Naviance account or perhaps her Cappex profile.
I think some of the high schools provide the info. My D2 didn’t use have access to Naviance (her HS didn’t use it) but they still had a GG application all set up for her with the basic information already populated. We are in-state and a LOT of kids from D2’s high school attend UMTC so we weren’t at all surprised to know that she was on their radar.
D3 is completing her application soon (hopefully! 
). She was waiting to attend both the CLA and CSOM Sneak Previews so that she was sure of her preferences. At the Carlson preview yesterday, they mentioned that they would begin notifying applicants of acceptances in October (hopefully) so that process hasn’t changed. Nov. 1 is definitely the deadline if you want to be considered for scholarships.
If you apply via the Coalition App, are you still eligible for Honors and Academic Scholarships?
Here is what the website says:
“The University of Minnesota Twin Cities is a member of the new Coalition for Access, Affordability, and Success. We will begin accepting the Coalition Application this fall. Equal consideration is given to applicants regardless of which application platform is used. However, please do not submit your application through multiple platforms. When we receive multiple applications from a single student, the student’s communications and admission decision may be delayed while we sort through the information submitted.”
Our HS has recommended that we not use the Coalition app since it is so new and they do not know how well it will role out. They only recommended we use either the college direct app on their websites or the Common App.
UMN only offers the direct application on the website or Coalition. They aren’t part of the Common App. at this time. So if Coalition still has risk of being glitchy, use the direct ap. Very easy to complete!
I’m oos and i filled out my golden gopher application but i have to send in my transcript would someone mind replying to my thread that i made about it.
@Yellowladybug I just responded to that post. Please move your discussion over to the University of MN forum.