<p>I have been accepted into Swenson College of Science and Engineering at University of Minnesota Duluth for Biochemistry. I have been accepted into University of Minnesota Twin Cities for Biochemistry @ college of biological sciences and also liberal arts for economics?</p>
<p>I am looking at applying to Med school after my undergraduate courses. It also works out nicely if I go to the U of MN-TC because I can take my calculus classes at Normandale Community College so I have more math resources.</p>
<pre><code> If it matters I am using the GI Bill (post-9/11) to pay for school so costs are not really an issue.
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<p>I applied for Madison WI as well, but they lost my college transcripts and both colleges are giving me the run around with getting it resolved. I've been accepted to both of the other schools that I applied to, so I figure why lose sleep over it.</p>
<p>UMN-TC is a massive, top-caliber research university. UMN-D is a smaller, regional university.</p>
<p>In terms of reputation, the TC campus is significantly above Duluth. I’m not sure how much this will actually affect you as a pre-med.</p>
<p>Duluth is in a really beautiful place, but the Twin Cities is a bustling urban area with a strong medical presence.</p>
<p>CBS is one of the top colleges at UMN-TC, along with CSE and CSOM.</p>
<p>If you have a very strong preference for Duluth, I think it’s probably a decent school. Otherwise, I really don’t see any reason not to go to the flagship.</p>
<p>I thought the same thing except for professor contact. I think it would be easier to know the instructors at UMD, but I think all the good from TC’s would outweigh that.</p>
<p>What are the plusses to UMD. Is that where you are from? Why apply there?</p>
<p>Were it me, I would pick UM-TC all things being equal. #1 That’s where the UM medical school is so you can make contacts there. #2. If you don’t wind up going to med school a degree rom UM-TC is more prestegious. #3 More opportunities in general in the Twin Cities than in Duluth.</p>
<p>UMD the only pluses are that there are lots of outdoorsey types of things to do within the city and surrounding areas. I am training for another Ironman triathlon and it would be nice to have a place to train that allows me to recharge my mental batteries and kind of relax. </p>
<p>UMN-TC I think is the better choice since, like stated, it is more prestigious and also they receive far more funding for research than Duluth. </p>
<p>Finally, I also have hear rumors that some instructors have language barriers between themselves and their students. I heard some students have difficulties understanding what their professor is saying due to them having English as their second language.</p>
I will most likely be attending the U next year, so I suppose you’d have to wait a year to hear my personal experience. However, I have had several teachers in high school who immigrated from overseas and had imperfect English, and it was never an issue. In my experience, most of the people who complain never actually try to adapt to the instructor and - because of either bigotry or laziness - prefer to spend their time whining about something that isn’t that big of a deal. </p>
<p>You can take that with a large grain of salt.</p>
<p>I totally agree sometimes people just don’t want to put in the 5% extra effort necessary to deal with others English. I read these online so it wasn’t someone I could accurately say if they are someone that is just lazy or if there really were speech problems that prevented the students from understanding the lectures.</p>
<p>Well I decided on CLA for Economics Bachelor of Science curriculum at UMN-TC. I ended up getting a letter from Normandale saying I am top 10% of that community college, I don’t know if that’s something worth jotting down as a bullet on grad school applications, since your 4 year class rank is more important, any input would be appreciated.
I’m thinking it will be a very fun year and both of my roommates seem to have their **** together so it should be a great year.<br>
Thanks everyone for the input!</p>