<p>Got accepted to UMTC college of agriculture after being rejected by Carlson, but have to pay full non resident tuition. At the same time, got accepted to UNebraska Lincoln with good scholarship amount. Reputation wise, I think UMTC is better but cost wise, the money is too much to ignore if not taking Nebraska. This is really a catch 22 situation for me. Wondering if anybody wants to share their opinions in term of long term benefit between those 2 schools. Thanks</p>
<p>What are you planning on majoring in at U MN?</p>
<p>What at U NL?</p>
<p>I am somewhat familiar with both, have been to both, son considered both, know lots of U NL grads.</p>
<p>Often, value of a school depends on major.</p>
<p>Hi Haystack, plan to major in supply chain management at UNL or Applied Economics at UMN. Among things to consider are opportunities for networking and internships. Considering Twin Cities has many hubs for Fortune 500 companies, I thought the opportunity are better there, compared to Lincoln. However, I might be wrong as I’ve never been to both places. Perhaps you could enlighten me?</p>
<p>Also in term of experiencing college life, which school will be more impressed? This is also an important factor for me to consider.</p>
<p>My son also applied to and was accepted at U MN. He ended up not applying to U NL because our instate option is slightly less expensive than U NL and in general, has better programs in the specific areas he was interested in. My son was looking at an Econ, Applied Econ, Geography, or design majors. </p>
<p>On Applied Economics…that is on the St Paul campus rather than the Minneapolis campus. That means you will do some travelling back and forth. That was one of the things that we did not like about U MN. we were also not that impressed with the Applied Econ program at U MN. We felt that our instate school, Iowa State, has a better applied econ program than U MN and would be a better campus experience.(Iowa State has one of the better applied econ/ag business programs in the country; # 1 for Ag business).</p>
<p>U NL has a great new business building. They will provide you with plenty of networking and internship opportunities as Omaha (no small town and with lots of major companies) is only an hour away. Your internships will be during the summer.</p>
<p>I don’t think the premium you would pay for an Applied Econ degree at U MN is worth it. Had you gotten into Carlson then my answer might be different.</p>
<p>While I like the U MN, I think that U NL will give you a more traditional college experience.</p>
<p>UNL is a good school, and supply chain management majors won’t lack for internships and experience. if you got a good scholarship amount, did you by any chance also get Honors College/Dorm? Because that would be a terrific bonus.
The only way I’d recommend UMN-TC for that major and this situation is if your parents have that money laying around in a bank account somewhere and they’re ready to spend it on your college rather than on vacations or something. If you/they were planning on taking loans above the federal loan limit ($5,500), I would strongly recommend against UMN-TC.
Overall I’d say go with UNL but with details such as exact cost of each before loans, whether your parents have the money in the bank right now for all 4 years’ difference, whether you got into honors at UNL… we (CC adults) may be able to provide a better answer.</p>
<p>OP…</p>
<p>Do you really want supply chain management as a major? Or do you want a ‘generalist’ business type degree in applied econ that will allow you to focus on multiple possible career paths?</p>
<p>You can do supply chain management with either degree. Many of the graduates from the U MN program will work for ag and food related companies in various positions…supply chain, marketing, sales, etc.</p>
<p>The biggest difference in the two might be the atmosphere. We visited the Ag campus at U MN and didn’t like the ‘vibe’ at the Applied Econ area. I suspect it is because many of the applied econ majors at U MN don’t want to be there. They are there because they were rejected by Carlson. The placement data for applied econ majors at U MN is pretty good. Although, if you really want applied econ/ag business then I think there are better options than U MN especially from a campus quality of life perspective.</p>
<p>At U NL, the students majoring in supply chain want to be there. That can make for a much better environment.</p>
<p>Either would be a fine choice.</p>
<p>Do you really want a supply chain major?</p>
<p>Faced the same situation but decided to choose UNL because of a.) the good amount of scholarship they gave to me b.) the courses in the Supply Chain Management major are good and seem better than those found in UMN. Reputation-wise, yes UMN is better known, however, fame does not really set the quality of education and based on that and with the scholarship that I received, UNL seems to be the better choice for me.</p>
<p>Thanks for all the inputs. At least now I have some good info in making the final decision on which school to attend. However, I’d like to know more about Lincoln itself if anybody can share about the town. Searching from the internet, it seems it is one of the best cities to live in term of safety and health, which is another important factor for me to choose school. Would like to hear honest comments from anybody who has lived there. Thanks</p>