<p>rank from scale 1-5</p>
<li>strong Pre-med program</li>
<li>campus location (2 hr drive within a city-at least 100000 people)</li>
<li>have a laid-back, friendly, home-like atmosphere</li>
<li>weather condition</li>
<li>campus aesthetics</li>
<li>dormitory cleaness</li>
<li>class difficulty (grade inflation…etc)</li>
</ol>
<p>1 being worst, 5 being best</p>
<ol>
<li>5- excellent science program means strong pre-med</li>
<li>5- 45 mins. from Minneapolis/ St. Paul</li>
<li>5</li>
<li>2- long, cold winters. if you like snow, this is a good thing!</li>
<li>4- nice, old brick buildings, but a few ugly buildings thrown in</li>
<li>?</li>
<li>very difficult, from what i hear, with minimal grade inflation (but i don't know- haven't been there yet)</li>
</ol>
<p>i should add that opinions will certainly vary from person to person, and my answers are by no means definitive.</p>
<p>The atmosphere is very liberal and somewhat tree-hugger"ish" but no doubt the students are amazingly nice (as all Minnesotans are of course) and bright as well</p>