University of Minnesota (Twin Cities) - Underrated or Not? & Hanson Building

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Minnesota
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<p>I was wondering what you guys thought about U of M Twin Cities, and if you thought that it was Underrated in this forum. It's probably not Underrated in terms of applications since they received 1,500 applications (for transfers, I'm a transfer student) and they only accept 150 (15%). That's close to many Top B-Schools.</p>

<p>If you look at rankings (which I know they aren't 100% accurate).. U of M last year was at around 26, now it's around 42 (But it has A+ on recruiting, but C on Teaching quality) if you are worried on the outside world and you have the brains to survive I think recruiting is more important than Teaching quality. You learn as much as you want too, Teachers are only guides AND part of the process (in my opinion).</p>

<p>Another thing that catches my eye is that for Fall 2008 they should have completed a "state of the art" building (more info on the building here: <a href="http://carlsonschool.umn.edu/Page4429.aspx%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://carlsonschool.umn.edu/Page4429.aspx&lt;/a&gt;), coming from a School with a reputable Business Program (long-term) I don't think it's going to be something mediocre. This building will double the size of the business school, meaning they are going to double their Staff (Professors) if they want to continue with they student-staff ratio. And I'm certain they won't hire mediocre staff.</p>

<p>Do you guys think I'm reasoning correctly? Am I on the right track, or way off? I'd like to hear your opinions.</p>

<p>Thanks.</p>

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<p>U of M is definitely on the rise.</p>

<p>I am sure they will up their ranking annually from now on.</p>

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<p>Actually they've gone down from last year (BusinessWeek). They were at 24 and they are at 42 now.</p>

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<p>I would say that the U is somewhat underrated in some respects, however I believe students are recognizing this as there were over 25k applicants for the freshman class this year with about 5k seats. In this forum, the U is more underrated than in other places mostly because CCers are mostly focused on getting into ivies and similar schools. However, in industry the Institute of Technology and the Carlson School are very well respected. I would assume that many of the departments are well respected in accademic circles too. It is either the top or second school for Chemical Engineering depending on the year.</p>