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 | Super Brilliant | My department was a bright spot in an otherwise faceless, unpleasant university. I dislike the U of M intensely. The weather is horrible... they raised tuition by double digits every semester I was there, so I ended up in serious debt despite having saved up enough in advance to cover my education... the students are bland beer-swilling midwesterners with sweatpants and no interest in the world outside Minnesota. The University seem to be using the obscene amounts of tuition money to build new edifices, and fund the sports teams. I'd resent that less if I cared remotely about sports. The faculty is good, but the university is so huge that it is difficult to accomplish anything easily - paperwork and everything else is a real nosebleed, and it's difficult to get around or figure out who to ask if you have a question. I have three academic advisors for different things, and they don't communicate with each other for anything at all. Parking costs a ton, student medical insurance (required) costs a ton, and there is no affordable housing whatsoever. Nonetheless, the Journalism department is very nice. Most of the teachers in that department are dedicated and helpful, and focused on offering a valuable and applicable learning experience. The U has funneled some money into the Journalism department, so the equipment is pretty good, even if the facilities are inadequate. Still, if I had it to do over again, I'd have gone to the University of Missouri. They have better resources for journalism, and their program is one of the best in the country. If you go there, you get to skip the first two years of crummy grunt-work in a minimum-wage small-market job. Having gone to the U, I'm stuck paying off enormous student loans with an extremely unpleasant $8.00 an hour journalism job for two years. It could be worse, though. My husband paid $60,000.00 in student loans for his graphic design degree at the U of M, and he can't even find a job in his field. At least I found something in my field, even if it does suck. Bitter? Me? Naw... | Collaboration/Competitive: A, Individual Value: D | | | |
| | Nov 28 2005 | 5th Year Female --
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| Bright | One good thing about the U is that there is a wide selection of majors, many of which are top-rated programs. There are a wide variety of classes This is a very large school, and if you're new, it can be hard to know where to find resources. But there are many availible if you're independent enough to search for them yourself. Some things that I'm unhappy about is that there's no feeling of community here, not enough school spirit. It is also annoying that there is continual construction. New buildings are good, but this school never finishes the projects they're doing before they start new ones. Not to mention that it's our rising tuition paying for all these projects. Financial aid also favors freshmen over upper-classmen and then the school wonders why over 50% of all students graduate in five or six years. Campus life is sort of low key for the most part, but there are many options in the twin cities to make up for it. Overall, not a bad school, but it's certainly not the best in the big ten. | Campus Aesthetics: A, Individual Value: C- | | | |
| | Sep 07 2002 | 2nd Year Female --
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