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by lightup 4y ago
At the U of MN? Say it ain't so. My proud alma mater. Hacking linux kernel. Round up. Someone should start a list of what tax dollars pay for.
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by lightup 5y ago
Thanks, yes, I talked with their new director about a month ago about hiring some of their people. Lin I believe. If you're Lin you might know who I am. Small newish program (~30 admissions per year) with TC presence but turning out
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by lightup 5y ago
They use Common App. Here's the requirements: https://admissions.tc.umn.edu/apply/application-checklist/ap... Yeppers. Insane in the membrane. Now surf their site and see if you can find merit scholarships.
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by lightup 5y ago
Thank you
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by lightup 5y ago
I have no idea. And the weird thing in MN is that a lot of kids go to U of MN. There are probably 5 topish districts in Twin Cities. The one my son is in sends dozens of kids to U of MN. His high school pushes AP, IB, and another specia
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by lightup 5y ago
Testify.
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by lightup 5y ago
...and it was $16k for a 4-year degree. How long does it take to make $16k now? For a mid-range programmer? Only several months.
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by lightup 5y ago
It's a good school but hard to stomach outstate tuition value prop. The "disaster" is having all your choices arbitrarily removed in spite of everything you did to succeed. Let's agree that's some BS.
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by lightup 5y ago
Make it so! Those words?!
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by lightup 5y ago
Thanks for the kind words. Usually it works out in the end or to some sort of state where you can look back without regret. Lessons in grit for sure.
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by lightup 5y ago
Yes, I agree 100%. Have hired several people from hands on CC here in MN.
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by lightup 5y ago
THanks, he reminded me tonight that he scored 35 _twice_. LOL. I kinda suggested to him he try for perfect like his best buddy. Best buddy is accepted at Ivy school (but probably will not go due to cost from what he said).
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by lightup 5y ago
This admission statement is wrong. See source in original comment. U of MN TC accepted 20% last year and 20% this year. Kinda nuts. It's possible that the 70% number you cite is for MN State system which is like a parallel CC and u
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by lightup 5y ago
Thanks for the thoughtful suggestions. We're mainly pissed and disgusted. Appreciate your comment though. He's an optimistic person by nature so he's already moved on.
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by lightup 5y ago
Wrong. https://blog.prepscholar.com/how-many-people-get-a-34-35-36-... 36 = 4,100 students 35 = 12,000 students Slightly less than 50k. UMN app has no essay or anything like that. Your disbelief is your intuition which i
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by lightup 5y ago
Yes, we blame others because we failed to work hard and get good grades and the world has it out for us. Woah is us. DiD I dO tHiS rIgHt?
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by lightup 5y ago
Amen.
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by lightup 5y ago
I have no idea why you're replying this with a question like this. You should read the MIT blog at the top of this forum and then return without the trolling. If you're saying I should prove that my son is on a math team and has
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by lightup 5y ago
dick comment
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by lightup 5y ago
And young people on here imagine having 2 children 2 years apart. One of them doesn't get to go to college because of covid and the other doesn't get to go because ability didn't matter for a year. EDIT: I hope this never ha
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by lightup 5y ago
No, but I'm sure some of the kids on his math team will be in the same boat even through they're mainly South Asian and Chinese. Backlash against them too it seems.
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by lightup 5y ago
Feelings and "demographics" and surnames.
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by lightup 5y ago
Off topic. Doesn't apply. However, yes, when we started saving it was MN schools only. I don't know what the rules are now. Remember, we're talking about something from 20 years ago.
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by lightup 5y ago
He applied to [redacted] State, Rice, UNC, Duke, and U of MN - Twin Cities. Accepted at [redacted] State (they have a formula for everyone). He also got their highest out of state "scholarship" - which is more like a break on out
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by lightup 5y ago
My son found out 2 days ago he didn't get accepted to his in-state land grant public university. The University of Minnesota. This was his fall back plan. Now he's screwed and may not be able to start college in fall. His sins: