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:
- a 35 ACT score (legit with no studying or ACT prep classes)
- a 3.8 weighted GPA (because he took multiple AP classes and actually was in college for his junior and senior years through Minnesota's PSEO program)
- leader on robotics team
- lettered in 2 extra curriculars
- etc etc
Why? Because U of MN doesn't consider weighted grades nor do they accept test scores anymore. So why even try hard?
The only upside is that we weren't stupid enough to put his college savings in a 529 tied to MN. We would be superscrewed if we'd done that.
35,000 applicants. 7,000 freshman admissions. My kid not even in top 1/5 of applicaents? Complete BS.
EDITs:
2021 UMN Twin Cities admission stats:
https://admissions.tc.umn.edu/competitive-admission-rate (20%)
MN 529 plan 20 years ago was MN-only from what I remember. Honestly don't care.
[redacted] is "okay" school for CSci. However they have a 120MM budget and are facing 15MM shortfall for the college that hosts it. Out of state tuition for this school is 20k per year with max scholarships.
His sins: - a 35 ACT score (legit with no studying or ACT prep classes) - a 3.8 weighted GPA (because he took multiple AP classes and actually was in college for his junior and senior years through Minnesota's PSEO program) - leader on robotics team - lettered in 2 extra curriculars - etc etc
Why? Because U of MN doesn't consider weighted grades nor do they accept test scores anymore. So why even try hard?
The only upside is that we weren't stupid enough to put his college savings in a 529 tied to MN. We would be superscrewed if we'd done that.
35,000 applicants. 7,000 freshman admissions. My kid not even in top 1/5 of applicaents? Complete BS.
EDITs: 2021 UMN Twin Cities admission stats: https://admissions.tc.umn.edu/competitive-admission-rate (20%)
MN 529 plan 20 years ago was MN-only from what I remember. Honestly don't care.
[redacted] is "okay" school for CSci. However they have a 120MM budget and are facing 15MM shortfall for the college that hosts it. Out of state tuition for this school is 20k per year with max scholarships.