University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Top Questions

They are nice? I don't actually know...

Everyone is from in-state, we're all white and talk with the Fargo accent. We're crazy about hockey.

People tell you coming to the U that the class sizes are huge and that none of the professors speaks English. They'll say that the campus is huge, that you'll get lost and that it's dangerous.

Not quite sure... I have gathered, though, that getting into the PSEO program(high school juniors/seniors take college courses for both high school and college credit) at the UMN makes people assume you're really, really smart. Another, slightly lesser-known stereotype is that Carlson School of Management Students are notoriously Type A, competitive, and fixated on getting high grades.

Everyone thinks that the University of Minnesota is "so big" and that all the classes are filled with thousands of students and that no instructors will give a student any individual attention.

The campus is too big. You are just a number.

Many people think that the University of Minnesota is such a big school and that a student will get lost with everyone else.

Stereotypes? Before I came to Minnesota, I believed that Minnesota people, especially students were very friendly hippies. Not complete hippies, but the type of hippies that want to save the world by saving the environment. Kind of like the people of San Francisco.

Openminded, casual, polite, helpful

You're just a number. A lot of the kids are stuck-up, spoiled, rude...etc. You get a great education and experience. The campus is beautiful but most people never see the whole thing because of it size.

Students of the UMN stereotypically are agnostic know-it-alls with rich parents that are in the perfect place to practice their craft, the UMN.

You will just be a number.

I have no idea.

Very nice (Minnesota nice), midwestern accent, all white/Lutheran

Our sports teams.

That the university is too large and that professors don't know or care about their students.

Stereotypes about the campus- It's too big, it's hard to find something you enjoy, it's hard to meet people. Private schools are superior to UMN. I can't think of any stereotypes about the students.

If they're in a frat they get away with partying, if they're in a sorority they're not intelligent

It is cold up here. The people are friendly. It depends on the college for the stereotype.

We all have accents and many of the students are from Minnesota.