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I hope this never happens to your kids. Beware of being penalized for trying. Is that a lesson you will teach your kids?
I'm not "bummed". Read my post with anger.
U of MN was not his first choice. It was _fallback_.
Try on some shoes.... Imagine putting 30 years of high taxes into a state as a high earner and business owner (that's me). Then imagine that your almamater doesn't accept your kid when your kid is, in fact, a lot smarter than you and has accomplished a lot more than you did by his age.
Then imagine being that kid and being taught by the State that, while you are in the top 95th (99th) percentile nationally on test scores there's just something not right about you. Is it your GPA? It can't be. You're on the A honor roll every time.
In the end you'll never know and that is fine because the school you might have attended has changed into something it was never intended to be.
Land grant university or something else? The Great Emancipator rolls in his grave.
On the plus side the U of MN gets billions of dollars in state funding and keeps the washout money too. Win-win.