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Minnesota is weird. The U of M stands far above the rest perception and in student population. It is the 'go-to' place in the public university sphere. Minnesota State [insert school] has a negative stigma since Minnesota is such a behemoth in the area. There are excellent private colleges, however.
The standards for admission as a freshman at the main campus are fairly high. However, the standards for admission at the Commonwealth Campuses (satellites) are lower, and a student in good standing at a CC can transfer to the main campus. Admission Statistics: Penn State University Undergraduate Admissions
Well, yeah. I think that's true at all Big State U's isn't it? Pitt also has some satellite campuses that are easier to get into. I was just responding to NJbest's comment that, "Penn State is so easy to get into that it hardly has rejects." I don't think he was referring to the satellite campuses.
I didn't really intend to hi-jack the OP though by talking about Pennsylvania colleges. I find our partially funded colleges a kind of strange thing.
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i once made a mistake here: i asked which states have more than one flagship public university and i ended up getting into some arguments that said basically: "by definition, there can only be one flagship university by state" I tried to argue that a number of states (Texas with UT-Autsin and A&M and Florida with UF and FSU, for example) actually self-idenify with 2 public flagships but to no avail. People could agree with the notion that Illinois, Minnesota, Wisconsin, etc. were flagships because there was only one major public university in each of those states, but the argument arose when U-M/MSU, IU/Purdue, UA/ASU, etc. were brought up.
so let me change this to a different question that will cause fewer arguments: can you name a state with more than one fully comprehensive public university (with a thoroughly wide range of undergraduate curricula, plus the requisite grad schools: law, medicine, business, etc.). In other words, states that offer "the full package" in more than one of their state universities?
Well, yeah. I think that's true at all Big State U's isn't it? Pitt also has some satellite campuses that are easier to get into. I was just responding to NJbest's comment that, "Penn State is so easy to get into that it hardly has rejects." I don't think he was referring to the satellite campuses.
I didn't really intend to hi-jack the OP though by talking about Pennsylvania colleges. I find our partially funded colleges a kind of strange thing.
Pitt has several satellite campuses that were started when it was still a private college. I'm not sure what's going on with them now. I rarely see anything about them in the alumni mag. The U of CO has three campuses, Boulder, Denver and Colorado Springs. While Boulder is the main campus, the other two aren't considered satellites. One doesn't usually enter Denver or CS with the intent of transferring to Boulder.
I think if you cared to spend the time doing the research, you'd find that most state universities are only partially funded.
In the UMass system:
Amherst - flagship of system. Many PhD programs. M.Arch, MBA. No DDS, MD, JD, DVM. Oddly, a MA and PhD in Vetrenary science, but no doctor's of veterinary medicine. D-I/FBS sports
Boston - MBA, PhD. Nursing. No DDS, MD, JD, DVM, Architecture, Fine Arts (no BFA or MFA).
Lowell - MBA, PhD, Nursing. No DDS, MD, DVM. D-I hockey
Worcester - MD, PhD, Nursing only. PhD is only Medical Sciences too. It's literally just a medical school - 2 hospitals. No sports
The xxx State Universities are not comprehensive.
So, either most the UMass schools are comprehensive, or none are. UMass is more like UC with independent campuses
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