Which one is for you? UW-Madison vs. University of Minnesota

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Жыл бұрын

I went to Wisconsin-Madison for 2 years and am wrapping up my time at the U of MN in Minneapolis... Here is my run-down of (some) of the similarities and differences between the schools...

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@briesoleil Жыл бұрын

needed this! i have been so torn between the two

@zhijiedeng5962 3 ай бұрын

definitely the golden gophers! UMN Proude

@LeeMoore-tu4gr Жыл бұрын

Its interesting to me how you view the Twin cities as a smaller metro area. I know you thought of it as 1.2 million but is actually closer to 3.5 million. Madison is much smaller with a metro population in the 600k range. Great Video btw

@jimli8465 3 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing, lots of information here about two great campus

@NancyOwusuaa Жыл бұрын

Thank you for this video. I am watching from Ghana

@SamsungS23Ultr Жыл бұрын

Owu

@gavin3993 Жыл бұрын

I'm currently deciding between these two schools. Would you recommend that oos students (I'm from Pa) have a car on campus at UMN if possible? It's not much of a concern at UW because you said everything is walkable which is nice. Also how do winters compare in both cities that you've noticed? As you said, most students commute at both universities, so would I, being someone living on campus, still have like the same college experiences as if I went to a college where most people live on campus if that makes sense at all. I'm sorry for all of the questions, but I don't know which college to choose and it's stressing me out bc I only have like 4 days to decide. Thank you so much for this video!

@growingupsprouts Жыл бұрын

Hey, I’m glad I saw this comment right away. Having a car at the University of Minnesota is definitely nice to explore more of the city and surrounding area, but not completely necessary because there’s lots of housing right close to campus and you can just stay around there… and there is always the city & university bus systems too which are both fairly easy to navigate and are included with your university card (same a madison). As for the winters, you’re going to get more snow in Minnesota, but in Madison, the wind is what’s more noticeable. Since the campus in Madison is between two lakes, it seems like the wind never stops, but but overall there is less snow there. Temps are pretty similar both places. Hope this helps! Honestly most major difference is living in a bit bigger of a city (mpls/ st paul) or smaller more college-town type city (madison). And the wind vs snow 😮‍💨

@gavin3993 Жыл бұрын

@From Me to You thank you so much! I feel like UMN is the right choice for me

@darshgarg2272 6 ай бұрын

You get what you give. At the U, I’d disagree with what you said about everyone being friendly and yelling compliments.

@abdulkhayyum6782 Жыл бұрын

hi can you help me, I cannot decide between pennstate and wisconsin. maybe you can give any insights (exclude ranking hehe)

@salaar_shouryanga 5 ай бұрын

Hey hi what's ur decision finally??

@anonreviews572 Жыл бұрын

Interesting - also very familiar with both campuses, have had covid experience on both campuses (have a kid on each) and this hasn't fully reflected our experience. I definitely felt UW Madison as a University did a better job with covid. I have seen mixed flexibility on both campuses with profs accomodating hybrid options, etc. I also think you can run into super friendly kids and super rude kids on either campus (or any campus for that matter). I really like both schools, it's a win win choice if you are chosing between the two. It's clear you prefer Minnesota which is great. Ski-U-Mah.

@growingupsprouts Жыл бұрын

Love this input. You're spot on about being able to meet any type of person on either campus, and everyone has their own super personalized and subjective experience! Maybe you're right about COVID too- theres much to consider, and I was definitely feeling biased against Madison in the height of it all as a student attending there at that time... perhaps Minnesota felt better because I was at a distance from it until a little later on. Happy we are past the highest intensity time of it now regardless!

@charl1878 5 ай бұрын

In winter, it’s difficult to walk for a mile in WI.

@omarmz.9949 Жыл бұрын

Are u finishing your psychology career?

@emilykay4935 Жыл бұрын

Hi! I currently do PSEO at UMN and I really love it because everyone I've met is so welcoming and nice, but I'm still considering Madison. Just curious, why did you transfer schools? Was it because of covid?

@growingupsprouts Жыл бұрын

Hey! I made the switch because of my major (better program opportunity at the U of M for developmental psychology), and because I wasn't loving the environment in Madison. I think it can be a great place for so many people but just wasn't feeling the best for me during covid times (I transferred after taking Spring semester of 2021 off)