pcristiani, many people ask because lots of stateschools take a certain % of their incoming class from in-state making it harder to get in from out of state. I really do not think that the harshness of your response was something that was necessary to answer Irishguy's question.
In fact I am going to call you out as being ridiculously rude towards someone who is simply asking a question. If in fact people asking if it was harder to get in OOS did bother you from this thread why did you not start your own thread and mention that, giving evidence as to where you found it rather than attacking? Just a point for you, being in state also means you have completed that schools specific requirements for graduation from HS as most school districts base it off of that. It also means that the admissions committee will know about your school and the track record students from that school have at the University. So being from in-state really can make a difference regardless of policy.
Anyway. To answer Irishguy's question, as believersmom and zouman said it really depends. On the college and what you do other than school. I am an IB student from Colorado who was accepted to CLA, my GPA may be lower than alot of applicants (around a 3.4 unweighted) but I am dedicated to a few activities and spend tons of time on them as well as taking risks and doing things like IB (its my schools first year) and joining the swim team as a senior. The U seems to have a really good holistic admissions process. The link that believersmom provided will probably give you a good indication. If you fit into the first or second category for the school you are interested in and have some interests outside of studying you are probably good. Now that doesn't mean you should slack off and what not, but I don't think that OOS at Minnesota is as big a deal as it is at some schools like pcristiani said, but just pretend it does and work really hard
You might get a scholarship or something.
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