<p>The Univ. of Minn. is heavily recruiting students from the East and West. Bring those students will bring a more competitive application pool and $$$$. Therefore it is going to be much more difficult for Minn. students to get in. Because it is a land use school it can take up to 40% OOSers. Presently they only take 18%. The more oosers, the more money comes in from tuition ( and they can raise the oos tuition like Wisconsin does, and the other Big 10 schools) and the reputation becomes more nationally recognized. My daughter is a Soph. and works with admissions at the Univ. and this is the long term plan. Your scores and grades will be a problem.</p>