good departments and a few random questions

luce373
Tue, 02 Oct 2007 00:27:21 +0000

Disclaimer: I’m a first-year and have only actually been here a month so I definitely don’t know everything.

All of those departments are pretty good here. The foreign languages we have are all high quality, but we don’t have all of them. We do have French, Spanish, Chinese and Russian for sure (plus more that I’d have to look up). I do know that we don’t have an Italian department, though. You can always take classes at another college in the area, but if you want to major in Italian that might be a problem.

People go off campus a fair amount (usually when they have somewhere specific they want to go). There aren’t really any music venues within walking distance, but there are a LOT of good music venues (for pretty much any genre) in the Twin Cities. It’s fairly easy to get places by bus, if annoying at times. There are some good stores and restaurants within walking distance.

I grew up in a suburb of the Twin Cities and only drove in occasionally so I don’t really know about the diversity of the neighborhoods, but I get the sense that there is something for everyone. If not in St. Paul, in Minneapolis.