<p>Anyone out there with insight on this Christian Brothers university in Winona, Minnesota? How does it compare with other Minnesotan Catholic colleges and universities particularly the Benedictine, College of St. Scholastica?</p>
<p>Yes, it is a small school with only 1,350 undergraduates. No they don’t have a football team but they do have NCAA Division III men’s and women’s ice hockey.</p>
<p>Most people I talk to enjoyed or think they will enjoy their experience there.
A teacher went to St. Marys and enjoyed it very much. At the same time a friend’s parent went there and disliked it very much (parents made her skip HPYS and go to St. Marys so there probably is some bitterness).
Another friend went to St. Scholastica and liked it too. A good friend is applying there and got I think 9K-11K scholarship.</p>
<p>Remember that Winona is in southern MN located by the state school. St. Scholastica is in Duluth with the UofMN-Duluth. Duluth is beautiful, its right by the lake.</p>
<p>Here’s something I found online to generalize all the schools in MN. [Metroblogging</a> Minneapolis: Those Macalester Kids](<a href=“http://minneapolis.metblogs.com/archives/2007/01/those_macaleste.phtml]Metroblogging”>http://minneapolis.metblogs.com/archives/2007/01/those_macaleste.phtml)</p>
<p>HOW MANY MINNESOTA COLLEGE STUDENTS DOES IT TAKE TO CHANGE A LIGHT BULB?</p>
<ol>
<li><p>At Bemidji State University, none, Bemidji doesn’t have electricity yet.</p></li>
<li><p>At Bethel, it takes none. They don’t screw.</p></li>
<li><p>At Carleton, it takes two. One to change the bulb and one to explain how they did it every bit as well as any Ivy Leaguer.</p></li>
<li><p>At Concordia, it takes ten. One to figure out how to screw it in, nine to find an ugly enough lampshade to match there school colors.</p></li>
<li><p>At Gustavus, it takes six. One to change it, two to mix the drinks and three to find the perfect J. Crew outfit to wear for the occasion.</p></li>
<li><p>At St. Kate’s, it takes seven and each one gets four semester credit hours for it.</p></li>
<li><p>At Hamline, it takes three. One to change the bulb and two to phone a friend at St. John’s to get instructions.</p></li>
<li><p>At Macalester, it takes four. One to screw in the bulb and three to figure out how to get high off the old one.</p></li>
<li><p>At Mankato State University, it takes 1, but it takes him 6 years.</p></li>
<li><p>At Moorhead State University, it takes 3, one to change it and 2 to crack under the pressure.</p></li>
<li><p>At St. Ben’s, it takes 4,one to change the light bulb and 3 to figure out how it will help them meet their future husband.</p></li>
<li><p>At St. John’s, it takes none. We get the Young Tommie Sluts to do it for us, and they make us lasagna.</p></li>
<li><p>At St. Mary’s, it takes five. One to change it and four to talk about how they would have done it in Chicago.</p></li>
<li><p>At St. Olaf, it takes 100. One to change it, 49 to talk about how they do it better than Carleton, and 50 who realize it’s all a lie.</p></li>
<li><p>At St. Thomas, it takes eight. One to change it and 7 to ***** about how they wouldn’t have gone to St. John’s/St. Ben’s even if they could have gotten in.</p></li>
<li><p>At University of MN St Paul, none, down town St. Paul looks better in the dark.</p></li>
<li><p>At University of MN Twin Cities, 4, one to change the bulb, and three to write up a complaint to the Board of directors stating that they could have gone to a better school If they had wanted.</p></li>
<li><p>At the University of MN Duluth, the whole student body, there’s nothing else to do in Duluth on the weekends.</p></li>
<li><p>At University of MN Morris, it takes 1; he just holds the bulb and waits for the world to revolve around him.</p></li>
<li><p>At Winona State University, it takes 3, one to change it and 2 to figure out how to turn it on.</p></li>
</ol>
<p>21.At St. Cloud State University, “who gives a F***… let’s drink in the dark!!!”</p>
<p>Well, that post is admittedly going to be hard to beat, and how many St. Scholastica students, I am almost afraid to ask?</p>
<p>Jespere, I trust you are having a good experience in Collegeville. St. John’s U. (MN) has the second highest U.S. News National LAC ranking for a Catholic LAC, after Holy Cross.</p>
<p>Jespere, disregard my last post. My eyes jumped quickly to the list and I didn’t catch the reference to the blog or the omitted caveat there: “Someone forwarded this to me awhile back. It offends nearly everyone, but pretty accurately sums things up.”</p>
<p>Oh yeah lol. I found it while looking stuff up for Macalester (I don’t do drugs) so I can’t tell you too much about catholic colleges. All I can really tell you is that people who’ve been there really enjoyed it. And St. Johns is by St. Cloud, another state school city. It is affiliated with St. Bens and the students interact but go to classes separately. A teacher went to St. Johns and seemed to come out alright. St. Thomas is in the cities and has a consortium with Mac, St. Kates (guessing you are a guy so…I’ll skip telling you about this), Bethel, and someplace else I think. None are amazingly difficult to get into. What are you looking for in a school?</p>
<p>Where are you from?</p>
<p>“13. At St. Mary’s, it takes five. One to change it and four to talk about how they would have done it in Chicago.” So it appears St. Mary’s has the reputation at least, of having lots of students from the Chicagoland area. Is that still the case and what would be the percentage?</p>