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and I have taken classes there on and off over the years.
My niece lives in one of the dorms, which is grim and institutional, and the food is dreadful. (This has not changed in the past 30 years, which is how long ago it was that I stayed over in a U dorm.) I know that students always say that college food is bad, but in this case, it's really true. Fortunately, there are a lot of good restaurants around.
Depending on what you study, your classes may be anywhere from ten to three hundred people, but even in the biggest classes, you'll have sectional meetings with TAs. Be aware that certain courses that freshmen often take, such as beginning biology, are "flunk out" courses, designed to weed out a certain percentage of the students.
The Minneapolis campus, which is the one I presume you're going to, is on both sides of the Mississippi, a couple of miles from downtown Minneapolis. You are on a direct bus line to both downtown Mpls and downtown St. Paul. There are three business districts surrounding the campus: Dinkytown and Stadium Village on the east bank and Cedar-Riverside on the west bank. All three have the usual student-oriented businesses. As at most large universities, there is every imaginable kind of extra-curricular activity, and if that's not enough for you, you have two large cities side by side, so if you can't find something to do in your spare time, there's no help for you.
I would say that the U (which is what everyone calls it) is best for highly motivated students who know exactly what they want to do, especially if it is in an unusual subject area, not so good for an unmotivated student who has no particular intellectual interests.
I hope this helps.
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