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U of M Trivia
CSE
Helpful Resources
Tips for Success
Engage and show your Strengths!
100
The Gophers!
What is the U of M mascot?
100
The grades necessary for you to be considered for CSE transfer admission.
What are A’s and B’s?
100
An advisor assigned to you to help you stay on track for your degree, help you to reach your academic goals, and guide you to important resources and engagement opportunities on campus.
What is your CLA community advisor?
100
The amount of time you should spend studying for each class.
What is 2 hours for every 1 hour in class?
100
An opportunity to learn about another country, its culture and its people, while earning academic credit- also an opportunity to learn about yourself in the context of the world community.
What is Learning Abroad?
200
Eric W. Kaler
Who is the University of Minnesota’s current President
200
The informative meeting that all pre-transfer students should attend so that they understand what is required for the admissions process as well as their desired CSE program.
What is an ICT Information Session?
200
Located in STSS 411, this office helps students explore career options, maintains a job bank filled with hundreds of positions looking for CLA students, reviews resumes and cover letters, and is devoted to finding CLA students future employment.
What is the CLA Career Center?
200
Ways that you can start learning more about your major and participate in the field before you are admitted to CSE.
What is research and student clubs?
200
A website that allows students to search easily for ways to be engaged on campus.
What is Engage!? http://engage.umn.edu/
300
This is causing the current construction on Washington Ave.
What is the light-rail?
300
The pre-requisites for CSE admission for engineering majors (except for computer engineering).
What is Physics I and II, Calc I and II, and Chemistry?
300
A place on campus where you can go that will help you with your questions about registration, financial aid, student accounts, billing, payments, and veterans benefits. They also have a very helpful website!
What is OneStop?
300
The amount of time you should be spending on your math homework.
What is at least 2 hours a day?
300
An online inventory you completed over the summer that identifies your top 5 themes.
What is the Strengths Quest Inventory?
400
The Minnesota Rouser lyrics are: Minnesota, Hats off to thee! To thy colors, true we shall ever be, Firm and strong, united are we. Rah! Rah! Rah! for (Fill in the blank) Rah! Rah! Rah! Rah! Rah for the U of M. [Repeat] M - I - N - N - E - S - O - T - A! Minnesota! Minnesota! Yeaaaaaaah Gophers!
What is Ski-U-Mah? (bonus points for you if you know what that means)
400
The preferred minimum GPA for CSE transfer admits.
What is a 3.2 GPA?
400
A compilation of past exams given at the U in a wide range of courses made available for current students as study aids.
What is the Test Bank?
400
Talk to a CSE advisor, attend an Information session, find a student group related to your intended major, study really really hard, and get A's and B's.
What is how you get into CSE?
400
The ability to provide consistent, near-perfect performance in a given activity.
What is a Strength?
500
The art museum on campus.
What is the Weisman Art Museum?
500
The composite GPA of all of your science courses including, physics, math, chemistry and computer science. (A 3.3 on average for transfer students).
What is a technical GPA?
500
Located in Walter Library, this is a place where you can find one-on-one peer tutoring, group study sessions, help with the Test Bank, online learning resources and peer research consultants.
What is the Smart Learning Commons?
500
A type of course where you need to contact the department to receive a permission number to get in-unless you’d rather wait until the first day of class and just steal the seat of someone who decided not to show up!
What is a closed course?
500
Represents a capacity to do something, “Diamonds in the rough.”
What is a talent?