University of Colorado Boulder Top Questions

The city it's in. While Pearl Street, 29th Street, and campus are beautiful, Boulder is dirty, dingy, and aesthetically displeasing.

The meal plans seem to be a waste of money (both too expensive and a lack of variety in the meals) but they make it difficult for a student to not get a mean plan.

We have a reputation for being a huge party school so I'm afraid my future employers will judge me based on that even though I don't party very much.

The worst thing about my school is that I am across the country from my home and my family. It took a while to get used to not seeing the people you grew up with for months at a time.

The worst thing about my school is that for some people in may be so big that some might find it diffiult to meet new people and really interact on a one to one basis. This can be a difficult adjustment from high school.

Big classes..

Make sure to be driven from the beginning. If you start to slack it can seem discouraging to finish and to do well.

It easy to get lost and pass by all the opportunities available to you. Try everything, gain experience!

The worst thing about the school would have to be the fact that many students 9but by no means most) don't take their education as seriously as they should. CU Boulder is an affluent school, and some of the people who attend are here because Mommy and Daddy will pay for it, and they were told that they have to come. These are the people who you hear about partying and failing out. Many of the other students party, but also take their education seriously, and are able to do very well.

Boulder, in general is a very liberal city. The university has mostly liberal views in the sense of politicial views which makes a lot of people who are conservative or independent feel out of place or starts a lot of arguments. You are looked down upon if you are a conservative or republican.

The lack of diversity sucks here. I come from the San Francisco bay area where diversity statistics shoot through the roof! I wish there was more of that on this campus. I think that diveristy is very important because we all need to be able to live together in this nation, and know how to get along with people of other backgrounds. Most students here come from upper-class white high schools. This is campus is similar to their highschool, just multiplied by 100! I also dislike the greek life, can you say middle school metality?

There are many students whose parents are paying their way through college so they don't care too much about doing the work and it tends to drag down the caliber of the classes.

In my major, the amount of work and having non english speaking teachers. Have many teachers with accents. Sometimes I feel tests are unfair and do not cover the material we studied in class.

The amount of alcohol and drug use.

I don't think there was necessarily a worst, my entire undergraduate experience was great! Perhaps sometimes the worst was going to school in a foot of snow with the temperature in the teens.

The way some of the classes are so spread out around campus.

The worst part about my college is the fact that the fraternities and sororities are not acknowlaged by the university due to incidents in the past. Along those lines are binge drinking, alcohol posioning, and burning couches.

They don't give adequate scholarships based on merit. I earned a spot on the dean's list and no scholarship was offered to me based on my college or high school grades. DU, however, right off the bat offered a scholarship for my highschool grades. I think that CU should offer something similar.