Colorado College Top Questions

The best thing about Colorado College are the opportunities there are to study abroad. With the block plan you have the chance to study abroad for one block, an entire semester, or during the summer. Right after my freshman year I w able to study in Spain for two blocks and it was something I will never forget.

CC is a nice small school where everyone is incredibly friendly and enthusiastic. Students all seem to love the school but are lacking school spirit regarding sports. It is nice to be able to walk around campus and see familiar faces everywhere I go. Unfortunately the majority of Colorado Spring dislikes the school, but there are a few cute coffee shops and an excellent ice cream place downtown, which luckily is walking distance from campus. Campus is absolutely beautiful in the winter when the christmas lights illuminate the snow along the walk ways.

Awesome size, totally perfect for me. CO Springs is pretty lame, and you neeeeeed a car to not feel trapped on campus. But its a fun community and you can usually find stuff you want to do. There's a weird sense of school pride, like we know our school is weird but we totally rep it. One issue - when I tell people I go to CC, they're like, "Oh, Boulder, nice." IT'S NOT BOULDER.

colorado college is way different then colorado springs, it is much more liberal and kind of in its own bubble. the opportunity for study abroad is amazing though

The best thing about Colorado College is the block plan on the honor code. It filters into our lives not only academically, but socially as well. We do things at full volume academically with hours of studying, homework, fieldwork, labs, and extensive essays. We ARE cramming in a semesters amount of work into three and a half weeks. The honor code allows our professors to teach us like adults, with no test at CC ever being proctored because they trust that we will not violate the honor code by cheating. Not only is this a great way to learn with great class discussions and in-depth analysis, but social lives on the block plan are equally as amazing. As intense as our academic lives are, our social lives are two. Block 1 and 8 follow the "Senior Calendar" with a party every night of the week, and the weekends are even better. The majority of parties here are theme parties, with people parading around in outrageous and silly outfits. Advice to incoming freshmen-bring a lot of neon and spandex. Since students are required to live on campus, our campus is really tight and quite the bubble from the conservative bastion of surrounding Colorado Springs. I love the CC Administration, the President is an incredibly cool guy who holds regular office hours in the worner campus center, and is always willing to listen and loves the school. The dean is amazing, and everyone responds when you need help. I needed money or a place to stay in Washington DC for an internship this summer, so I sent out an email to a ton of administrators, and after a week, one admin found a family of CC student willing to host me. You can do anything you want at this school, and with the backdrop of the Rocky Mountains, including Pikes Peak-thats the literally beauty of it.

CC is first and foremost a great place to learn. You are inundated by a population of people willing to learn and also have fun, and you are with them all the time because you live together. I usually spend most of my time on campus either in the student centre getting a coffee with friends or alone to study, or in my house/hall with my roommates, or if it's warm studying or hanging out outside.

"Work hard, play hard" is the perfect motto for CC

The best thing about CC is the block plan. Many professors tell us that we work harder than most undergraduate programs, but we don't know the difference. We are all capable of writing a 10 page paper and reading 100 pages for the next day. Thats life here and everyone gets used to it. Because generally, even if you have that much work to do, you'll still go out that night, go nuts, get your work done, and probably end up with an A in the class. Thats entirely possible. Another awesome thing about the block plan is that lots of classes travel because that professor owns you for the block. I've been to Santa Fe twice, Alaska once, Chile once, and to several different places in CO numerous times. My friends have done better: one went to Italy, London, one to Greece, many to Chile and Argentina, and so many students go to Taiwan, Somolia, and Spain. Those aren't abroad programs, those are BLOCKS! We're the only school that does that much traveling, and simply because we can. I'm from a huge high school, about 4,000 students. CC is close to 1900 students. And this school has never felt too small for me. People react in different ways when I tell them I go to CC. Some people think I'm naming some community college, and that sucks. But for people who know the name, they're impressed. Colorado Springs isn't much of a college town, but we have good areas. This is also the Air Force town and a HUGE Christian town. Areas here are great for us, but most of the time the area is too conservative for CC students.

I feel like the size and number of students at Colorado College is about just right. The campus is small enough to make getting to classes bearable when the weather is just dumping snow, but big enough to allow for alot of different activities and places to go. As for the number of students, its just enough where everyday i see someone I don't know, but when I go out and party I usually recognize everyone there as have seen them around campus.

The best thing about CC is the block system. Bottom line. It's why people all over the world come here. And it just makes sense. Followed closely are the quality of professors, small class sizes, and Colorado Springs setting--the ideal college town with a 400,000 population so you feel like you're in a real city, but close enough to the Rockies that you can get away from civilization within minutes.