Colorado State University-Fort Collins Top Questions

There is a guy who stands on the plaza (where almost every student must pass by on their way to any class) and he holds a sign that says "You Deserve Hell". I walk by him and, as a Christian and a sinner, I am almost brought to tears. What the sign should say is "Jesus LOVES You". The hardest part is when my fellow Rams argue with him because he says terrible things to them. Truth is, in every heart there is a desperate desire to be loved and that is all that Jesus wants to fill for us! No shaming necessary! Other than that the dorm food gave me food poisoning a couple of times. EW

There's a significant party culture. The student section at football games tends to be drunk students who are smoking. In off-campus apartments, and occassionally houses, it can be difficult to sleep or study because of parties or drunken individuals.

My school is not always religoulsy tolerant to Christians

The worst thing about this school is that bullying happens more often and no one does anything about.

The most negative thing about my school is that there are so many places to visit and hang out and so many clubs to join and participate in that there isn't enough time to do everything you want to do and still have time for schoolwork. It requires me to be extremely organized and have a schedule where I set time apart for studying and time for having a social life. Downtown Fort Collins is one of the most interesting and fun places to go and hang out that it can be hard to leave and go do schoolwork.

The worst thing about CSU is the class sizes. I had some sciences classes that were over 300 students. If a student was struggling the teacher never took the effort to email the student or to find the student help. It felt like you never really had a good relationship with your instructor due to the huge class sizes. These large sizes also allowed students to be rude and not pay attention in class. It was very hard to pay attention in class when others are talking, on facebook or on their cell phones which a large class size allows.

The school is very difficult to work with in terms of financial aid. The people who work at the financial aid office seem to know nothing and are not very interested in helping you even though you don't know anything. Their attitude seems to be that what's your problem is yours to fix.

I consider the size to be the worst part of CSU. I personally don't like crowds, so the main thoroughfares of campus can be a little overwhelming during passing periods. Also, I have several large lecure classes. While they don't bother me, I know they can be an issue for some people.

Personally, nothing is truly bad about my school, I love the school that I attend. But if I was forced to say something, I would say the worst thing in my school is that it lacks a school of law. I would love for my university that I am attending to have a school of law, because it would give me a higher possibility of attending a law school near my home. Sometimes, the drivers are not the best here either, but I would consider that as more of a state wide issue.

*I am a transfer student to university this fall, so this is a reflection on my community college, rather than on Cal Poly Pomona.* College is the time when students learn they have a voice, but that it needs to be used to communicate clearly and respectfully with adults. To waste this opportunity in futile arguments with instructors, or on engineering cheating methods on tests, is to completely insult the experience. To be an instructor who allows these behaviours to continue, however, is an even bigger disservice as students then don't grow in a meaningful way as human-beings.

You get swallowed up in this school. It isn't the biggest school in the country, but it feels ginormous. There aren't a lot of clubs to get into, so it's extremely hard to find a group.

The worst thing about my school is that they are always doing construction, so it's hard to get around. There is also not enough parking!

The diversity isn't that much and could be more.

Faculty and staff are typically very unhelpful. There are, of course, exceptions, but the majority of university employees are rude an unfriendly.

CSU-Global is not for the student looking for a traditional university experience. For a more traditional experience I recommend Colorado State University in either Pueblo or Fort Collins. CSU-Global is based on a pure online experience where everything is done online. If a student isn’t comfortable sending and receiving form, feedback, and assignments digitally, then they shouldn’t attend. All classes are considered fast paced and can become demanding. It takes great organization, dedication, and self-discipline to take all of the classes online.

There isn't much school pride. Everyone one I know myself included really love going to colorado state, but not many people attend sporting events or show up to school functions. I think this is because, we have lots of dedicated students with lots of pressure to do well in there classes and manage jobs at the same time. It makes it hard to find time to drive to the football stadium across town.

The worst thing is that some of the buildings and classrooms are in need of refurbishing. The two dorm towers and that area are so old and run down compared to other dorms; the quality of buildings and classrooms should be better for how much it costs to go to college.

The problem with CSU is how many extraneous construction projects they seem to start every single year--the library is great, but for some reason we need a $3 million 'study cube'; the dorms are fine, but they need to completely rip them down and build new ones rather than simple cosmetic fixes. And now they're talking about a new stadium on campus....As a student trying to pay for her own schooling, I get closer and closer to having to drop out every year because they won't stop raising tuition!

The worst thing about Colorado State University is living in the food becasue it all starts to taste the same after a while.

The university's financial decisions in terms of how to use the private and public funds are the worst. The reason I propose this is due to their decision to hire a new atheletic director after the previous director signed a three year contract with the university. Logically, I do not see the benefit in paying a $200,000 salary twice for two people in the same office. The university comforted the students though, saying it's coming out of the private funds. Nonetheless, if I was a private contributor to the university, then I would rethink my investment.