Colorado State University-Fort Collins Top Questions

There is a lot of pride that comes along with being a Ram. We may not have the best sports teams in the nation but I think we have the heart to make us contenders in that arena. In general it feels like CSU is a very laid-back place--a lot of people are very active and you can tell by all the outdoor stuff we have offered here and especially near by. I would never be afraid to approach anyone and ask them a question because everyone is so nice and approachable.

CSU is a wonderful school. It is a large school, but the individual colleges break down the size. It is nice being able to walk down the halls and see a lot of familiar faces. Ft. Collins is a great college town. I grew up about 20 minutes from Ft. Collins and could not bring myself to leave the area. A lot of people take advantage of our close proximity to the mountains and love spending their time outdoors. Our school lacks in school spirit, the past few years our sports teams have done very poor. My favorite place to go on campus is to the Oval, it is a beautiful part of campus during all seasons. My freshman year was absolutely amazing! I loved living in the dorms, there was always something going on. Some of my best memories have been from playing intramural volleyball, soccer, and flag football.

I think that CSU is a great school. We have a great beautiful campus with very smart proffesors. I love the location of this place here in Fort Collins. When I tell people that I go to CSU a lot of them think I am an enviromentilist hippi. There is a lot of school pride here and most people are proud to be a CSU ram. I wuill always remember the football games.

Two things: The best and worst of CSU. One of the best things about CSU is the town it's located in. Fort Collins is an awesome community that is just the perfect size. It's not too small, but it's not a thriving metropolis, either. There's so much to do that is all within an hour away and having things like that can really enhance your college experience. Now, the worst thing about CSU is that a lot of the improvements that happen on campus sometimes don't really seem like they are for the improvement of students. Sure, they build new buildings all the time. But in doing so, they take away parking lots and add to frustrations already associated with parking. The administration continually raises student fees for all these things, but somehow, students never really reap the benefits. Classes are still overcrowded in many departments, due to lack of funding. There's not enough money to hire new teachers to create more classes, and as a result, students get stuck waiting to take the classes that they need. CSU expands it's dorms, to be able to accept more freshmen each year, but then never accounts for accommodating any of those extra students.

Whenever I tell someone that I go to Colorado State I always get the response, "Good choice!" I love going to CSU I would not want it any other way. I feel I made a good decision.

CSU is comprised of people from many different backgrounds and cultures. Coming from Illinois, I have already learned quite a bit from my fellow students and faculty at CSU. On top of having a beautiful campus, Colorado State is located in a wonderful town. Fort Collins is a great place to live, and although CSU makes up a large part of the town, Fort Collins would still thrive without it.

CSU is just right size wise. I don't enjoy the 400 count classes though, its a terrible way to learn. I spend most of my time on campus in the student center, my dorm or the library. A lot of people are in the library. We sure live in a college town, fort collins embraces CSU so well. It's not a separate city from the campus. There is a lot of school pride, many love to say they're rams.

Fort collins is a big city with a small city feel. CSU is the heart of the town and in my opinion is a great atmosphere for shool. the campus has a good feel. the school is pretty large but offers opportunity to get into smaller programs, making it just right for pretty much anyone. overall i feel CSU has a pretty good rep and i am proud to say i attend this university.

The school is huge, which is good in the respect that there are alot of people to meet. If i could change one thing it would be the weather.

The best thing about CSU is the students and the helpful faculty. All of the professors that I have had have office hours, or at least are willing to meet with students by appointment. The people here are also really nice- everyone seems very open minded and helpful. The size of the school is also nice- there are plenty of people, but you still run into a lot of familiar faces on your way to and from class. People are also pretty CSU-spirited around here- you'll see a lot of students wearing CSU items on a daily basis.

The best part about CSU is all of the campus events. In ASAP we bring sneak peaks of movies and musical groups to campus. Last year we brought Common here for a free concert and we just showed a free sneak peak of Forgetting Sarah Marshall! My favorite place on campus is the Oval. In the spring, the trees are gorgeous and it's so nice to just sit in the grass and relax. The campus is really small to me. It makes it really nice because you see a lot of people you know, but it seems a little closed in and there aren't very many places to wander when you get bored of sitting in the Oval. The biggest recent controversy was over the ASCSU elections. Somebody was bothered that Taylor Smoot and Quinn Girrens won the election by a landslide, so they brought up an appeal saying there were unfair advantages allowed in the campaign. The most frequent complaints I hear are that the business lab in Rockwell 105 degrees no matter the weather outside and similarly, the Clark building is hot in the summer and cold in the winter!

CSU is a great school. If you get involved, there are many opportunities to make a lot of friends. I think it's just the right size. I spend most of my time in class when I'm on campus. I don't think Fort Collins is too much of a party town. There is an active nightlife, but Fort Collins is also a well-known retirement community. The buildings don't get the care they need, yet athletics gets money they don't deserve. There's school pride when our football team is doing well.

The first thing I remember thinking about CSU is how big the campus is. It was the biggest campus I looked at when I was applying to colleges. I think that's part of what makes it beautiful. It has the same things other campuses have, but our residence halls are broken up by our football practice field and intermural fields. I remember wondering if I'd get lost. Once you get to the academic part of campus, though, it's not as large as the residence hall part of campus but it's still got "the oval", a large oval-shaped field with huge trees and buildings all around it. The important thing to remember is the campus is huge but there are many different pockets into which you will fit. It seems daunting but I found some of my best friends living in the dorms and I found some of my best study groups in the academic portion of campus. And anywhere you look on campus you'll see something natural and beautiful.

CSU is located in Fort Collins, CO. This town is a great area - it is a good sized town without being overcrowded or too rural. The main CSU campus has a lot of open areas for students to relax, study, play pick-up games, etc. Compared to other universities, the parking situation is pretty good, too. I hardly ever had a hard time finding a space in time for class.

I grew up in a fairly small community where everyone knew everyone and everything. At CSU if you leave 5 minutes later or earlier than usual, you will see completely different people on your daily walks to and from class. If you go through the same path to your classes everyday at about the same time, you start to see the same people, obviously, but with a school that is so big, it can be daunting when you are walking or studying in the library and you look around and realize that you don't know anybody there and you've been going to the school for 3 years. You form really strong bonds with epople in your dorms you're first year. I made seven really close friends, anong others, and while some of us have left to go to different schools, we all still talk and hang out. It's nice to know that the people you met your first semester in college will probably still be there for you and visa versa in 20, 40, and even 60 years.

What I love about CSU is its drive to excel. CSU is at the front for finding more environmentally ways do business and to cut our uses in fossil fuels. CSU also tries to get a very diverse atmosphere on campus and so there are many students from China, Japan, Taiwan, and the middle-east. But what I like most is the welcoming atmosphere, the people here are very friendly and are here to work hard and play hard. School spirit is very big at CSU. There is always someone wearing green and gold "the school colors" on campus and the football games are exciting. As far as the town goes, Fort Collins is a wonderful place to live. The one aspect of CSU that isn't so great is that some of the buildings are not pretty to look at. But the school is working on changing that and it becomes more beautiful every year.

The best thing about CSU is how open the community is. If I could change one thing though, I think that I would change the management of the Collegian. If I was to say how someone reacts when I say I go to CSU many people are generally are impressed. This is without a doubt a college town. I feel as though Fort Collins really embraces us.

The stuff and proffessers are the best thing about CSU, but the buildings need more caring to be like the biggest universities.

The best thing about CSU is that getting things is so easy.

I love where CSU is located, in Fort Collins. I would raise the degree of difficulty in getting accepted to CSU. CSU is the perfect size, a little small if anything. I spend my time in my dorm. College town for sure!! The administration should chill out and let us live our own damn lives. There is a lot of school pride, which is great.