Colorado State University-Fort Collins Top Questions

I think CSU could use alot more of school pride because my cousins go to Penn State and they eat, sleep, and breathe Penn State. But here its alot different. Our athletics are terrible and that is a big factor in whether or not someone is going to have school pride. Its all about bragging rights and if our football team doesn't win then we have nothing to brag about and the same goes for all our other sports. And free gear is always important to help people develop more pride in CSU.

CSU is just the right size and the town of Fort Collins is an amazing college town. I feel like there is a lot of school pride.

I really like CSU and always get good responces when I tell people that I go here. I think that the univeristy is very well set up very student friendly and also i love the feeling that you are supported by the community 100{4a082faed443b016e84c6ea63012b481c58f64867aa2dc62fff66e22ad7dff6c}. I love the college town feeling there is always so much to do. Everything is very accessiable.

Coming from a small high school CSU seems gigantic. Although it is a big school, it means more people to meet! CSU is a good school, because their is so much to do here. We have a great rec center, and fun intramural sports, with fields always available to go play on. Also there are many extracurricular clubs and classes that can be taken for fun. I would say that CSU is academically a great school with programs across the board. A problem with CSU is our school pride. While I'm sure that the majority of the people here enjoy the school there just isn't that outgoing school pride you would expect, and this is due to our losing sports. If our teams started winning then I'm sure our pride will increase.

I think the size of CSU is perfect. I prefer a bigger school, but even though CSU is big, you still get a few aspects of a smaller school. It has the large classes, the crowds on campus, and the campus of a larger school. However, you will still see people you know on campus every week, have friends in classes, and, if sought out, will find the special attention people crave from their profs. In addition the city of Fort Collins is amazing. It is a place one could never get bored in. There's just way too much to do. It pretty much always sunny, but still gets snow. Yet, it gets nowhere near the amount of snow the rest of Colorado does.

I think that CSU has a lot of friendly students. There is always someone around to help you out or someone who will help. There is also a lot of activies and clubs that CSU offers to get involved. I especially like how fitness oriented CSU is. There are a lot of 5K races in town and the rec center is always busy with a lot of students. CSU is a very big school and some of the classes are very large. I have a lot of classes that can have up to 300 seats and are full! Knowing this it can be hard, if you are shy to make an impression on teachers. You really have to break out from the crowd. It will be important for when and if you need letters of recommendation. I spend a lot of time at the Lory Student Center and the Library. They are both excellent places to meet up with friends on campus. Fort Collins is deffinitly a college town. Many of the houses near and far from campus are owned by students and its a challenge to figure out where you would want to live after the dorms. A lot of the apartment complexes are just big party areas for students. Its cool if you like that but even if that is your lifestyle when you want to get sleep or if you have a test the next day and your neighbors are partying till 4 in the morning there isn't too much you can do about it. CSU has a lot of school pride and its good to be in a school that does so. I would say that the biggest comlaint at CSU is the parking. Parking is really bad and expensive. But it doesn't bother me much because I take the bus or ride my bike. It saves time, money, and the environment in the end.

CSU is a really fun school to go to. I was surprised when coming here how well-kept everything is. Every club is well established and easy to contact or join, buildings are renovated frequently, the landscaping is always perfect with groomed lawns and no dead spots even in the heat of summer. There are theater or music productions put on nearly every weekend for entertainment, as well as traveling comedians and shows. Everything seems to work well and it is easy to tell that funds are spent well here.

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I love how mellow and relaxed CSU is. I feel like I can walk around campus and always see a smiling faces and students who are truly happy to be on our campus. The University offers a large number of different clubs, groups, interests, and jobs for a diverse group of students. The University size is perfect allows students to share and participate in many of these opportunities. The University has made me more aware of the environment and global issues. The only problem I have with our campus is the parking!

Everyone at CSU seems to love being here. It is a wide-open campus that seems to almost always be beautiful (especially in summer and fall). I love walking around to the different dorms on campus, and sometimes I like to go explore the random buildings that seem to be scattered throughout. People are usually friendly and welcoming with quite a bit of school pride. Some say we speak our minds too much, but that's probably a good thing.