Phil
Freshman year you will have classes with hundreds of other people and take your finals in a basketball stadium. But by senior year your classes will be cut down in size and more interaction is held. On the plus side that stadium is sponsored by Coors.
Amy
There's two types of classes, the small classes where the teachers know you by name, and the large lectures where they probably don't but that's not necessarily a bad thing, just different. Libraries and study halls, lobbies and fields, there constantly full of people studying or hanging out.
Andy
I know all my professors because I go to office hours and sit in the front row. The professors here are like celebrities. They are very well know, published scholars and they honestly just want to talk to students and answer their questions.
Sasha
Its pretty diverse. Some teachers are really laid back and awesome. Others kinda suck. There is no "typical" professor.
Bonnie
If you put the time in, the professor will learn your name pretty fast, unless they know your name on the first day of class. Usually there is one or two people who participate, and the rest snicker and text in the back. In certain classes, like business or polisci students are extremely competative. Some of the fields, like communication, are not really geared towards getting a job, but just a degree.
Jennifer
Academics were harder than I thought, make sure you check your professor on ratemyprofessor.com before enrolling in a class..I learned the hard way. Make sure to stay on top of your work load and don't let partying take over your life.
Jordan
Classes are dec. Not very tough, you can usually avoid taking classes that look to be a lot of work. You'll get the hang of it. Its pretty easy school for being the 11th best.
Justin
About half of my classes freshmen year were in lecture halls with over 300 students. and in those classes only one professor didn't know my name. You need to make yourself known in lectures, that is the only way you will be notice among a group that big, also go in for office hours or just talk to the professor after class, They are very nice and usually willing to help if they can. Also if you are in the dorms take part in the free tutoring you can receive for just about any class. Classes are competitive. I am taking classes to transfer into the Engineering department and the classes are very difficult.
Lauren
At CU there is a variety of class types that a student can sign up for and some of them are large and informal while others are small and a student can really get to know their professor. The choices offered at CU really make it a better place because students get to pick the type of enviornment that they learn best in and enjoy the most.
maribel
big classes, so it is not very personal, but as you move in a more specific direction of your major, the classes become smaller. professors usually do not know names of individual students, which is a down side, but all of them are very liberal and free-minded which encourages the students to think the same way. our advising department is amazing. they have saved me from anxiety attacks many times.