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UC Boulder is a great school and has a graduate program for environmental engineering.

It is a wonderful school with a lot of different fields of interests. The price of apartments, even school run apartments, are a little high and makes it a little difficult for middle class to attend but it a very prestigious school to go for in-state students with certain interests. Since there are so many types of degrees here, it makes it easy for a student not to have to go out of state for college.

This is a good school and I enjoy study here. It is also a challengeable school for sure.

My favorite thing about this school is the town. Boulder in an amazing city, always shimmering in the sunshine and bustling with activity while holding dear to the local businesses and initiatives which seem to pop up all the time. I have a mountain range in my back yard (The Flat Irons) and am in close proximity to some of the greatest sights to be found in North America. The campus life, city life and student life are all intertwined and work very well together. There is always something to do, something new to try or friendly people to meet at any point in any day in Boulder. The school is very large but CU tries extremely hard to have smaller communities formed within the greater CU student body. There are thousands of students I will never meet in my time at CU, but I never feel overwhelmed or feel as though I don't have any community to belong to. Anyone whom I encounter and tell I attend CU is always jealous and is excited for me to be living in such a fantastic place. Campus is giant and walking around campus is always a treat. There are magnificent buildings, tons of trees and nature and it is easy to find both noisy and quite places at all times on CU's campus. Football games and school pride thrive off of one another just as with all other sports. in Game Days, you'll find students, locals and families tail-gating and getting ready for a big day of cheering for the colors black and Gold! I think the administration is great within each school at CU. I have not had great experiences with the head staff of CU particularly with Housing, Student Conduct, and the like. I've met quite a few of the head staff at CU whom I find to be corrupt and dishonest, but luckily, few students ever have the displeasure of working with these people. They have no influence in the Academic Schools at CU (i.e. Arts and Sciences, Business...) and the faculty in these departments are wonderful and a great pleasure to work with. They are concerned only with your success and will do anything in their power to help you be the best you can be.

Being able to spend 4 years in Boulder is an amazing opportunity. Boulder is an awesome college town because it literally has everything you need in close distance, good food and fun bars, and a wide range of things to do in your free time. The campus is beautiful and the campus is continually increasing technology available to students. When I tell people people I go to Boulder (I'm an out-of-state student) their eyes light up. It's so unique and I love that it's part of the PAC 12 now. It's a great conference to get your degree from and our campus definitely stacks up with those west coast school. CU is different from a lot of other universities in that it doesn't carry a lot tradition or ritual. Honestly, it doesn't really have any. But the benefit to this is that you're allowed to create an experience for yourself and make your own memories and traditions. Like getting wasted at the Sink at 7am before you graduate.

I love it here at CU! My favorite aspect of this school is that there are so many different types of people here so you can be whoever you want and you will always find soeone to hang out with. One thing I would change is some of the class sizes. I am in a class right now that has almost 500 people in it and there are always people who have to sit on the ground. There is definitely a lot of school pride! Football games are a big deal here. Boulder is definitely a college town. Most students hang out on the hill and on pearl street. As a freshman I hung out on the hill a lot but now that I am 21 I enjoy going to pearl street more. When I was in high school I heard the stereotype that this was just a big party school but now people are impressed and jealous when I tell them I go to school here. They are mostly jealous of the snow!

I love it here at CU! My favorite aspect of this school is that there are so many different types of people here so you can be whoever you want and you will always find soeone to hang out with. One thing I would change is some of the class sizes. I am in a class right now that has almost 500 people in it and there are always people who have to sit on the ground. There is definitely a lot of school pride! Football games are a big deal here. Boulder is definitely a college town. Most students hang out on the hill and on pearl street. As a freshman I hung out on the hill a lot but now that I am 21 I enjoy going to pearl street more. When I was in high school I heard the stereotype that this was just a big party school but now people are impressed and jealous when I tell them I go to school here. They are mostly jealous of the snow!

I think the best thing about CU is that there are so many offerings that students can try to see where they fit in the best. There is a high number of student organizations that one can get involved in, from joining the school's ski team to a fraternity/sorority. Some people may think that CU may not give a personal feel when you attend class, which couldn't be further from the truth! When one starts out at CU, they enroll in classes of a couple hundred but as that individual starts to realize what they want to further study, the class size gets smaller and the student develops a great relationship with both professors and graduate students

Where do I even begin? I hated when people said this to me when I was going through application/decision process, but for some reason when I first visited Boulder's campus, I knew I wanted to go there. All I needed was that first glance of campus, a slightly bird's eye view you get when you have to drive down into the mountains, and I was hooked. Before my first campus visit, I had never been to the state of Colorado before, and I had definitely never seen mountains like that. Because of that, I'd have to say the best thing about CU is what I see when I wake up every morning. I walk outside of my dorm, glance at the big, gorgeous Flatirons, and then I get to walk through one of the most beautiful campuses I've ever seen. Something that I was pleasantly surprised by during that first visit was the uniformity of the university bulidings - they are all made of Colorado sandstone, that ties the whole campus together beautifully. Also, given the size of the student body, campus is fairly compact. I wasn't crazy about the 25,000 undergraduate students when first learning the facts about CU, but I found that it didn't matter once I was on campus because it has never felt that big. I run into people and have small-world experiences more than I'd ever expected, so the school feels just right to me. I was also lucky enough to end up in central campus housing. Because campus is so connected and close, I feel that makes Will-Vill one of the more unusual aspects of the school. William's Village is a cluster of dorms (a "living community") located about a half mile away from campus, and I'd say living there garners the most student complaints, at least at the beginning of the year. In most cases it would be much more convenient to be living on campus, obviously, but majority of the time these complaints are more prominent at the beginning of the year because many student grow to love Will-Vill. Some feel like they're going home at the end of the school day. But even with the positive adjustments that a variety of students make there, I'd say living in a dorm at the Will bothers people most. Then again, Williams Village residents are closer to Pearl St. than most students living on campus. Pearl Street is a huge part of what makes Boulder a definitive college town. Four blocks of Pearl are paved with bricks and cannot be driven down, making for a delightful stroll any day of the week. Boulder is overflowing with phenomenal restaurants of all sorts and great - great - shopping. Pearl Street provides a more family friendly, community feel for Boulder, while the Hill is definitely more college-oriented. The Hill is where tons of off campus housing, fraternity and sorority houses, bars, restaurants and The Fox (a very special convert venue) are located. It is absolutely run by college students and acts as Pearl Street's counterpart in creating that college town vibe. I've yet to talk about probably the most important aspect of any school a high school student may be interested in - the education and administration. Thus far I've had pretty top-notch experiences with my professors and advisors. As a student with ADD, I have both an advisor specific to my major and an advisor in Disabilities Services, both of whom have been supportive and more importantly, helpful. I know I can go to them with questions and leave with answers. I have great respect for the school's administration and hope to continue to feel that way for the next three and a half years. Part of what makes CU's administration as lovable as they are is their school pride. The CU Buffs never need an excuse to get rowdy for their team, but the pride our administration shows always contributes to their students' pride as well. Gamedays consist of seas of black and gold, many recitations of "Shoulder to Shoulder" (our fight song), as well as a few raunchier cheers. People sometimes forget that Boulder is a Big 10 (now Pac-12) school, and we take our sports seriously, no matter what our record is.

Where do I even begin? I hated when people said this to me when I going to through application/decision process, but for some reason when I first visited Boulder's campus, I knew I wanted to go there. All I needed was that first glance of campus, a slightly bird's eye view given the way you have to drive down into the mountains, and I was hooked. Before my first campus visit, I had never been to the state of Colorado before, and I had definitely never seen mountains like that. Because of that, I'd have to say the best thing about CU is what I see when I wake up every morning. I walk outside of my dorm, glance at the big, gorgeous Flatirons, and then I get walk through one of the most beautiful campuses I've ever seen. Something that I was pleasantly surprised by during that first visit was the uniformity of the university bulidings - they are all made of Colorado sandstone, that ties the whole campus together beautifully. Also, given the size of the student body, campus is fairly compact. I wasn't crazy about the 25,000 undergraduate students when first learning the facts about CU, but I found that it didn't matter once I was on campus because it has never felt that big. I run into people and have small-world experience more than I'd ever expected, so the school feels just right to me. I was also lucky enough to end up in central campus housing. Because campus is so connected and close, I feel that makes Will-Vill one of the more unusual aspects of the school. William's Village is a cluster dorms located about a half mile away from central campus, and I'd say living there garners the most student complaints, at least at the beginning of the year. In most cases it would much more convenient to be living on campus, obviously, but I say these complaints are more prominent at the beginning of the year because many student grow to love Will-Vill. Some feel like they're going home at the end of the school day. But even with the positive adjustments that a variety of students make there, I'd say living in a dorm at the Will bother people most. Then again, Williams Village residents are closer Pearl St. than most students living on campus. Pearl Street is a huge part of what makes Boulder a definitive college town. Four blocks of are paved with bricks and cannot be driven down, making for a delightful stroll any day of the week. Boulder is overflowing with phenomenal restaurants of all sorts and great - great - shopping. Pearl Street provides a more family friendly, community feel for Boulder, while the Hill is definitely more college-oriented. The Hill is where tons of off campus housing, fraternity and sorority houses, bars, restaurants and a very special convert venue are located. It is absolutely run by college students and acts as Pearl Street's counterpart in creating that definitely college town vibe. I've yet to talk about probably the most important aspect of any school a high school student may be interested in - the education and administration. Thus far I've had pretty top-notch experiences with my professors and advisors. As a student with ADD, I have both an advisor specific to my major and an advisor in Disabilities Services, both of whom have been supportive and more importantly, helpful. I know I can go to them with questions and leave with answers. I have great respect for the school's administration and hope to continue to feel that way for the next three and a half years. Part of what makes CU's administration as lovable as they are is their school pride. The CU Buffs never need an excuse to get rowdy for their team, but the pride our administration shows always contributes their students' pride as well. Gamedays consist of seas of black and gold, many recitations of "Shoulder to Shoulder" (our fight song), as well as a few raunchier cheers. People sometimes forget that Boulder is a Big 10 (now Pac-12) school, and we take our sports seriously, no matter what our record is.