University of Colorado Boulder Top Questions

To me the most frustrating thing about CU Boulder is the very expensive out of state tuition. I am from Texas but my mother has been a COlorado resedant for almost three years now, before coming here I was told I would be granted in state tuition but once I got here I was told I was not eligable for in state tution because my mother renewed her drivers license in Texas months earlier.

I am currently enrolled in the University of San Francisco, and plan on transferring to the University of Colorado Boulder for the Spring 2015 semester. The most frustrating thing about USF is the lack of sense of community. Although it is a D1 school for sports, games are not a big event and with everyone living in separate parts of the city there is no one place to be with fellow Dons. The frustrating thing about Boulder is that I'm not there yet!

Most of the introductory classes at CU are very large. This made the transition from high school to college much tougher and unless you are willing to adjust, it can be a difficult learning environment. This less intimate structure poses opportunitites for students to fade into the background and to not take full advantage of their college education. To do that, I had to see my professor or TAs during office hours to get one on one learning and to better understand the matieral being taught. Overall, it took more time and effort on the student to truely be successful.

The most frustrating part about my school is the size of classes at the lower division undergradte level. Some classrooms are stuffed with 250 students, which makes it difficult to ask questions and get help when needed.

The cost of school, it is frustrating to be racking up tens of thousands of dollars in debt when students in-state pay about half of what I pay.

The college life in Boulder is very different than the high school life I had in Boulder and I prefer the high school side of Boulder

By far the most frustrating thing about CU Boulder in the fact that the school not only costs a lot of money but they try and take just a little more money whenever possible.

Financial aid

There is no air conditioning in the dorms, so its makes it very hard to sleep at night unless you have a fan.

Like I said above, the partying and the use of marajuana is the most frustrating for me. I just don't understand why so many people enjoy frying their brains and sacrificing their educationa and futures.

The complete lack of parking, or how expensive it can be to park.

It is such a large school that the bureaucracy for getting anything done is either super complicated or confusing. It is not easy to solve problems or make reservations in person. Their online resources are pretty good though.

The most frustrating thing about my school is having friends that feel like they need to live up to the Universities ranking as a party school when they are not normally the type of people to do that. While this may have simply been a case of immaturity of my fellow freshmen as we branched out from the control of our parents, it was frustrating none the less because I didn't share their desire to participate in this sort of rebellion.

The most frustrating thing about the Universtiy of Colorado at Boulder is meeting with professors. Since it is such a large school, many classes are large and TAs teach almost all of the recitations. It is hard to get a time to visit a professor's office hours due to the fact that there are so many other students wanting to meet with the professor at the same time.

My biggest frustration with Cu Boulder is that its not very car friendly. One needs to walk or travel by bike, espeacially to reach classes that may be on opposite ends of the campus.

The most frustrating part of my school is how many students are here for the wrong reasons. There is a large population of students that just come with wanton lifestyles. They spend, drink, and live as if it effects no one else. There is a real tendency to disregard themselves as well as others. Respect for their own person is minimal to the point of sadness.

The traffic in Boulder is annoying. There is a lot of people that go to the school and that live in the area so there is a large congestion of pedestrians, bikers, skate boarders, cars and buses. Plus everyone is trying to get to the same place or at least go through the same area at around the same time so it can sometimes be dangerous.

The school is rather large and the surrounding area is more expensive, so housing is an issue. Freshmen are required to live on campus and only a very small portion of the rest of the student body can chose to live on campus. CU does provide housing to be rented to upper-level students, but it is outrageously expensive. Living off-campus then is the only option, but rent can be so high, it makes it difficult to find a good place.

I get frustrated not having updated grades and very frustrated when they are posted no where.

The workload along with trying to meet with teachers. Also making friends sophomore year.