University of Colorado Boulder Top Questions

not having enough time to both do all my schoolwork to the best of my ability, and take advantage of the beautiful days for snowboarding and rock climbing

Sometimes get lost in the crowd

The Financial Aid Department is very unhelpful and does not listen to personal situations. They only read what the structred questions ask in the application. They are very frugal about the financial aid they give out, yet CU has one of the highest spending budgets of a university.

At times can be a little too research oriented and the quality of the instructors can suffer because of this.

Lack of financial aid for in-state students

The class sizes are hard to adjust to coming right out of high school. it is a very liberal school.

Class size!

A lot of students here stay out late and drink, so if you have early classes it's sometimes difficult to find things to do when not drinking.

Students here are very school spirited and care about where they are going with their carrers but they don't care about doing well in class and valuing their education, they just care about doing the minimum to pass their classed.

People can be a little distant sometimes, and the campus is VERY liberal. Coming from a conservative home life, that was a little bit of a culture shock. Other than those small things, CU is a great school.