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I think that the University of Denver advertises itself to be more of an academically selective school than I think it is. I was under the impression that academic standards would be a little bit higher than they are, but I still find myself surrounded by people who do not exert very much effort when it comes to their studies. Students expect a lot more lenience from their professors with respect to grades and also expect opportunities to be handed to them. I think there should be a higher standard when it comes to success and excellence.

There is very little intelectual discussion outside the classroom. Greek life is very big and most of the socializing revolves around greek parties and social events. Without generalizing, I find a lot of students to be very shallow and sheltered with very little exposure to the rest of the world in a cultural and economical basis. Although the school has a working campaign to promote diversity, the student pospulation is very homogenueous in terms of ethnicity, race and socio-economic backgrogund. A lot of students lack curiosity towards the rest of the world and even current issues in this country.

After my first quarter at the University of Denver, the only thing that I consider to be the worst thing is the library. It is kind of out of date and doesn't offer much technology wise to help. I enjoy the rooms and space Penrose offers but as a whole it would be nice to update.

I cannot honestly provide only 1 worst thing about my school. It would be a tie between two things- the lack of diversity and the cost of attendence. To make matters worse, in regards to cost, it seems that much of the students' money is spent on unnecessary additions/alterations to the school and greek life (even when the student is not involved in greek life).

The worst thing about the University of Denver (U of D) and more importantly The Women's College (TWC)is that there is not enough on-line courses that can fulfill the obligations of a degree program. Being a traveler, I would liked to have seen more on-line courses so that my physical presence at the institution would not be necessary for me to claim my education and receive my degree. In our increasingly electronic world of today, and with the resources I feel that the U of D has at their disposal, on-line courses should be offered.

I'm not sure actually. There are so many things I love about the school that it is hard to pick out something I don't like. I would say the worst thing was the orientation. I transfered to the University of Denver this fall, from a local community college. Since I had already been in school for two years, I had the college experience pretty figured out. I also am an older student, so I have life experience. The orientation was a complete waste of time! I felt like I barely learned anything.

You must put yourself out there in order to make friends, if not you will not have any lasting friendships throughout your college career.

The worst thing about University of Denver is that there is nothing wrong with it! University of Denver leaves no room for complaint.

DU is very focused on making money which makes for a somewhat hostile relationship between administrators and students. My school nickels and dimes at every turn. For example, we are charged a $107 student activity fee because apparently that is not covered in our quarterly tuition of $11,868. They also recently created a policy that prevents students from stacking scholarships. For example, if a student is awarded $15,000 from DU and $9,000 from the busniess school then DU reduces their scholarship by $9,000 so the student still only ends up with $15,000.

The worst thing about my school is the lack of socioeconomic and racial diversity. Most everyone who attends this school comes from an upper class family and the few that dont are not really as active in the school.

The worst thing about my school is the amount of rich kids that are there. Coming from a middle class family that didn't brag about money, it was hard to go to a school where kids spend money freely and without being stressed . I worked hard to get to DU and have to be careful with my money since it is an expensive school, but in the long run I know my hard work will pay off. While it may be the worst thing at my school, it has shown me all types of lifestyles.

They don't have a standard to offer the student scholarship. Not fair enough for international student to get the scholarship.

The worst element of my school is its lack of inclusive excellence because The University of Denver is not very diverse.

The worst thing about DU is the cost. Even with financial aid, it's expensive to attend, which is really important to consider because it's easy to rack up debt and difficult to pay it off after graduation. If you are a MINORITY apply for all the scholarships and aid you can! There are so few minority students here that they have a huge advantage when it comes to financial aid.

Again, the lack of diversity. It is hard to find kids in the same boat as myself (not upper class partiers).

I think that the worst this about this school is the money that is so prevalently here. The classes and the school itself is a very expensive school. I do not come from a wealthy family, I am paying for school with my own earnings and loans. So with people here flaunting their wealth, I think that it brings down the view of the community of the university down in some eyes.

The University of Denver boasts an initiative to increase the diversity of the university, but their tactics to encourage students of diverse backgrounds are a bit deceiving. It is a nice small community of the diverse student populations, but a unified campus is more ideal. All of the Greek Life participants are from rich backgrounds and most of them are Caucasian students, allowing little opportunity for minorities to get involved in traditional Greek Life. DU is trying to increase diversity, but doing that will still leave the rift between the two student populations.

To be utterly frank, DU caters far too extensively to its athlete population. They can quite literally fail classes, and the coach can override their failing grades by talking to the right people in the registrar's office. While this is most visible with the famous hockey team, it undeniably exists for all varsity athletes. It's a level of corruption that disgusts me.

There are only really two things i would improve at my is diversity. Sometimes I feel a little alone being one of the few hispanic in the dorm. The other aspect of my college i would change is school spirit. While alot of student attend hockey and lacrosse game other sport rarely get attention. Also there has been on going dispute on the school mascot for years.

I don't think there are a lot of opportunities to meet new students. There are not many clubs and extra curricular activities for students to get involved in. If there are, then they don't do a very good job promoting them.