University of Denver Top Questions

I honestly feel that there is a place for everyone at DU. There are so many organizations; religious, political, nationality, greek life, club sports, hobbies etc. Whenever someone transfers from DU for anything besides financial reasons I can't believe it. How? Did they even try to reach out to the DU community? Because if they did it would be impossible to not feel welcomed.

Someone who is self-motivated, loves the mountains, is looking to make friends for life, enjoys everything that a big city has to offer but with a slower pace of life, and someone who is looking to experience new things in life.

An individualist who cares about the enivronment

Students whose parents make a lot of money but can't really help pay for school because DU's financial aid office doesn't really understand that and won't give much financial aid.

Someone who wants to join a typical soroity or frat. White, upper middle class or wealthy. Enjoys outdoor activites.

very self-conscious.

Denver is an extremely spacious Western city with a largely unreliable (but quickly improving!) public transportation system. I would not recommend this school for anyone used to walking cities like New York, Chicago, or even Portland. Although Denver is a pretty liberal, fairly diverse city overall, the University of Denver itself is surprisingly conservative, white, and wealthy. There are very large and loud Republican and Christian groups on campus, so I would not recommend this school to anyone who would be annoyed at this being the apparent (but not representative of the student body as a whole, of course) norm.

I honestly think there is a niche for anyone at this school. The diversity is not outstanding, so if that is important to your college experience, maybe this wouldn't be the right place.