University of Colorado-Boulder

Pros: Beautiful campus and surrounding city, reasonably good academics.
Cons: High cost of living, safety concerns, immaturity of university administration, no diversity.

My Background I attended the University of Colorado-Boulder Mountain Research Station for a summer field course in the mid-1990's. Although my direct experience with CU-Boulder is limited to this time, I maintain significant connections to the ...

Pros: Beautiful Campus, Unlimited things to do, Constant Parties, SKIING
Cons: Rich spoiled kids, Easy classes, Not the friendliest place

I am currently a freshman at the University of Colorado at Boulder. There is so much to say about the school so I will try to categorize... Setting: You cannot ask for a better setting than Boulder. Words cannot describe how beautiful the campus is. ...

Pros: Very successful programs, students depart with a strong sense of understanding and level of competency.
Cons: Very high attrition rate because of equipment costs and competition.

I must apologize for my first review on the University of Colorado entitled, "Colorado Prestige". It makes very little sense and doesn't present the reader with any interesting facts or points about the university. I was a confused and disorganized...

Pros: Convenience of facilities, location, meals; several resources
Cons: Relatively poor living conditions, high cost

The CU dorms offer some of the most advanced features of today's best colleges. At the same time, however, they lack in several respects. Whether one will like the housing situation here or not ultimately depends on personality. There are about as...

Pros: Location, beauty of campus, program variety, weather and "big school" mentality.
Cons: "Big school" mentality, lack of diversity, Boulder cost-of-living.

After attending the University of Colorado at Boulder for the past six years (graduate and undergraduate), I feel that I have a fairly good knowledge of the overall quality of CU. Before transferring to CU, I attended Johns Hopkins University and ...

Pros: um.....?
Cons: Everything associated with it.

Attending the University of Colorado at Boulder was and will always be the low point of my life. I'm ...

Pros: Excellent engineering programs
Cons: It's not cheap

Since I am a distance learning (or CATECS as they call it) student at Boulder I'm sure my perspective of the University is definitely going to be different than those that are on campus. Just be forewarned that this was written by someone who has never...

Pros: The flagship university of Colorado.
Cons: Read the review.

Comes a moment of truth: I graduated the University of Colorado at Boulder.

This fact in hand one might assume that anything I have to say about my alma mater would be nothing less than sycophantic.

Never assume anything.

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Pros: detailed, useful info, well-organized
Cons: extremely limited course selections for new students

I transferred from CU-Denver to CU-Boulder this semester. I have lived in Boulder most of my life and it is very nice to go to school on a campus that I have grown up around and am familiar with.

I was worried that transferring in for Spring...

Pros: City of Boulder, opportunities, open-minds
Cons: too large, out-of-state students

I grew up in Colorado and absolutely love it here; I can't imagine myself living anywhere else. Because of this, I only applied to three schools: Colorado College, University of Denver, and University of Colorado. I was accepted at all three schools, so...

Pros: Top-notch facilities, staff; student opportunities
Cons: Hard work, large class sizes during freshman year

CU is a great place for undergraduates and graduates to earn an engineering degree. The College of Engineering and Applied Science at CU is one of the largest in the nation in terms of the number of departments, students, and facilities. There are...

Pros: Money, Tools, Powerful Education
Cons: Big and de-individualizing - creme at the top

Sooo...wanna get a job? A non-IT job? CU Boulder may be the place for you if you love your DNA and enzymes.

So Tom Cech wins a Nobel prize for his discovery of Ribozymes in the early 90's (if you are threatened by the scientific...

Pros: Great conditioning sport, fun, make lifelong friends
Cons: Expensive and training is HELL

The crew team at the University of Colorado at Boulder is an intensely hardworking, dedicated group of people that have perfected teaching and competing in this incredibly fun sport. I rowed as a novice heavy-weight on the number one shell (the...

Pros: Tons of opportunities to have fun, get involved and PARTY
Cons: Too much fun can hurt your GPA - moderate involvement

Between classes and studying there is no excuse for being bored at the University of Colorado in Boulder. With this school's variety of organizations, facilities, and activities, nearly anyone can find something that appeals to their personal interests....

Pros: Surrounding environment, Depth of the educational experience
Cons: Militant liberal organizations, you won't avoid confrontation, you'll learn from it.

This is one of the most beautiful locations on earth for a school. The weather is perfect year round; it's never too hot, never too cold, and changes with the seasons. The professors are forerunners in their fields, yet have a personable small-school...