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[quote=Anonymous]Visited last summer with my nephew. We also know several alumni who loved it. Here's sort of a stream of consciousness of what I remember:

They operate on a block system--you take once class at a time. This allows for fieldwork--a class in filmmaking goes to LA for a couple of weeks, or students go to NY to learn about Wall Street or sequester themselves at a school owned property to create an immersion environment for foreign language study.
 
Campus is nice, they guarantee on-campus housing at least for freshman-juniors iirc.  There is a student run garden/farm that grows fresh produce for the dining hall. The neighborhood is nice as well, older homes and the local art center is practically a part of campus. Its a few blocks north of Colorado Springs' downtown.  They are starting a library renovation.

Good hockey team, got rid of football a few years ago.

Study abroad is encouraged.

If your child is interested in engineering they have a program with another university (Columbia?) where you do your liberal arts requirements at CC and then go to the other school for your engineering coursework. 
 
Their students have a high acceptance rate into medical schools. I can't remember if they had a pipeline program somewhere or if that was another school our nephew was talking about.

The woman in the admissions office who gave us the initial presentation is an alum who received financial aid and it covered study abroad programs, etc. it sounds like they really want FA students to take advantage of everything the school offers. Her sibling(s?) attended CC as well, and she was from a local military family.

Nice recreation center--huge climbing wall. They have a bus that takes students to Breckenridge for skiing for cheap on the weekends and it sounds like they really facilitate students taking advantage of local outdoor activities.

It's not super diverse, but it does seem very inclusive, if that makes sense.  [/quote]

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