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[quote=Anonymous]PhD alum who still lives in Colorado commenting on undergrad experience. The university has a wide mix of kids, but it is not as racially diverse as the DC area. It’s only slightly more in-state than out-of-state, and in-state kids come from wider socioeconomic backgrounds. Lots of opportunities for outdoors activities, some kids plan their class schedules so that they can go skiing on certain weekdays. There’s Greek life, but plenty of people don’t join.

The engineering school is great, would be thrilled if my kid attended. The posted acceptance rate is around 80%, but the out-of-state acceptance rate is lower, and engineering is even lower. Lots of people end up getting into Exploratory Studies vs. Engineering and some people get upset. They assume since CU has an high posted acceptance rate, they deserve to get directly in. Unless they changed it recently, you basically just need a B average in pre-req classes to get into Engineering from Exploratory Studies.

I would also look into Colorado Mines because it may end being similar in terms of admissions difficulty and is also a great school. Colorado State and Denver are not as strong in engineering and I would not recommend. [/quote]

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