CU is a good all around school. Engineering is a strength but there are many good majors in the different schools/ departments. Boulder of course is a terrific college town and definitely adds to the college experience. One thing CU is lacking in is diversity. It's getting better but compared to other large state universities, it is still a lot whiter. One very unique thing about CU is its student government. I believe it has the largest budget of any student government in the country. The student government owns and operates several buildings on campus including restaurants and the health center. It's a big deal to get on the student government and in many ways those folks gain the experience of serving on a town council or the like.

DU is a private Methodist University. Its campus is nice but packed with buildings and has developed a more urban feel over the years although nothing like NYU or GW. It is in a nice Denver neighborhood but definitely not a party area although it does have the original Chipotle just down the street. Lots of good programs especially business, divinity and liberal arts.

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Anonymous wrote:My older sister went to CU and DD goes to CSU, I have friends who went to Denver.

I get the impression that Denver is a more "professional" school, with students focused more on career prep than the "college experience".

My sister loved CU, and got an excellent education there (she's a scientist). However, we were turned off when DD visited the campus - we found it too large and impersonal, with kind of a "you'll attend CU and you'll LIKE IT!" vibe.

If your kid is more interested in the idea of living in Colorado than which specific school they attend, take a look at CSU. My daughter loves it there, and there aren't as many trustafarian "bro brah" types running around.

How large is Colorado State? Isn’t Fort Collins very conservative? I’m not being snarky, I’ve never been to Colorado so I’m just asking out of curiosity.

NP. I’m from Colorado. Colorado State is about 26K undergrads. Fort Collins isn’t conservative. It’s more moderate than the hipster, activisty vibe of Boulder, but it’s not “very conservative.” You may be thinking of Colorado Springs. Now that is a conservative town- huge military presences as well as being home of organizations like Focus on the Family.

Very rough comparison: CU Boulder is to UVA as CSU is to Tech.

Anonymous wrote:My older sister went to CU and DD goes to CSU, I have friends who went to Denver.

I get the impression that Denver is a more "professional" school, with students focused more on career prep than the "college experience".

My sister loved CU, and got an excellent education there (she's a scientist). However, we were turned off when DD visited the campus - we found it too large and impersonal, with kind of a "you'll attend CU and you'll LIKE IT!" vibe.

If your kid is more interested in the idea of living in Colorado than which specific school they attend, take a look at CSU. My daughter loves it there, and there aren't as many trustafarian "bro brah" types running around.

How large is Colorado State? Isn’t Fort Collins very conservative? I’m not being snarky, I’ve never been to Colorado so I’m just asking out of curiosity.

At one point, Boulder was my son's first choice. He wanted to study engineering.

Eventually he changed his mind because "if I don't cut it in engineering, I will be at a party school." He also was concerned that the school had too much appeal to people who wanted to spend their college years smoking pot.

My older sister went to CU and DD goes to CSU, I have friends who went to Denver.

I get the impression that Denver is a more "professional" school, with students focused more on career prep than the "college experience".

My sister loved CU, and got an excellent education there (she's a scientist). However, we were turned off when DD visited the campus - we found it too large and impersonal, with kind of a "you'll attend CU and you'll LIKE IT!" vibe.

If your kid is more interested in the idea of living in Colorado than which specific school they attend, take a look at CSU. My daughter loves it there, and there aren't as many trustafarian "bro brah" types running around.

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Anonymous wrote:Can't really compare the two. One is roughly 34,000 students and the other 12,000. Completely different experiences.

Of course you can. You can compare admissions statistics, what people in the west think of the schools/reputations, that sort of thing. If you don't know, don't bother to post anything.

I do they are completely different schools in size, which is what I posted.
You on the other hand did offer up anything except a rude comment. - how about you don't post anything.