Yes, actually it was because our daughter did a summer academic camp at CSU that she became aware of the possibilities of attending CU, CSU and Mines. We toured the others while we were out there for the camp. CSU is a very nice school and Fort Collins is really great town. I have spent a lot of time in Colorado and I put Fort Collins as the best town in the State and think Golden is second. The primary reason our daughter chose Mines over CU and CSU was she wanted a smaller school with more intimate involvement in clubs. She is on three club sports teams, has a paid research job and is a part of couple academic clubs all as a Freshman. Our older daughter (Civil Engineer who attended a prominent state Flagship) said, the younger one has done more in her Freshman year than I did in 4 years and the older daughter was very active it’s just tougher in a big school. Yes, you have a lot of opportunities but you share those with the other 25K to 35K students. I guess it’s the Big Fish in Small Pond affect. Still I agree CSU could be a good fit in the OP’s case.
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