<p>I am a Cal Poly alum. That is a great school too. Love the “Learn by Doing” motto. You really do graduate with skills that employers are seeking. And San Luis Obispo is a fun college town, has fun yet very smart students and is close to the beach! I loved my time there and got a great education. the student body there is of the caliber of the student body at UCLA and even Berkeley, but its a very outgoing type of crowd. </p>
<p>Colorado State in Ft. Collins has a solid undergrad engineering program. They just re-did the dorms so I hear it is nice. I hear the labs are outstanding and are state of the art. We lived there when we first moved to Colorado. Ft. Collins is a great town–its 100K people but has a much smaller feel. And it is home of New Belgium Brewing company–makers of Fat Tire. there is also a big Budweiser plant there too. They have D1 football.</p>
<p>Colorado School of Mines has a great reputation for undergrad engineering, math, etc. Its in Golden which is right in the western foothills and very close to the mountains. Its a fun group of kids that are enthusiastic about engineering and science. They tend to active and outdoorsy too. We are doing the full tour on the 20th so I will know more then. Lovely location. They have a nice virtual tour on their website. Median GPA of accepted students is 3.7 I think.</p>
<p>CU Boulder is the state flagship. Also good reputation in the engineering school. Big campus, lots of OOS kids there. Active group of kids. D1 sports. Gorgeous campus. Boulder is often called the Berkely of Colorado so it is a bit more hippyish than the other schools mentioned. Many love that about it.</p>