Should I go to Mines?

kjoneno
Sun, 07 Apr 2019 19:28:00 +0000

I am an IB diploma candidate as well! I know CU is pretty well known for giving 24 automatic credits (80% of a year) to successful diplomas, but it can vary based on your major (I know engineering majors tend to get less credits because classes are usually harder/mandatory). The benefits of Mines are that it is smaller so more time with professors and access to internships/research, they have one of the highest first job salaries in the country, and they have a student body that is 100% STEM meaning there isn’t a lot of segregation between colleges/majors. CU is cheaper, and is a lot bigger. Honestly if you were considering doing STEM and liberal arts, CU would be better because there are a lot more majors/minors to chose from and it’s easier to double major (or minor) in two completely separate subjects. CU is in Boulder which is much larger and more of a college town than Golden. I am not going to Mines or CU, but there definitely was a time where I thought they were going to be my only options. I was leaning towards Mines because I liked the environment there better, but I knew that at the end of the day I could not afford it. Hope this helped!