Undergraduate Engineering at CU

FoColo
Sun, 03 Jan 2010 14:21:59 +0000

My HS junior son wants to go to CU for engineering. At 3.80 GPA UW and 33 ACT I think he will get in. My concern is he cannot tell me why he thinks CU would be a good fit for him, only that “Mines is too dorky” and “CSU is for people who can’t get into CU”. He does not see any reason to visit the campus or talk to the Reps who come to his High School.
CU is a large research university. How good is the education for the undergraduates? How large are the classes? Are TA’s routinely used in labs and discussion sections? If the TA’s or profs aren’t native English speakers, can they be understood?