Undergraduate Engineering at CU

drb
Mon, 04 Jan 2010 18:52:00 +0000

CU is a large research university and your son will get both the benefits and problems. My D is a physics major there. Yes there will be professors and TAs with accents who are not particularly invested in teaching. But there will be opportunities to learn at a level that cannot be matched at a non-research U. My D literally fell into a lab position doing nanotechnology - turns out CU’s Atomic / Molecular / Optical physics program is ranked #1 by USNWR. Taking advantage of this does require some degree of motivation and ability, but your son’s grades suggest he would be up to the challenge. (Assuming he survives freshman year - engineering students are reputed to be hard partiers).

I haven’t been to Mines but CSU does not remotely compare campus-wise - CU is beautiful and has a true college feel.