Denver, CO

As you can see from the above picture, CU Boulder boasts a remarkably beautiful campus. Students from all over the country are attracted to Boulder for its beauty, close proximity to the mountains, liberal arts instruction, nationally recognized Leeds School of Business, and among other things, the CU party life.
My first year of college was expended on the CU campus of Boulder and overall I am very happy with the education and college experience I received there. For what I look for in higher education, CU does a lot of things right and above average. I could tell that all my professors were passionate about education and I feel privileged to have had the opportunity to spend two semesters under their tutelage.
In my free time, CU and Boulder provided enough political excitement, outdoor recreation, and plenty of outlets for volunteer work and community service opportunities.
My intent for college (though this intent of mine is ever changing) is to eventually graduate from CU Boulder though I do not currently attend this school anymore. But everything I experienced my freshmen year leads me to believe that CU will be a respectable school to earn my degree from. Thereafter, maybe a doctorate at Stanford? Who knows…
The one thing I did not like with CU Boulder was, when as a young and enthusiastic freshmen actively seeking to fix everyone else’s problems but my own (we’ve all been there!), I sought to create a group and school paper geared to reducing campus underage and binge drinking. While trying to navigate my way from this office to that department, everyone sending me to talk to someone else, I got the impression that CU isn’t actually all too willing to reduce the drinking habits of their students because that is a major pull and attraction for new students: CU Boulder the party school. Oh well, I suppose, that is business and they’re being good businesspeople if they avoid reducing alcohol consumption to maintain a reputation that brings in new students, but to me it still left a slightly sour or bitter beer taste in my mouth.