<p>Where are you guys from? We still haven’t gotten anything. Also, I heard that the school is very good at working with you if you just call and ask so if after financial aid you still cannot afford Denver Id suggest calling to see if they’ll work with you! </p>
<p>My son is a freshman and loves the school. We have been impressed with how they have handled most everything. His classes are small, he’s challenged, has great professors, getting involved with theater, likes his PT job, etc. He’s home on break andnlooking forward to going back. I’d be happy to answer any specific questions.</p>
<p>thanks. I don’t want to ask the “stereotype” questions about Denver. Instead let me ask 1) are the classes truly challenging, my child went to a very hard high school and is looking forward to further challenge 2) what are the other students like, from all over, interesting etc. 3) are students excited to be at Denver or are they wishing they were somewhere else 4) how about the business school, I have read, here at CC, conflicting things, such as it is a mess and a refuge for lazy kids, but our impression was very positive. I mean, my overall view again is that Denver seems to good to be true, a small, friendly university in a great location. </p>
<p>@chris17mom, where are you from? My DD haven’t gotten anything in the mail. </p>
<p>I received my admission packet today and got a Chancellor’s scholarship ($23,000 annually). For those that are unsure if they can afford DU with a scholarship, remember that rarely do people pay full price for DU. This scholarship will be almost a full-ride I believe once need-based FA is announced, and I have an upper middle class income.</p>
<p>@Pauimom We are in Arizona…he got an acceptance packet two days ago. @PneumaticCow and @Pgonz26 That is great news! We will definitely keep trying with financial aid! DU would be perfect for my son in so many ways! :)</p>
<p>not to be rude, this is anonymous, what do you consider upper middle class?</p>
<p>sorry, the poster who said that they would get a full ride even with a chancellor’s scholarship and an upper middle class income, what do they consider to be upper middle class.</p>
<p>@manyloyalties, to answer your second question first, in just his first quarter, my son has met students from several countries (including Ghana and one from South America, I forget the country), athletes, students of different gender and sexual orientations, numerous different majors. His description of his fellow students the first week was something like, wow, these are really awesome people! Certainly there are kids from all over, DS is from Hawaii, there are kids from all 50 states in his class, and I’m not sure how many countries. His new friends are from Michigan and California; his roomate is from Denver, and his suite-mate, ??? I don’t know where). </p>
<p>I haven’t heard anything about anyone wishing they were somewhere else . There seems to be a lot of school spiritand I think most kids seem to be enjoying their experience. </p>
<p>Sorry I don’t know about the biz school, DS is in CS/engineering/theater. But the law school and IR both have food reps. The law school’s graduate tax program is very well-respected (I tease my son that I’m going to go there and get my LLM in tax while he’s there, just to annoy him… but I may well do it someday).</p>
<p>As for challenge, I have to admit my son’s HS was not “top end,” nor did he have tip-top SAT scores. He had an unweighted 3.93 from a school, with a bit of grade inflation, and only one available AP class (AB calculus). He chose not to apply to the honors college at DU. He did take an honors CS class that was quite challenging for him, and he’ll drop into the regular track next term. I think there are opportunities for kids to be challenged - placing into or taking accelerated courses, doing research, dabbling in extra minors or double-majoring (it’s definitely a school that encourages breadth of study), and study abroad (tops in the country for percentage of undergrads studying abroad). But I don’t know what the biz school, is like in this regard, sorry.</p>
<p>Interesting, they’ve raised the Chancellor’s scholarship by $2,000. it was $21,000 last year. (DS got a Provost’s, which was $18,000, IIRC).</p>
<p>Thanks. </p>
<p>Daughter was invited to apply to the Honors College. The letter said that a brochure would be included but there wasn’t one. What does anyone know about the honors college?<br>
Also wondering about campus life on weekends - does everyone leave? With no class on Fridays (for the most part from my rudimentary understanding of the schedule), is it deserted? </p>
<p>@345winter Did she receive a letter separate from the scholarship information that was inviting her to join the Honors College? I’ve heard that the Honors College is quite challenging and as far as weekend life is concerned I know that people go into Denver with their friends or even Boulder and there is stuff to do on campus.</p>
<p>Yes, she got separate letters. One for merit scholarship, then this second letter just the other day inviting her to apply for the honor’s college.
Good to know that there is some life on campus on the weekends. D hasn’t skied in years and I worry that it is a very expensive weekend activity too. </p>
Many students stay on campus on weekends. In the Towers dorm, there are a lot of athletes and International students, and some even stay over breaks. DS is an introvert, so he probably wouldn’t mind if the campus was deserted, but he seems to have plenty of friends around even on weekends. Also, they are starting more Friday classes now, so for many the 3-day weekend will no longer be a thing. (DS had a 5-day/week math class last term, and will have another this term; all the departments are suppposedly adding more Friday sections going forward.)
The students can get relatively inexpensive ski passes and transportation, so it doesn’t have to be too expensive. And there are other things to do, both outdoors and indoors, on and off campus.
DS didn’t apply to the honors college, but he took an honors class in his major (CS) fall term, and it was challenging. It was designed for students who had a bit more programming experience, such as AP Java in HS, and DS really worked hard for his B+.