<p>I've been debating about whether or not to apply to the Engineering Honors Program at CU and I'm a tad skeptical about if it's a good match for me. I'm especially nervous about being in an only honors engineering dorm. So does anyone know what the program is like concerning the type of people and what the life is like in the dorm? Also what is the guy:girl ratio?</p>
<p>I can ask a friend of mine whose son is in the Honors Engineering Dorm as a freshman this year. But, my son is also a freshmen at CU in aerospace engineering and he made the decision NOT to apply for the Honors Engineering even though he would qualify since he did not want to live with all engineers. He would have applied if it was not required to live in that dorm. He said he wanted to meet all kinds of people and not just engineers. And so he chose Baker Dorm and is having a great time and making lots of friends and doing a lot of fun things. And, he is also meeting engineers through his classes and he actually just pledged to a professional engineering fraternity. I know there are women in the Honors Dorm, but probably not that many as there just aren’t that many females in engineering in general. A lot of students do it, though. And a lot of engineering majors if they do not do the Honors program ask to be placed in the Engineering Quadrangle dorms. Again, he did not want that either but at his orientation I met a lot of students who were in the quadrangle.</p>
<p>I was just at CU for Family Weekend and visited with my son. I know another student who is in the Engineering Honors Dorm (Andrews) and got a chance to speak to his mother. Compared to my son, this student does not seem to be having as good a social experience as my son is having. He says he has season football tickets but has only attended one football game this season as no one in his dorm wants to go to the games. The Honors Engineering Dorm is located all the way over near the Kittredge Dorms, and it is quite far from the main part of the camps. I think the students in Andrews and Kittredge probably hang out together and do activities together. My son walked me over to Andrews one night, and we were able to get into the lobby area of the dorm. It is a new dorm and looks nicer than Baker where my son lives, but my son said he would hate it over there as it is just too far from the rest of the things on campus. They had lots of signs around saying they play “Quiditch” like in Harry Potter, but my son and I could not figure out how one can play that game and not fly. In other words, their activities in that dorm seem a bit esoteric. This student who lives there did say he was enjoying the course he takes through the dorm, and he did like the professor who lives right near the dorm in an apartment with his family. It is close to the C4C, the new dining hall, but to me it seems like that is the only good thing about where it is located…My son is doing a lot more with his dorm mates, like playing on an intramural flag football team, and a broomball team, and has plenty of friends who want to go to the football game with him. It seems like maybe some of the students who live there may be “typical” engineering types who stay to themselves…Just one person’s observation.</p>
<p>I am in the EHP itself. It isn’t true that there isn’t a lot of women in the EHP program. There is a 50/50 split of women to men in EHP and approximately that in Andrews as a whole.</p>
<p>If you’re a Chemical Engineer there will probably be more girls, or an equal mix of female to male. CHEN/CBEN has number of women in the program.</p>
<p>The Quidditch Intramural was started from inspiration from BU, Yale, Harvard “Quidditch” clubs and as such is just an offshoot of broom ball (almost).</p>
<p>I believe it is a hasty generalization to apply a correlation of engineering types to Andrews as a whole. Most EHP kids do go out constantly. Sure, it’s a little bit farther away than stuff, but every game day Andrews Commons is empty - everyone is at the game. People body paint, face paint during Game Day. There were Cow Bell wake up rallies before the CSU-CU game as well.</p>
<p>Andrews and Kittridge in general don’t centralize their activities to KittComplex, but a lot of students go to other dorms, events, parties on the Hill etc. No matter what, most parties are on off-campus and if that’s what you’re looking for, every dorm will be a little ways away. </p>
<p>As for comparative social life of EHP students, it’s up to the individual student. If they are more outgoing and sociable (Andrews has more outgoing types than introverted - maybe an even split) the social experience will be a blast. It doesn’t limit you from participating in intramurals at all. In fact, KittField is where a lot of intramurals sports are played, so you’ll be close to that.</p>
<p>As for location, it is a little ways away from Farrand (5-10 minute walk…not too long). But there’s been a trend with CU-Boulder’s development that has been pushing many of the new university centers near Kitt. C4C is an example. It is nowhere as near as far as College Inn or the WillVill.</p>
<p>I also like having a lot of upperclassmen that are not RAs live in Andrews as well - it imitates the Oxford model with the residential advisor living in Andrews itself.</p>
<p>I didn’t mean to imply anything from my observations. I am just going on what my friend’s son has experienced living in Andrews. And you make a good point, it may have more to do with this student being less extroverted than some other students. I am sure Andrews is a lot of fun and a great place to live, it is just not what my son wanted for his own living situation.</p>
<p>I’m also in EHP program at the University of Colorado at boulder.</p>
<p>Firs off I would like to make it clear that the stereotype of an engineer is completely false. I personally have to admit that before I came to college I was concerned about what it meant to live in an engineering dorm. Would there be any women? Was everyone going to be complete nerd? But upon ending up in Andrews the engineering stereotype was quickly forgotten. Part of this stems from the fact that the Engineering Honors Program does not just seek to accept students who succeed in academics but also students who are well rounded and can be a great addition the community. That being said there is also a benefit to living in a dorm where most of the students are engineers. When it’s the night before your homework is due you will absolutely love the fact that you live in a dorm where most of the students are taking the same classes as you. Additionally, the engineering honors program is only a portion of the Andrews dorm. A significant number of the students are not in EHP and many are not even engineers. </p>
<p>The EHP program also means more than just living in the Andrews. So far the EHP program has helped me get a job writing code for the brand new CU supercomputer and partially funded/set up an group called SQUAD which is working to design and network autonomous indoor quad rotor vehicles. I can’t help but believe that the these experiences, set up though EHP, have helped me obtain internship interviews and offers as only a second year student from companies such as Google, Intel, Lockheed Martin, CISCO, National Instruments, Goldman Sachs, and several others.</p>
<p>The engineering honors program might not be for everyone but I highly suggest that if you tour CU you should come and check us out and at least apply. </p>
<p>visit the [EHP</a> website](<a href=“http://www.cuhonorsengineering.com/]EHP”>http://www.cuhonorsengineering.com/) to check us out and apply</p>
<p>Thanks to the students in EHP for posting. We toured Andrews Hall in November 2009 during the Engineering Sampler, and Scot Douglas, faculty-in-residence there and director of the program, gave an excellent presentation. Prof Douglas is a humanities professor at CU but he runs the Engineering Honors Program. He said that they look for “intentionality” in their applicants, and they try to look for well-rounded students, and for a nearly equal male/female balance among their accepted students. The dorm is spectacular - in addition to being clean and newly-renovated, it’s one of the few dorms on campus that’s air-conditioned. The pond, bridge, ducks, and trees in the Kittredge Complex are beautiful and relaxing. CU-Boulder’s campus is not that big - it’s really an exaggeration to say that anything is far away. The engineering center is - what - maybe a 3 minute walk tops. Certainly don’t let proximity stop you from applying. And do remember, it’s a separate application for EHP. The Engineering Leadership Program is by invitation, but there’s a separate application for the Engineering Honors Program. It would have been best to apply by 2/15 but there still might be hope for Class of 2015 folks who apply within the next week.</p>
<p>I am curious. I know CU Boulder has an honors program for the rest of the school as well as an Engineering one. Can’t an engineering student just join the regular honors program if they don’t want to live with just engineering students?</p>
<p>Sure! If you’re invited, you can be in the general honors program. You won’t be any better off when it comes to hearing about special research opportunities related to engineering, but if the goal is merely to be around other bright students day-to-day, then regular honors will do the trick.</p>