Question to CU Students? (Engineering Honors Program)

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I was recently accepted to CU and got an invitation to the Arts & Sciences Honors Program. I was planning on applying for the Engineering Honors Program as well. I was wondering if any NSers are members of either of these programs and could give me some details and differences between them. Thanks!+K
 
pretty sure I will be attending CU next year and I was hoping to get into the honors dorms ....when did you apply (just for admission)? I knew someone who was at the engineering honors dorms and became pretty good friends with his room mate. Next year my schedule is going to be skiing and studying, but I'm looking forward to Boulder
 
If I were you I would do engineering and the normal honors program, if that's even possible. You will have a brand new nice ass (for a dorm that is) place to live and you won't be surrounded by nerdy asians in a shitfucked room. I'm in Civil engineering here and really like it, it's definitely a lot of work but you can still party harder than anyone if you have your shit on lock. If you want anymore advice PM me, I'd be happy to share my experiences
 
i know a couple engineers that have requested to live outside the engineering dorms because of the nerdy and lame students that fill them. i don't blame them, when you're around the engineering center you don't see the coolest people...
 
You can either:

1) Live with engineers who will be a little nerdy and not as rowdy, but will help with your studies

or

2) Live with non engineers and have a great time but find it much harder to do well at school

I'd suggest number 2...you'll still have plenty of fun and you'll do much better in a very challenging program.
 
There are three dorm options.

1) Andrews - engineering honors. This is the super nerdy dorm. You can walk around at midnight on a friday night and find tons of people asleep and the other half up studying. You probably don't want to be here, it's the typical nerdy engineers who just study all day.

2) Engineering Quad Dorms. These are dope. They are filled with mostly engineers, with some A&S students. Most of the engineers in here are cool people who ski, bike, climb, party, and happen to be smart enough to be in engineering. The nerdy stereotype is pretty far from true.

3) Normal dorms. I am a freshman and ended up living in Hallett, one of these. I like it a lot, but only because I got lucky and ended up with 3 good engineering buddies around me. The more likely case is that you're surrounded by tards who play dubstep at all hours, are constantly high, and can't hold an intelligent conversation.

If I were to do it again knowing what I now know, I'd try to live in an engineering quad dorm.
 
Hey, I'm a physics major at CU.

I'm living down in Will Vill North, and I'm pretty glad. Personally, the two times I've walked through the engineering quad dorms I saw a bunch of dudes playing video games and doing homework. Not that that's a bad thing, but I think there are more outgoing/rad people down in WVN. I wouldn't want to be in the towers though... When it comes to needing smart people around you to do your homework, you have a couple of options:

A. Get smart, you're an engineer

B. Do your homework in the Math Help Center or Physics Help Center. You can get stuff done there, and Ta's, La's and friends are there to help you. Apparently there's an engineering help center too, but I wouldn't know.

C. Meet people in your classes, and do homework together.

I think the best think you could do though would be to visit while school is in session and tour the dorms you're interested in living in, and talk to people who are there.

 
THIS THIS THIS.

I am studying Mechanical Engineering at CU and lived in the Engineering quad dorms last year and I would highly recommend it. It was overall a good experience because there is a mix of engineers and arts and sciences kids. Also, as mentioned in the above post, most of the engineers are normal and actually leave their computer/room (although there are always some cave dwellers). The people there are there to get their school shit done, but once it is done they like to have fun too (ski, party, workout, whatever). Pretty much just smart normal people who want a good degree and are willing to put the work in to get it.

I have heard from the very few normal kids who lived in Andrews say that the lives of many people who live there is run by magic the gathering card game, although I have never been in or seen the inside of the andrews dorms.

Aside from the dorms, I don't know much about the Engineering Honors Program, but the regular engineering program is plenty fucking hard enough if you are trying to ski and do other things along with school. In general, I would most say most A&S and business programs are a not too difficult at CU (aside from physics, chem, iphy, bio, accounting, a few others) but even the hard programs don't really compare to the engineering program, yes I have talked to people who have been in both programs (because they dropped out of engineering) and am not just speculating. I am not sure about A&S Honors, but I would guess that engineering is more difficult. If you are interested in doing something besides engineering though, by all means go for it and it will probably look better if you do it through the honors program, I just don't have any real experience in either honors program.

Boulder is a pretty sick place to live and CU is definitely the right school for me, I hope you like it as well and good luck with your decisions! Hope this helps and feel free to PM me if you have any other questions!
 
Go to Colorado School of Mines that's what I recommend :-)

No but seriously if you do engineering you will have to study quite a bit. Have a blast at CU that place is sick I go up there on weekends to party sometimes. (Way WAy WAY better than Mines for partying and way more girls) that's the only problem about Mines otherwise good school and good people
 
Girls from Mines are budget....but its a great school that can lead you into very well paying jobs.

 
I am a senior in mechanical engineering at CU who stayed in the "normal" dorms freshman year. It is just luck who you end up with in the dorms, I knew pot heads in the engineering dorms and world of warcraft nerds in my dorm. The majority of the people in my classes are normal kids who all drink harder than my other friends but you could also end up with a roommate who doesn't leave his N64 except to go to class. Engineering is a good choice and not as much work as people as people make it seem (except aerospace), if you get your shit done during the week you can always ski once or twice over the weekend. Its also easy to get monday friday off as a mech senior which is pretty sick for skiing. I just need to find someone with a cabin in winter park!
 
I agree with those who say the engineering dorms are the way to go. I lived in them as a freshman and would do it again in a second. I think there is truth to what people are saying that kids in the engineering dorms generally party less and might be less outgoing. But, the fact is: its CU, there is sooo much partying and if thats your thing you will be able to find it wherever you live. And if you are outgoing you will find cool people wherever you live.

What really made the engineering dorms for me was living with the people in your classes. There is nothing like being able to walk down the hall and find people working on the same homework assignment as you or studying for the same test. And if you lose an assignment or don't have a textbook yet someone else will have it. The people I lived with freshman year ended up being in my classes for the rest of 4 years, become roommates when I moved out of the dorms, and are now professional engineering connections.
 
I always thought was cool because I didn't live there...but I could see how it would suck living there.

 
you taught me the ways of the norlin library and brought me out of the darkness of the engineering library. for that, i thank you.
 
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