This place is for engineers, geologists, and communications majors that actually want to do something. The campus is safe and the professors are enlightening. The outside world around UCCS is stimulating and isnpiring.
Do you have any tips for prospective students?
Eat on campus - buy those campus dollars. You don't need to spend extra cash at Chipotle's or Chicfillet because UCCS food is always delicious. And for underclassmen, live in the special housing (Honors, Outdoor Living) because it really brings your spirits up whne you're having the bad weeks.
Do you find there’s enough academic rigor at your school?
This mostly depends on the major you take and your aptitude for such. Science and engineering folk will have challenging but meaningful work-- I don't know about everyone else, though. My humanities classes were serious, though-- few people miss class here.
Describe the dorm life at your college.
This fluctuates with your roommates and floor, but the people who live on campus are serious about making the most out of their time at UCCS. Whether this is through academics, social life, extracurriculars, stargazing-- it's how you contribute.
Describe the food and dining at your college.
I mentioned this in the new student tips. Never spend money off campus for food unless you're craving something specific. Clyde's, Jazzman's, and the normal cafeterias have fine dining, whether you're going for gourmet or casual cheeseburgers with friends.
What’s there to do for fun at your college?
There's a frisbee golf course right next to the dormatories. Beyond that, the downtown Colorado Springs is full of concert venues (headbangers), arcades (gamers), shopping malls and districts (spenders), and is located right next to the Red Rocks and Garden of the Gods. There's something for everyone and anyone.
Do you feel you’re getting value for the money you’re spending on college?
The engineers who are avoiding School of Mines' ridiculous tuition go here, as do pre-meds, pre-vets, and students looking to save for graduate school. The education prepares you for graduate work and for going into work right after graduation, and it's $20,000 or so per year with huge deductibles for in-state and out-of-state students. So imagine about $25,000 for a Bachelor's in whatever you want.
Share any unusual traditions or locations on campus
A lot of people dress up like the wildcat mascot,not just for Halloween. I've never been sure why - and I'm not referring to holiday occasions or football games. People come to class wearing wildcat costume heads; I think professors are used to it.
Which types of students will excel at your college?
Do you game? Play Settlers of Catan? Camp? Make s'mores? Go to concerts? Enjoy amateur and professional music? Have laserpointer battles? Partake in the occasional water balloon fight? Feud with others over the most realistic depictions of light sabers in modern technology? Like salad bars and smoothies and greasy pizza? Play chess? Paint outside? Bet on who could survive the inevitable zombie apocalypse the longest? Like to learn? Like to hike and meet similar-minded people on those hikes? Like wearing mascot costumes? Come to UCCS.
Are you involved in any clubs or activities?
I admit, they don't have a Linux Users Support Group like the School of Mines close by, but darn if they have everything else. With the exception of Greek life and Lovecraftian cults, students have started just about every club imaginable here and kept them fairly successful. I'm thinking of starting a Cthulhu Fan Club, myself.
Are you involved in any clubs or activities?
Unfortunately, no Greek Life. Unless you're talking about the Greek transfer students.
How would you describe campus safety? Do you feel safe on campus?
There is campus security everywhere, along with those nifty emergency phones. I wouldn't suggest running around at night screaming - I tend not to suggest that anywhere, let alone on a campus - but the students here feel safe even walking around after dark.
This place is for engineers, geologists, and communications majors that actually want to do something. The campus is safe and the professors are enlightening. The outside world around UCCS is stimulating and isnpiring.
Eat on campus - buy those campus dollars. You don't need to spend extra cash at Chipotle's or Chicfillet because UCCS food is always delicious. And for underclassmen, live in the special housing (Honors, Outdoor Living) because it really brings your spirits up whne you're having the bad weeks.
This mostly depends on the major you take and your aptitude for such. Science and engineering folk will have challenging but meaningful work-- I don't know about everyone else, though. My humanities classes were serious, though-- few people miss class here.
This fluctuates with your roommates and floor, but the people who live on campus are serious about making the most out of their time at UCCS. Whether this is through academics, social life, extracurriculars, stargazing-- it's how you contribute.
I mentioned this in the new student tips. Never spend money off campus for food unless you're craving something specific. Clyde's, Jazzman's, and the normal cafeterias have fine dining, whether you're going for gourmet or casual cheeseburgers with friends.
There's a frisbee golf course right next to the dormatories. Beyond that, the downtown Colorado Springs is full of concert venues (headbangers), arcades (gamers), shopping malls and districts (spenders), and is located right next to the Red Rocks and Garden of the Gods. There's something for everyone and anyone.
The engineers who are avoiding School of Mines' ridiculous tuition go here, as do pre-meds, pre-vets, and students looking to save for graduate school. The education prepares you for graduate work and for going into work right after graduation, and it's $20,000 or so per year with huge deductibles for in-state and out-of-state students. So imagine about $25,000 for a Bachelor's in whatever you want.
A lot of people dress up like the wildcat mascot,not just for Halloween. I've never been sure why - and I'm not referring to holiday occasions or football games. People come to class wearing wildcat costume heads; I think professors are used to it.
Do you game? Play Settlers of Catan? Camp? Make s'mores? Go to concerts? Enjoy amateur and professional music? Have laserpointer battles? Partake in the occasional water balloon fight? Feud with others over the most realistic depictions of light sabers in modern technology? Like salad bars and smoothies and greasy pizza? Play chess? Paint outside? Bet on who could survive the inevitable zombie apocalypse the longest? Like to learn? Like to hike and meet similar-minded people on those hikes? Like wearing mascot costumes? Come to UCCS.
I admit, they don't have a Linux Users Support Group like the School of Mines close by, but darn if they have everything else. With the exception of Greek life and Lovecraftian cults, students have started just about every club imaginable here and kept them fairly successful. I'm thinking of starting a Cthulhu Fan Club, myself.
Unfortunately, no Greek Life. Unless you're talking about the Greek transfer students.
There is campus security everywhere, along with those nifty emergency phones. I wouldn't suggest running around at night screaming - I tend not to suggest that anywhere, let alone on a campus - but the students here feel safe even walking around after dark.