Colorado State University-Fort Collins Top Questions

My favorite class right now is MGT 320- Contemporary Management Principles. Jim McCambridge is a really good professor and the class is the perfect size for student-professor communication. My favorite class so far is Bus 200-Business Communications with Brenda Ogden. I learned a lot about how to write professionally and how to give a good presentation. Much better than Speech! Most of my classes are preparing me for a career, but most of the core classes are just for your own basic knowledge and can be pretty frustrating. I'm a business major and I had to take Intro to Prehistory for my history credit. It was really hard for me to understand and pay attention to!

Some of my professors know my name, but usually in small classes. My favorite class is my social work practicum. My least favorite class is anthropology. I think many of the professors are morons who are in their own little world. I think CSU has great academic requirements; just the right amount. Students don't seem competitive and outside of class there isn't much intellectual conversation.

I'm a chemistry major here at CSU so my experience has been a little different. From day one, I was placed in a chemistry class for chemistry majors. As you probably imagined, there were not many of us. General chemistry and organic chemistry were the only classes we had our own sections for, but in physics we'd still sit together and study for exams together in the chemistry majors' lounge. This was really helpful because I've never felt like I'm doing this alone. While every major doesn't have something quite like this, I would encourage everyone to meet the students in their major if they're given the opportunity and make this happen for you. Having a solid group to fall back on when you're not understanding something is the biggest help in college. As far as academic rigor is concerned, it really depends on the class. There are some classes that you will barely need to study for and, especially as you get older, there will be classes that seem to take up all of your time. What is important is to meet with your advisor when you're sorting out your schedule so they can guide in spreading out your more time consuming requirements. I didn't take all of my elective classes freshman and sophomore year so that I'd have something easy to take when my chemistry classes were getting hard. That's been important

I came to CSU wanting to go to Veterinary School (which I did - Yeah!) The pre-veterinary program was amazing. There is a lot of advising support for both academics and activities needed to get into vet school. The Pre-Vet Club is a large organization that provides a lot of opportunities and a great networking tool. I was a biology major in the Honors Program. The Honors program was amazing. In the place of some of the core requirements (speech, writing, social studies, etc) I took seminars that covered several of the areas. My favorite was Pulp Fiction in which we looked at the noir genre, compared movies to books, and looked at impacts on society. The science courses I took were also very good quality and I feel like it gave me a great foundation for vet school. Plus, I got to meet some of the vet school professors in some of my undergraduate classes.

In college, you take control of your own education. If you don't want to come to class, don't, then just remember that for the exam, your going to be wondering if you studied everything you needed to, and it's harder to read and understand someone else's notes. Personal experience: if you go to class, do the homework, and listen, you'll get at least a decent grade. Put in that little bit of extra effort on the exams, and you're set for an A.

The professors are wonderful. They really want to see you succeed and are there for you if you have any questions. Almost all of my professors know me by name and ask how I'm doing. CSU also has this internet program called RamRatings where you can see what past students have said about a particular professor so you know who you should get.

Class participation is at an average level. About half the people are active members. The most unique class that I have taken is Insects and Society.

Do professors know your name? No Tell us about your favorite class. Least favorite? Math classes. Language classes. Are students competitive? Yes

The academics is so hard for no reason.

The academics are not too tough. BUt as I progress into my sophomore, junior, and senior year, I'm sure they will get harder. I do not enjoy any of my classes but that is probably because I am open option.