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Woohoo for Fitness

Our Atheltic facilities here at DU are AMAZING. We have a state of the art gym, with lots of classes and great machines. Additionally, we have a very nice lacrosse field, soccer field and hockey areana.

All Are Welcome

Greek life is really great at our school. It's not so big that you feel like you have to be involved if your not interested. Non greeks can definitely go to the parties, participate in their fundraisers and activities as well

Not the Strongest Spirit

Our school spirit isn't the highest, but the Undergraduate Student Government is really putting a lot of effort into promoting school spirits. You absolutley have to go to the Colorado College hockey game if you're spirited though!

Yay for Dorms!

I would definitely encourage everyone to live in the dorms for at least freshman year, and I'm definitely having a good time living in them sophomore year as well! It's such a good opportunity to get to know your class, and make a bunch of friends. Most of my friends all came from the dorms! They are fairly reasonably cost, and DU does a good job with housing grants and scholarships. There isn't a ton of room in the dorms, but absolutely you can make it work!

Double Majoring Is So Much Fun!

I'm currently a double major in history and international studies and I love it! I'm hoping to work within the realm of public diplomacy, as well as teaching and doing research, and I hope to receive my PhD in Middle Eastern Studies.

My majors have been awesome for helping me to learn more about what I can do with them, and I love how much the two compliment each other. I love what I learn about, and I think that finding that is so important when deciding what to study.

I feel that I've been exposed to different career options, and I really have no concerns about being able to decide what to within my fields, but rather choosing just one option!

Do What You Want

At DU, the general consensus seems to be that you can pretty much find whatever you want, between the bars and house parties. The emphasis is definitely placed on going out to the bars. People also take advantage of how close we are to Downtown Denver for different film festivals, plays, concerts etc. At the same time there's a big enough group not doing to much of that and I really think that you can find your nitch wherever you want.

No Sophomore Slump

One of the information packets that they send DU parents over the summer is about the Sophomore slump that students can face coming back to their sophomore year of college. The excitement of freshman year and going off to college and getting away from home has passed, and that can sometimes lead to a bit of unhappiness, or drop in work ethic with classes getting so much more difficult. However personally I feel like sophomore year is really where I have been able to come into my own, and a lot of my classmates feel the same way. I've gotten involved with so many different groups, my favorite being the International Student Organization (although I'm just from America), French Club, and my sorority. I would definitely choose to go to my school all over again, the people I've met have been fantastic and I really enjoy the small environment that we have here at DU. It's awesome to run into professors around campus, and I never walk to far without seeing a familiar face. However there are plenty of different classes to take, and always new people to meet. We just get the best of both worlds!

Learning Can Be Fun!

Currently I'm a history major at the University of Denver and it's fantastic. I love the classes, the professors, every aspect about the program and it really works perfectly to my learning style and interests. I also appreciate how small the department is, and it really allows the professors to advocate for you which is awesome. My favorite thing to tell people about how well professors work with us within the history department is how because of some last minute decisions on study abroad, I almost had to drop my history major because of missing a few of the required classes, but my professor offered to work with my independently to make sure that I'd be able to complete the major.