Posted on 10/19/2011 10:39:30 AM PDT by GILTN1stborn
I am trying to help my son, an Army vet, make a choice between going to school in Denver versus Alamosa, Colorado. He has lived a couple of months in both places and is under the impression Adams College is conservative, so maybe leaning in that direction. We realize there are vast differences between these two places, but I thought it would be helpful to get FR comments.
CU is quite liberal and lots of drugs and parties. There is a riot over something stupid once in a while.
Stay out of Boulder.
Colorado State University offers veterans free tuition
http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_18366458
What degree is he going for?
What school is NOT inportant, what he does AFTER school is. Might I suggest a GOOD trade school so he will NEVER lack for employment.
so thats why my kid wanted to go there!
I like Alamosa, but know nothing of the university. Give me a choice between small town or big city, and I’ll pick small town every time.
FWIW, I’ve been to Alamosa several times. Cool little town! Seemed like kind of a throwback to an earlier time.
Alamosa is an itsy-bitsy town a long ways from anywhere. It’s in the San Luis Valley, which has lots of irrigated farmland and is situated between the Sangre de Cristo and San Juan mountain ranges, two of the most beautiful in CO. Hiking, hunting, XC-skiing, fishing, etc. But the valley itself is not particularly attractive. It gets VERY COLD in the winter. Summers have beautiful weather.
Boulder is essentially a suburb of Denver and probably in the top ten cities in the country for liberal activism. Whole lot of stuff to do in Boulder and Denver, though. It also isn’t far from the mountains, but the close-by mountains tend to be heaviliy populated with Denverites.
If your son is outdoor-oriented, he might do well in Alamosa. If he likes parties, he’d probably be happier in Boulder.
Daughter went to Adams undergrad and then to CU law so she should have a good perspective. I’ll check with her and let you know. The free tuition at CSU for vets is a good deal too. Pretty much all the Colorado schools are going to have good access to the outdoors. It was 17 this morning in Alamosa.
Actually, don’t need to check on CU - it’s whacked out left. I’ll check on Adams.
Its cold there, I think it was +17 last nite.
Not really sure what he wants to study. He was mechanic in the Army and likes that sort of thing, but his back got messed up in Iraq and he has had hard time trying to figure out things he would like to do that do not involve long periods of standing or sitting. If economy was not so bad, I think something like an auto dealership service manager would be the type of thing he would be suited to do.
Check into CSU in Ft Collins...they’re offerring FREE tuition to vets - they’re billed as one of the most vet-friendly schools in the country
As I said, our daughter went to both schools so I asked her if CU is a 10 on the leftist scale what would Adams be? Her opinion is that ASC would be maybe a 7. Of course, my impression is that most schools are leftist so a 7 might be average.
I have a son that went to CSU and I know from talking with him that CSU has plenty of leftist professors as well. Of course, free tuition is hard to beat.
Tell him thanks for his service.
Community colleges are sometimes underrated. Universities sometimes overrated. Sometimes nice to get the first two years at a community college and transfer the credit. Also take the CLEP to get college credit.
Is he leaning toward a business degree.
I have a son that went and graduated at Metro and a daughter that went to and graduated at Regis. Regis seemed to be a pretty good school.
I graduated from CU in 1964, went to USAF Officer Training School, and never looked back at what, sadly, had been taken over by the liberals/socialists in the student body and faculty. CU remains that way to this day. Example: it took the CU Board of Regents several years to fire loony, fraudulent “Professor” Ward Churchill, who was guilty of plagiarism and academic misconduct, and who had almost unanimous support from the leftist faculty. Churchill’s firing should have been done years sooner.
I think I will vote for Alamosa. He was born in ND and has lived mostly in cooler places. He hates Florida so the weather should not be an issue. Wow 17 seems cold for this time of year!
At 7546 feet above sea level, it gets cold early!
You are correct. I went to college in Minot ND for a little while. Small class sizes were a huge plus as far as I was concerned. Thanks to everyone for all the good info!
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