I went to school at UNC my freshman year and loved it (2 years ago). The people and partying are incredible. Wednesday nights involve most of the dorms emptying out and walking to houseparties. During the first week of school, there are usually several hundred people at those parties, its sick. I loved my classes, my roommate, and the people on the hall. The dorm food was actually good. And when springtime comes around, the "scenery" is incredible. Don't judge the school itself by the town. Additionally, it only takes about 30 minutes west on 34 to get to the mountains.

RUSH KAPPA SIGMA.

 

Alright cool... I figured it couldnt be as some people said.. are you still going there? or did you transfer somewhere else? Are the people there pretty cool and friendly... or do they hate Nebraskans? hah

 

Really the most laid back, fun people you'll find in one place. One of my best friends is from Norfolk. I went there for a year, I transfered to a community college in Westminster, getting my associate's this spring in architecture, and am transfering again to CU Boulder in the fall to get my bachelor's as well

 

I go to DU (Denver University) and I really like it. Greely is boring as hell i hear. Check out DU!

 

That's a really good reason to go look at it!!

It was a few years ago, but I thought Greeley was trying do something about the feedlots that generate the odor? Is it still bad or do they just have a lingering reputation? Had a couple friends from HS who went there and really liked it.

It was early 90's when I went to CSU, but it seemed like in state tuition was about 1300 & out of state was around 9k. I think all the state schools were pretty close on tuition.

 

I got to go to "kiddy college" for part of summer at UNC back in the dark ages when I was in the 7th grade. I grew up with neighbors that had livestock so I was already used to the smell. I was not used to the sheer volume of it!
One specific memory was going to the highest point in the library and looking out the window trying to find something worth looking at. WAYYY off in the distance there was a cottonwood tree that had to be my fix. After growing up in the Grand Valley, not being surrounded by mountains at all times was somewhat unnerving.
Basically, Greeley is in Colorado, but that is about as much credit as we'll give them.
You may want to check out this place:
http://www.mesastate.edu/index.htm
Situated roughly 100 miles from Moab (pretty much all interstate) and surrounded by mountains and canyons with some world class 4 wheeling spots. Tuition is "relatively" inexpensive and makes for a good starter college to make sure you really are learning something you want to continue with. Search around some and find out what consortium they are part of and it will give you an idea of transferability of credits to other colleges. Nothing like moving to a new school and finding out your old credits aren't worth dink

 

wow and I thought I was the only one that noticed the stink.

 

I grew up in Greeley through High School and pretty much left as soon as I went to college in Denver. Greeley is about an hour North of Denver, and about 30-45 minutes due East (read flat...) from the mountains. The town when I lived there was about 50,000 people (through 1985), but I hear now it's over a hundred thousand people that live there. My Dad was a dean at UNC and it's a great school for teachers, music, etc. Not so much IMO for the sciences depending on what you decide finally to go into.

Greeley is not that far from Denver and the mountains, but it is not a suberb of the metro Denver area if that is what you are looking for. It is a drive to go to "the city" or to the mountains. Fort Collins (CSU) is bigger and more to do, plus right on the mountains. It is also about an hour give or take from Denver straight North towards Wyoming. Greeley is NE of Denver.

Boulder (CU) is a fun, but very liberal town. Depending on how conservative or liberal you are, it might or might not drive you nuts. But it is much closer to Denver, about 20 minutes NW of downtown Denver. It is very expensive to live there since they have so many restrictions on new growth and building there. Personally, the town drives me nuts. You'll see trust funders driving expensive SUV's and Saabs, and still protesting oil imports. Pretty funny. You can live in Broomfield, Lafayette, Superior though and save some money and commute the 10-15 minutes into Boulder if you don't want to actually live there. My little brother went to CU all the way through his Doctorate in Aerospace Engineering and loved it. I went to School of Mines in Golden (west side of Denver).

But hell, anywhere in the state of CO is good if you want to live here! If you have more questions, please let me know.

Chris

 

I couldn't agree more with this statement. I spent 2 years up at CU and the people there just piss me off. There are so many rich kids who think they're better than you that it just makes you want to punch them in the skull . Anyways, living there is super expensive, for a small 2 bedroom apt close to campus will cost you at least $600/mo + ultilites. I lived in Westminster and rode the bus to class during my second year caues the school gives free RTD bus passes that will take you all over Denver. That worked out well though the commute time did sort of suck. The plus side is its right on the mountains and very close to Denver so you can party down there pretty easily. You'll probably get alot of crap about being from Nebraska if you go here.

I currently go to school at CSU in Ft. Collins and I like it alot. This is my second year and could be happier. The people are cool and its got a small town feel w/ just about everything you need. The mountains are right at our doorstep and the cost of living is significantly cheaper than Boulder. It's about an hour away from Denver so going down there can be a pain though. I am just now getting into wheeling but I hear there are some decent spots nearby.

DU is a cool school as well. Its right in the middle of the city. My dad lives about a block away from the campus. It has a very good reputation would be an excellent choice. The only problem is that it is very expensive. I know people who are paying about 20-30k a year to go there .

As far as Greeley goes, I don't know too much about it. I've heard you get used to the smell after a while and that its a good place to party. Plus Greeley is only like 30/mins away from Ft Collins.

Good Luck on your decision
Austin

 

Greeley is a great music school, but...I hated Greeley. Durango kicks a$$!! We are in the mountains here. People come here from all over the world for outdoors activities. The World Championship Ice Climbing competition is held in Ouray about 45mi. away. The mountain biking World Championship is held here in Durango, along with the cross country and down hill division championships as well. They also hold the Whitewater River Kayaking World Championships here. Some of the best 4wheeling in the country is all around us. Silverton, Ouray, Farmington NM, and of course the slick rock in Moab. Fort Lewis is a better school than most think. The Profs are great. They move here to live in the mountains and could care less about not being at a huge school. 3 of the Profs transferred to FLC from MIT in the last 2 years!! Something like 98% of the Profs up there have a PhD in the field they are teaching too. www.fortlewis.edu Tuition is cheap, but cost of living is not. I had a 2 bedroom place at Mountain Sun Apts. here and it was 650/mo. They are the slums here to. Although there aren't any real slums in Durango. Also there are a few lakes in the area if you like boating. The largest lake in CO is within an hour of us, and the second largest is 20 minutes away. The 2nd largest lake in NM is about 45 min. away...can you tell I like boating!! The bummer is we are 6-7 hrs. away from Denver and Phoenix, and 3 hrs away from Albuquerque NM. So it’s a drive to the city. Being from Detroit I wish it were closer at times, but if you like outdoor activities this is the place for ya'.

 

Oh yeah, and FLC is looking to become a University very soon as well.

 

Talks of what school and town is the best in the Front Range will always lead to mine is better and yours sucks talk. I gre up in southern COlorado and I have lived in Boulder for 7 years. I got my bachelors at CU Boulder and Masters at CU Denver. My advice is decide what you want to major in and how much you want to pay then choose a school from that.

I was the opposite of the typical Boulder person and hated the town for a year, once I decided to loosen up and just have fun I havn't wanted to leave. There are rich kids, there are hippies, but there are more normal cool kids, everybody comes to Boulder for a night sees a few hippies and rich kids on the hill and stereotypes the whole student body. Anyways list of good programs and prices.

CU - Moderate Tuition Price - Expensive housing
-Engineering
-Architecture
-Sciences
-Business

CSU - Moderate Tuition - Moderate Housing Price
-Engineering
-Forestry
-Veternary

UNC - Moderate Tuition - Cheaper Housing
-Teaching

DU - Expensive Tuition - Moderate Housing
-Don't know much about there programs

All of these places are within 60 miles of eachother and all are close to good wheeling. Hope this helps a little.

 

Hey,

Yeah, yeah... Greely smells but you get used to it. I've lived in Boulder my whole life. It's an expensive town but the college life is fun. You know CU was rated high on the "party school" list for the past few years. I'm sure you can have lots of fun up here. As far as education goes... not too bad. I liked CU a lot. Boulder's a cool place too. It's more of a republic in itself though. Anyways... come check Boulder out. Mountains are in our backyard!

 

You guys are awesome... thanks for all the help... has anyone ever heard of the Colorado Mountain Colleges?

http://www.coloradomtn.edu/maps/map-dist.html

They seem like they'd be pretty small... but the view from the pictures is just amazing... they look like fun... the one I was thinking about is the college in Spring Valley...

http://www.coloradomtn.edu/campus_rf...lley/home.html
http://www.coloradomtn.edu/campus_rf...show/home.html
http://www.coloradomtn.edu/campus_rf...ighalpine2.htm

Has anyone ever heard of these, or been to them?
Thanks Ian

 

the CMC system is typically highly regarded but very focused, as you've seen. i didn't attend them but it would be fun to go to one for a few specialized courses. they are in cool places, too, which is always a bonus. you should check out the CMC in the two-mile high city (leadville)... http://www.coloradomtn.edu/campus_tmb/home.html and see what you think. re greeley, out there you'll have to drive a while to get to the foothills, and from there, a bit further to start your 4wd in earnest. you will not be in the mountains at all -- it'll look and smell like that giant feed lot out about ogalalla or so, on i-80 ;-) i'm only half-joking. i'm a nebraska escapee, and have thoroughly ejoyed the past 13 years i've spent here. of course i take some ribbing for being a nebraska export, but it's all in good humor. think hard on your decision, what you really want to do with your education, and then commit to enjoy whatever you do choose.

 

My freind goes to UNC and I go up there just to party and it kicks ass. It only really smells between Denver and Greeley, once your there it goes away.

 

Ya thanks guys...
Photo ya I'll have to go up there to the CMC and take a look...
Oh and when you said Ogallala that kind of scared me haha...
Where were you from in NE?
Oh and BTW your pictures are amazing...

Later Ian

 

I think you should look at the school first, but if you like the mountains, check this out:

http://www.southwest-vacation-travel...to-gallery.htm

http://www.soajeep.com/home.html

Ouray, CO is called the jeeping capital of the world, and is about 45 mi. away from us here in Durango. Great place to wheel, and beautiful. They don't call it the Little Switzerland of America for nothing.

 

Greeley smells.

I am in Fort Collins and love it. Trying to get back into school after graduating from Madison.

CSU is strong in the typical mountain stuff, land use, enviro stuff, etc. There is also a constant string of hot women with black labs, good wheeling and just a good vibe to the city.

 

i never said bould and fort collins were a joke i said fort lewis aka fort loser as people in co call it and greely0-unc
not good schools by any means