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The Colorado School of Mines

How this student rated the school
Educational QualityA Faculty AccessibilityC
Useful SchoolworkD Excess CompetitionD
Academic SuccessA- Creativity/ InnovationC+
Individual ValueF University Resource UseD
Campus Aesthetics/ BeautyC FriendlinessB-
Campus MaintenanceA Social LifeC
Surrounding CityB Extra CurricularsB
SafetyB
Describes the student body as:
Friendly, Arrogant, Closeminded

Describes the faculty as:
Friendly, Helpful

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He cares more about Individual Value than the average student.
Date: Feb 07 2010
Major: Economics (This Major's Salary over time)
I'll start off with the following: Mines gives you a great education. It is the best engineering school in Colorado, hands down. The undergrad program had the highest average starting salary of any public university in the country last year.

My story is pretty simple. I came in as a petroleum eng major, but I love Colorado and there aren't a lot of petro jobs here. Switched to Chem engg, but found the same theme. Now I'm in Economics and the coursework isn't putting me to sleep, and I will likely find a job here.

As for my opinion, I think that the place itself is a large pain. Check course bulletins to see the classes you'll be taking - many are highly theoretical and offer no real world application to your (or any) major. There seems to be a large amount of apathy among some professors, but this is certainly not the norm. The administrative offices (particularly the registrar) tend to be very difficult to deal with. Your tuition pays their salaries so I wish they'd be a bit more cooperative.

Intersting notes:

Mines is very resilient to giving credit for the same classes taken at another college

Mines has NO online classes. If you were thinking your schedule could be flexible, it will not.

Most of your core classes will have tests at night. It's called a common exam schedule and it is posted on their website.

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