Hey everyone. I was accepted to a graduate program in September. Classes start Jan 25. I filled out my FAFSA well before I applied. I haven't heard anything from the school about loans or anything. I also registered for classes but am showing a zero balance.

I haven't been in school in a while, so I'm a little rusty on the process, but I'm getting antsy about not hearing anything. I feel like for undergrad (different school) I had all this sorted well before courses started. It seems weird to me that there is zero movement on my account. Any insight is appreciated, thanks!

I really need extra commencement tickets. Please if you have any let me know.

Hey guys, does anyone have any extra commencement tickets for 12/14/24?

anyone have suggestions on nice complexes or studios near UCD (not student housing)? i don't have a car but i'm good with RTD so anything helps ngl

Hey everyone wishing you all happy holiday Have anyone took these two classes with fnce(mohamad uddin) Ismg(mohamad saleh If yes how are they are they tough graders and is there any professor you guys recommend for fnce 3000

Hello! The UC Denver catalogue says ISMG 4700 is usually offered in the spring yet I can't find any matches.

By comparison, there were a few options available this time last year spring 2024. Anyone know what's going on with this? 🫠

EDIT: This class is required for my BS: Information Systems

Just wondering if it's worth working out there or if I should get a membership somewhere else.

has anyone taken professor roger stace for acct 2220? im looking to take his online class and was curious on of he used mcgraw hill and if he uses lockdown browser. if anyone has any advice on the best acct 2220 prof also let me know.

thank you!

Does anyone have any bad experiences with this apartment building? I’ve had a bunch, especially with their staff

I've taken this class over the summer but got distracted w other class and have to retake does anyone suggest taking it in person?

Been to a few schools, just was reading about CU-Denver and saw this somewhere and wanted to see if it was true?

I'm currently a computer science major at the University of North Texas and would be going into my senior year next fall. I'm also transgender, so for hopefully obvious reasons, I want to get out of Texas as fast as possible

My entire friend group has settled on moving to Denver, which I was considering after graduation anyway, so transferring to CU Denver is the obvious choice

Since I'm transferring so late in my degree plan, I would like to get whatever advice I can on making it as seamless as possible. I know UNT requires professor approval for some of its capstone classes, and I want to be prepared if CU does anything similar

If there is any process for getting out of state tuition waved I'd like to figure that out too. I feel like I could make a decent argument for it since I won't be able safely return to Texas long term, and I also have a pretty decent GPA and have had straight As for several semesters

Today on the Fourth floor of the Student Commons Building i found another fun door! i assume the man in the window is famous. Is he a streamer I don't recognize? i'm pretty in touch on twitch. But i can't know every streamer! 🙂

Student Commons building best building 🏢

does anyone know of any fun halloween activities happening in the area? i rlly want an excuse to take my cat out in her halloween costume lol, but i have no clue what to do or where to go. thanks!

Hi! I am an out-of-state student from the South who is thinking of applying to CU Denver for a master's in mental health counseling. I am just wondering what the pros and cons are of attending CU Denver and if anyone has been in the master's program. Thank you!

The CU Denver Math and Stats department has its own Reddit. Join it to stay up to date with the department at r/cudenverMathandStats. You can also come visit us on the Fourth Floor.

I'm fully aware this is not a party school and usually I'm not a party person but my plans got canceled. I wanted to see if there's any parties on/near campus for Halloween that I could get into.

Thx in advance <3

i have been going to CU Denver for a year now. (This is my third semester :-)). Today i saw this door on campus (very cool door). But i don't get it??

Is it a CU Denver Reference? Am i missing something?

This was on the in Student Commons building. i think it was the fourth floor 🤷. Bunch of cool doors around there.

Hi, apparently this year tickets are required for guest to attend. I really need extra tickets and if anyone is willing to work with me.

Please contact me at (661)-886-5897

Is anyone willing to share any extra commencement tickets they have available for Fall 2024?

Hi everyone,

Do you guys know or have a group for cu denver admitted students from india ? Can you please provide me a invite in dm.

Thanks

To save money in light of recent budget cuts, CU Denver has decided to CUT SECURITY.

As a result, there is not security in the building most days.

This is completely unacceptable. WHO ALLOWED THIS AND WHY AREN'T THE STUDENTS DEMANDING BETTER?

Hey guys I am due to graduate from CU Denver December 2024. I want to ask Alumni, how strict is CU Denver about tickets at the commencement ceremony? I have a pretty large family and will need about triple the amount of provided tickets, but I am not sure I'll be able to get them. Any advice or experience will be greatly appreciated.

Anyone who has been through the admissions process for CU Denver's Couples and Family Therapy program, any tips or guidance for the group interview?

I earned a Bachelors in accounting from CSU Global, and after hoping for something "better", I decided to change schools and pursue my masters at CU Denver instead. While my experience is limited to the accounting program, many of the things I've noticed likely extend into other programs as well.

I'm posting my experience in hopes that it can help other students feel more secure in their decision when choosing between both schools. Additionally, it is my hope that a representative from each school will see this, and adjust their systems accordingly.

ENROLLMENT:

CSUG: The enrollment process was straightforward. Advisors were cold, and largely unhelpful. They did not appear to care about the students at all and made no effort to build rapport. They did not respond to emails in a timely fashion.

UCD: The enrollment process was convoluted and ill-timed. That being said, the advising team was more personable and available than at CSUG. Orientation was virtual, and felt clunky and uncoordinated. UCD shirks off much of this discoordination by blaming the Auraria Campus.

INSTRUCTORS:

CSUG: The instructors come from all over the U.S., so there seems to be no consistency with their expectations, teaching style, availability, and even their educational background. Throughout my degree I had 3 or 4 awful teachers that were truly disrespectful and unpleasant to work with. Most teachers will not respond to emails fully. For example: Only answering one question when you've asked three questions, or intentionally sending vague responses when they do not want to engage. Online classes typically had a student to teacher ratio of around 30:1

UCD: So far, the instructors seem less decentralized compared to CSUG. From what I know, all of the instructors actually communicate in person with one another. Initial impressions suggest that they seem more qualified than the instructors at CSUG. Instructors of online classes generally were less involved, with a concerning teacher to student ratio of 52:1.

CONTENT:

CSUG: The content of the courses at CSUG varies, but the format is uniform across all classes I took making it easy to plan homework in advance. The downside is that the instructors are not able to change this and often defer all responsibility to the "course designers" whenever an issue arises. Some courses are freshly updated based on student feedback, while other courses contain everything from coding errors, to mathematical errors. Broken links and grammar errors exist in nearly every course, though. It would appear that some courses content could have been generated by individuals in different countries - I found an accounting course contained written figures consistently formatted with commas that aligned with the Indian Rupee instead of the US dollar. (for example, 1,000,000 would be written as 10,00,000). One positive thing is that the materials used are never outdated... it is rare to find articles used that are ten years old. (Likewise, I've had some classes have rejected scholarly sources that are 10 years old). Courses will be structured in a way that students can work ahead if they choose, and a VERY generous late policy allows students a very long grace period to turn in late assignments with no repercussions.

UCD: Uniformity does not exist at UCD. Courses contain information that is largely input by the instructor (instead of the course designers at CSUG). There are still broken links, and minor grammatical errors, and the articles used are typically at least ten years old. Some are twenty years old. Courses content is not available all at once. Instructors will not open up modules early so students can work ahead. Some instructors do not even open the entire module at the beginning of the week... they will open half at the beginning, and the other half at the end of the week making it nearly impossible to plan homework in advance.

GRADING:

CSUG: Despite a heavy focus on formatting, this school has a very low difficulty based on the quizzes and assignments through Redshelf or McGraw hill.

• Feedback at CSUG largely depends on the instructor and is often copy and pasted for each student; However, you do get feedback on pretty much every assignment. Individual comments are sometimes provided within your submitted document. That being said, I did not have to wait long before receiving feedback on assignments which made it easy to monitor my progress in each class.
• Difficulty of CSUG is low. While they have strict policies requiring APA format, and "scholarly sources" these strict standards were sometimes hard to manage because of vague rubrics that were the same from class to class. That being said, weekly quizzes allow the students to take them as many times as they want until they get the grade they want. Assignments completed through third party textbook applications like Redshelf/McGraw hill allowed generous features like "check your work" and multiple attempts which essentially allowed students to see the correct answer, and complete the assignment again using said answers, allowing them to earn a higher grade. Even when these features weren't available, the exams and quizzes were "open note" and students were not barred from looking up answers on the internet.

UCD: Despite a lack of focus on formatting, this school is difficult based on the closed-note exams.

• Feedback at UCD is almost non existent so far. Instructors mention that their main job is to conduct research for the school, and their secondary job is to teach. Feedback is not provided on my assignments unless there is a severe error. Grammar is not graded. In one class, I even had assignments graded based on effort instead of accuracy. That being said, the feedback I have received doesn't appear to be copy and pasted. Grades and feedback are not provided each week. Sometimes I waited 3 weeks before getting any feedback at all which made it difficult to evaluate my own understanding of the course material.
• Difficulty at UCD is much greater than at CSUG. While there appears to be no formatting requirements whatsoever, and so far, no research expected, they are experimenting with a third party software that records you while you take exams remotely, and doesn't allow you to use notes, a phone, nothing... This makes it tough to do well without actually memorizing the material.

PHYSICAL LOCATION:

CSUG: No physical location for students from what I know. I believe their professional offices were recently moved from Aurora to Denver. I have never been to either location.

UCD: The physical campus of UCD did not meet my expectations based on parking, maintenance, and security.

• Parking in every spot, and every lot, is full, rendering parking passes nearly useless. I never paid for a pass, but I feel sorry for anyone that did... This complete lack of sufficient parking is why I have never used the onsite resources they offer like the library and the gym. It is possible you will run out of gas looking for a spot before actually finding one... The "business school" building is separate from the rest of the campus, and treated as such as far as I can tell. If I can't get a ride to class, I park in the ParkWell parking garage near Larimer Square as it is the only covered parking that is anywhere near the business school. This parking is provided by a third party, and there are no discounts for students. Oddly enough, it is nearly the same price as the "discounted" parking rates that UCD offers its students...
• Maintenance is a concern. I have attended classes at the business school for two months and there has been a large, virtually untouched, construction site on the second floor the entire time. Paper towel dispensers are empty, projector screens flicker on and off during class, and the instructor is typically left without tech support since the class was at night when no IT members were in the building.
• Security is a HUGE concern. I took an exam on the weekend when the business school was supposed to be open to students, and my badge wouldn't open any of the doors - there was something wrong with the system preventing me from scanning in. The last door I tried was UNLOCKED and the alarm in the building went off. This went on for more than twenty minutes, nobody came. I called multiple numbers and nobody answered. When I called IT, they were completely unphased, and told me that they didn't know how to turn the alarm off because it was the job of security. I asked them if they would call someone and they said it wasn't their job, and advised me to study on the second floor because "you can't hear the alarm up there..." They were right. The alarm for the building is only on the first floor. I was later told by a facilities technician that, with recent budget cuts, security was no longer present on weekends despite students being allowed to access the building. Further, he mentioned that the door should have been locked, and the key cards appeared to be malfunctioning. Considering the state of the world, and the number of homeless drug addicts that wander near this building, I was, and still am, very concerned about this failure. More than the door that was left open, I am concerned that UCD intentionally left students without security on the weekends in order to save themselves a buck...

As it stands, I am rethinking my decision to pursue my masters at UCD, and welcome others to share their (current) experiences.

I just learned I need to take 3 electives in the Spring on top of my BFA thesis in order to graduate. In the past, I've really struggled when taking more than three classes at once. I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions for easy courses I can take as electives. I'd prefer to take any art/music-related classes since that's what I'm mostly interested in, but at this point, I'm open to any type of course. I've heard Survey of Heavy Metal is fun/easy, but I'm not sure what others to take.