r/ColoradoSchoolOfMines

The field sessions are a glorified labor camps and we don't even get paid to do them. We are paying the school to do these labor camps. Every field session I end up so exhausted. 😭

We have Professor Guerra and he's an awful person. He doesn't give a crap about us, nor what happens to us. I seen a ton of complaints about him, so I'm not alone in this one. I hate him so much he truly doesn't care about us. I want to leave the group.

Hey folks, I didn't go to Mines, but my friend did, and she used to run the student newspaper.

She told me she find can't anything anything recent about it (website's down, Facebook/Instagram accounts are abandoned) and yeah, she's right. Now I'm intrigued cause I know it's been around since like the 1920s, so I would expect someone to have said something about the 100 year old newspaper if it shut down.

Anyone know what's going on?

I don’t even have to say anything because everyone here apparently has cheated in some way on exams.

Hi everyone, I am in a frat and I have all the past exam materials. Specifically in these classes like statics, chem, phys, calc. I have past post exams from dating back to Fall 2019-Spring 2026 now. One complaint from these classes was I never got enough practice exams. If they ever re-use exam questions they really cannot. If memory serves me right some of our brothers wrote a final based on what they remembered on it right after taking it.

Im planning to take the course in person ( i can’t take it online ) at cc but i want to see and compare the difficulty levels between mines and cc
So please if u take it before let me know

Hi everyone,

I’m a professional from Southeast Asia with 15 years of experience. I recently received an LoA from Colorado School of Mines for the Master’s in Engineering and Technology Management (Fall 2027).

The total self-funded cost is around $50k - $100k, and honestly I’m unsure what the best path is — student debt, scholarships, assistantships, or other funding options. Is the program worth it from your perspective?

Right now I’m also in the Fulbright selection process using this LoA, but the process is taking quite a long time and I still haven’t received further updates.

Besides Fulbright and the Jerome Broussard Fellowship, are there any other funding options I should explore? Maybe assistantships, partial scholarships, fellowships, on-campus jobs, or anything else?

Would really appreciate advice from current students, alumni, or international students who had a similar experience. Thank you!

I’m a product manager who’s built a few iOS apps and websites for fun. Looking to partner with someone on a side project. Maybe you’re a CS or business major that has interest in this kind of thing. Like the title says, I don’t actually have an idea in mind - I’m kinda open to anything viable (probably most interested in solving fitness or lifestyle problems, but I’m open minded).

Anyone have any cool business ideas and want to hack away at something for a few weeks? Could be a good resume builder at the very least.

edit: I live right by campus hence why I’m asking around in this subreddit. Would rather work with people in my community.

I’m a freshman and failed physics 1 with a 68. I was out of school for a week because my appendix burst but for the 3rd exam people were found cheating which sucks because my prof is stressed out of her mind, do y’all think it’s fair if I ask to make the work I missed while in the hospital to get my 68 to a 70?

Hey guys I won’t be at Mines next semester due to personal reasons.
I want to take both classes over the summer because I heard both of these classes are horrendous in their own ways. Statics I heard had really bad professors this semester from a friend, and the exams were difficult. So was Physics 2.

I'm planning on taking: Is this a good idea?

• Statics
• Calc 3
• Physics 2
• HASS electives

Long rant:

So I barely failed statics with a 69 yesterday. Still stuper frustrated about that. I'm really disappointed that Dr. Guerra ignored me over email. It's insane, I went to his office hours every few days, and asked a lot of questions in his 8 am class. I thought he was a nice guy, and he really did seem like a super nice guy in office hours, but no matter how much he helped I still never did well in their exams. I can't believe he would ignore someone who cared and showed up in office hours from email. Maybe the lesson is to stop going to office hours to professors that don't care about you. I feel really betrayed by him.

Last question:
Also, I asked this in the r/FAFSA sub a few days ago and got no response. How does financial aid work over the summer? I have already applied max federal aid over my Spring semester.

Now I’m being blamed as a muppet and “too bad.” All I want to do is to vent after failing today. 😢

Maybe the biggest mistake was coming here for advice.

Two of these are 300 level MEGN courses, and one of these is a RRCC history class. I’ve never taken an 8 week course before, so I’m a little nervous I’ll get overwhelmed. Anyone ever take a similar course load over the summer? Biting off too much?

Pretty much title.

Due to military obligations, I needed to take a Military Leave of Absence from Mines for a year. I've been taking classes at Red Rocks in the mean time to keep up and somewhat stay on track. In the Fall semester my courses are Calc 3, Phys 2, and either Statics or DiffEq.

Does anyone have a recommendation on which course to take? I've been seeing a lot of shade being thrown at Statics in this sub recently so I'm leaning towards taking Statics at Red Rocks.

They don’t respond for a while. Even if they do they end up not caring about you. I need a 1% to pass. 😭

Guerra just said he can’t do nothing, or Wayllace.

I went to go buy parking passes for the Summer semester (since I have to do field session) and fall semester, and both of those combined are going to cost FOUR. HUNDRED. DOLLARS. for parking. The only other option is to get a K lot pass, which might as well be in Wyoming. What a fucking money pit.

Hello- my son is currently a junior in Wheat Ridge and has his heart set on mines. He has a 4.1 GPA, taken AP physics and calc, a 1280 SAT (650 math). He would do early action for incoming fall 2027 We will push him to take again and just focus on math- hoping to get that above 700 and a total score in mid 1300s But as it stands now any idea how his chances are? Is it better to submit with or without the SAT scores? TIA

I’m visiting Mexico this summer 🥳

Was doing a deep dive on the history of Apple and found this. Figured I'd share it for those who may be curious.