Freshman Year
Begin planning for your scholarship application as early as you can. You can build your portfolio with purpose each year of your college career. In your first year of college, you might begin to:
- Explore research opportunities; check out UROP http://colorado.edu/Research/UROP and other departmental options
- Meet professors
- Get involved in campus groups, societies: http://www.colorado.edu/StudentGroups, or volunteer activities: http://www.colorado.edu/StudentGroups/vch/
- Begin thinking about study abroad http://studyabroad.colorado.edu/ and internships http://careerservices.colorado.edu/students/students.aspx
- Consider Honors courses http://www.colorado.edu/honors/index.html
- Establish an excellent GPA