Sophomore Year
For scholarship purposes, “sophomore” means you have two more years of college after this year. You can build on your freshman activities and begin to focus more closely on your long term goals. You should:
- Participate in research opportunities; check out UROP http://colorado.edu/Research/UROP and other departmental options
- Continue to develop relationships with professors; meet new ones
- Sustain your involvement in campus groups, societies: http://www.colorado.edu/StudentGroups, or volunteer activities: http://www.colorado.edu/StudentGroups/vch/
- Put study abroad and internship plans in place http://studyabroad.colorado.edu/ http://careerservices.colorado.edu/students/students.aspx
- Take Honors courses http://www.colorado.edu/honors/index.html and begin thinking about an honors thesis
- Consider certificate programs that support your academic vision (Technology, Arts, and Media; INVST Community Leadership Program; Peace and Conflict Studies, etc.)
- Keep a high GPA
Scholarships to consider in the sophomore year (2 years of school remaining)
- Norlin Scholars (CU scholarship for curious, motivated students in any field)
- Goldwater (Math, Science, and Engineering students only)
- Astronaut (Math, Science, and Engineering students only)
- Udall (Students interested environmental careers, or Native American students interested in Tribal policy or Tribal health care)