Harper Gregory and Thurston zumBrunnen were best friends growing up in Denver — now, they’re taking on college together as roommates at the University of Colorado Boulder.
Gregory, who moved into their dorm in Williams Village on Sunday, helped zumBrunnen move in on Monday.
“I chose CU because itap close to home,” zumBrunnen said. “I’m from Denver, and so I’ve had family history with this school, and so that was really cool too. Boulder is an amazing town, it really checked all the boxes (with) in-state tuition and all that.”
Gregory said he chose CU Boulder because itap close to home and because it offers a good biomedical engineering program.
“I’m nervous about everything new and living on my own, but I’m excited to meet new people and have that new experience,” Gregory said.
More than 7,000 students from 50 states and 47 countries this week ahead of the first day of classes on Thursday. Students started moving in late last week. Colorado is the top home state for the first-year class, followed by California, Texas and Illinois.
“Today is one of my favorite days of the year,” Vice Chancellor for Student Life D’Andra Mull said during move-in at Williams Village on Monday. “It is a time where you welcome students back and you see their parents, you see their families, you see the hope that they all have for a great year.”
About half of this fall’s incoming CU Boulder students have a high school grade point average of 4.0 or higher, Chancellor Justin Schwartz said.
“Thatap pretty amazing, and it speaks to the fact that while we have no interest in being an elitist university, we are an elite university in the sense that we have such amazing students, such amazing faculty, such amazing staff across the board,” Schwartz said during move-in on Monday.
Beatrice Hunt, who is from the Littleton area, is following in her mother’s footsteps by going to CU Boulder.
“I just want to meet new people, thatap kind of my goal,” Hunt said.
Her mom, Dana Hunt, is beyond excited to see her daughter attend CU Boulder.
“All my mom friends are saying how sad it is when I have to finally let her go,” Dana Hunt said. “… I may break down (later), but I’m totally (excited) … itap just beautiful here and everyone is beautiful and itap just so exciting.”
Micah Vogt traveled only 15 minutes from Lafayette to move into CU Boulder on Monday. On campus, he’ll be joining his older sister, who is also a CU Boulder student.
“I’d like to meet a great group of friends that I can stick with for most of my life,” Vogt said. “Also learn a lot about myself and put myself out there and experience new things.”
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