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The NTSO is a community of non-traditional students providing support for each other, both academically and professionally, and to make the transition back into school easier for new adult students. Benefits to all members include introduction to other mature, like-experienced people to share study tips, to share opportunities in other clubs and extracurricular activities on campus, to organize monthly talks for members by CU community leaders on topics such as career advice, to create opportunities to demonstrate leadership, and to help the CU Non-Traditional Student community through sharing resources in an interactive forum format.

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NTSO Needs Student Leaders

NTSO is a great community of non-traditional students from all walks of life. Become an officer today to help carry on this great program.Becoming an NTSO officer will provide great leadership experience while providing a great service to the CU Boulder community. Meet other non-traditional students and help new students make a successful transition to the university. Meetings are held once a month, with social activities planned throughout the year. Through this experience you'll have the opportunity to sh...

Help for Parents Who Work and Go to College

Visit Purdue University Global's Resource Center page to find information on financial aid, childcare, time management and other resources to help working and college-going parents.

NTSO Meetings

NTSO is currently reorganizing and will communicate future meetings as soon as they are scheduled. For more information about future meetings, please feel free to email us. 

Tau Sigma National Honor Society at CU Boulder

Tau Sigma National Honor Society for Transfer StudentsCU Boulder was just ​approved to start a chapter of Tau Sigma! This is very exciting, and only the second chapter in the whole state of Colorado. This honor society will recognize transfer students for their academic achievement and offer new scholarship opportunities! To be eligible, transfer students must achieve a 3.5 GPA in their first full-time semester at CU. Students who have transferred in the last two years (starting fall 2016 - spring 2017) and...

Online Transfer Guide

The Transfer Student Resource Guide is now online! See it here or in the menu (external site).

Find Your Study Spot

The CU Boulder campus boasts a wealth of places to study, both those that are well-known and those that only a select few are aware of. Whether you're looking for seclusion, a nice view or somewhere nearby to get a snack, these spots will make the hours spent studying more enjoyable.

Giving a voice to non-traditional students

Being non-traditional could mean being older than one's peers in class. It may mean commuting from outside of Boulder. It could mean having a spouse and kids at home, or maybe family is a few hundred miles away. Whatever being a non-traditional student means to you, it certainly means having a different college experience than students coming straight from high school.  See the full article published in CU Boulder Today here.

Transfer and non-traditional students navigate the transition

See the video of the NTSO founders talking about making the transition to CU Boulder.[video:https://youtu.be/dDL8-QYA6tQ]Transfer and non-traditional students can face different challenges while getting ready to arrive at CU-Boulder. From transferring credits to finding financial aid, housing and family daycare, there may be more questions to navigate while gearing up to start classes.“You’re not doing this alone, there are other adult students out here that are making this life change and you can all do th...

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