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Going out of state for college, is it worth it?
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So i'm just coming in to my senior year of highschool and that means time to decide on a college. I currently live in nowheresville indiana and i'm dying to get out. Since i love skiing I figure why not go to U of U, or UC boulder, or UVM, or something. My parents though are less than thrilled about this idea. They give me reasons such as cost of out of state, moving expenses, flights there and back for holidays, etc. But i tell them that going to one of these schools, especially U of U, will give me so many amazing opportunities to network and really throw myself into the ski industry, which is where i hope to end up making my career in.
Can people who have had experiences in this matter give me some insight. Are flights and moving expenses really that much? Would the opportunity to network really not be worth the extra out of state tuition? Is simply the opportunity to go to a school where the mountains are near, and people who have the same passions as me, worth living a thousand or so miles away.
I've never been a homebody, i'm a very independent person. I see going to a "ski school" would just change my life in so many amazing ways. I just need to figure out how to convince my parents.
Also, i realized i mentioned the cliche ski schools, but if anyone has some suggestions for schools to look into i'd appreciate it. Any experiences shared would be great, including some on scholorships if any that you got, or just your thoughts on my situations.
Thanks
p.s. i realize my puntuation sucks and i didn't capitalize correctly, and i assume i misspelled a few words. please don't flame me for that, i'm a straight A student believe it or not. but i also wanted to get out my words quickly and as succinct as possible
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Dooo it! Get out of Indiana. You will love that shit.
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So the only problem is that you need to convince your parents to let you go? I'm just needing clarification if you can get into a lot of different schools because you have a 4.0 and what not.
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i think alot is my mom not wanting me to go so far. i'm her baby. but i believe i could get into pretty much any good college. not ivy league or anything. but i have better grades now than my bro did in highschool, and he got into purdue university, a top 20 school in the US
But to get back to your question. i think my parents would let me go. But i'm just not sure as to how much more we are going to have to spend, on top of the almost double tuition fees. my mother has the amazing ability to make me feel like shit whenever she pays for anything for me. whether clothes food whatever. and her having to pay for college would be hell.
college in indiana would just be so cheap for me. i'm sure i could easily get half if not all of my fees paid for if i went instate. Just my entire body and soul is screaming for me to get the hell out of this sinkhole state and never look back
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m staying in ohio my home state for 2 years then transfering out west. it will be less money then paying out of state tuition for all four years.
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Well, get a two year degree here
Find awesome sweet friends
move out together
oh and work your ass off your final two summers here so you have money when you get out there. Plus a airport job would help..... free flights
thats just what i am doing, but whatever
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my friend and cousin goes to IU. they liked it alot.
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i was just gonna say....worth it only if yu goto UC Boulder....it's the shit man. tons of riders, plenty of time to ki. and there is a little rail park 30 min. from here that you can just hike. its free, set up by winter park. its great if you have class till 2 and just wanna get a couple hours playing on some boxes.
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i didnt even read what u said. I went out of a state cause I lived in a shitty state for skiing and it was the greatest decision ive ever made. do it man.
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I live in New york and im gonna be a senior. Im planning on going to either colorado school of mines, Boulder, or maybe U of U. Im hoping to get a full scholarship to the school i choose so i should be set. Itll be the best choice youll ever make tho if you really care about skiing. Ive been givin the chance to stay east and go to really good schools, but skiing outweighs all that for me. Its not a horribly bad commute from indiana to colorado, about 16 hours and just 1 plane ride away. for me itll be a 24 hour drive. But if you care enough about skiing its all worth it
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st. michaels is a good school to and its got skiin
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well, no surprise visits from parents
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k man, this might be alittle long but bare with me. I was in your same situation last year. I was from a small time in Massachusetts and all i thought about was skiing. My mom worked at a college in central Mass and wanted me to go there because of how cheap it was. I applied to three schools, two in Mass, and one in Colorado (western state college). As the year ran down i realized how much of a great experience it would be to go that far away to school. I convinced my rents after getting the price down to almost the same as the one my mom worked at. I thought it'd be cool to go there having no idea what to expect. I've never even been to Colorado, never went to visit the school, and i'm leaving to go to college there in 1 day. Do i regret it? fuck no. All my friends are staying in the same boring state in the same boring area and they'll never have the chance to start new, to make brand new friends. The experience won't be the same for them. Go to a ski school, do what you love to do... ski. Fuck everything else.
Word, good luck man.
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do it man i live in quebec canada and i'm not going to cegep school because me and 2 other friends were going to live in whistler its my dream and i want to say later on in my life that i did my dream and if you can ski and go to college at the same time best of both worlds do what you want and not waht other people are expecting of you its your life not theirs so ya ski school seem pretty dank in colo
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yeah. get the fuck out of there
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i'm in the same position as you. i'm from a super small town in massachusetts and all my friends want to stay here and go to umass along with everyone else who has graduated from my school in the past 3 years. fuck that man. i'm going out to california next year, getting an apartment, and going to school on my own at 18. fuck staying in the same boring place all your life, go and see what's out there. if you've got the grades, i'm sure you can get money from the school or from loans and shit to make moving out of indiana work. best of luck to you man.
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im from the same area as michelle and i did the whole go to umass with everyone you know thing, and now i just transfered to u of u. i def think its important to do something that might scare you a little and move far away from everything you know. especially because, if you really hate it that much, you can always go back, but at least you can say you tried
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depends, How much will your parents pay for and how much will you have to take out on loans? For me i applied to u of u, weber state,cu boulder, university of montana, and plattsburgh state(NY) i got into all of them and was almost set on going to u of u. When i knew my bill for out of state tuition would have been near 100,000 i pussied out. I wouldnt be able to let my self get into more debt then my parents house cost them. Instead im going to be stuck in new york for another 4 years. At least plattsburgh is right next to vt. The only good thing is that I will be done with college with under 10,000 in loans then i can ski and have fun for a few years before i have to get into a career.
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or you could have went to umass and had an amazing college experience and ski mt snow/okemo/stratton every weekend. I skied 50-60 days a year there and had the greatest college experience ever.
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^^^ but if your like scott up there and dont drink at all then your prob better off going to a tame mormon school just to ski. have fun. PS- im moving to colorado now, after college...
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I've been in school for almost a week now, leaving home was hard, but its so fun. Go for it man, explore somewhere else.
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for me, going to school IN state was never an option. I almost went out to CU Boulder, but then I realized it wasn't the right choice for me right now. I'm going to VT for school instead. It's all up to you, but I think it's very important to get away from your hometown and go out and see different places. it'll change your perspective on things.
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thanks for all the responses
my parents are slowly easing into the idea of me going out of state. they say they are willing to put up the money that i would have to pay for instate schools and the rest will have to be made up in scholarships/student loans. so they are getting used to it
is U of U really that tame of a school. i want to go to school to learn and ski and all that good stuff, but i still want to party like the rest of them. partying is a huge experience for college and i don't want to miss it. i'm just mentioning U of U because that along with UC boulder are the schools i've heard that are best for skiing
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