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Best college to go to for skiing?

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werd.
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It's the end of my Sophomore year and I should start to look at colleges. Please give me some advice after reading this:

-My NGA (Grade point average) is probably around 85-88. (I could easily bring this up to 90-95 considering I literally have opened my backpack like 3 times this year and almost never study)

-I want to be able to ski every weekend in the Winter. Doesn't have to be a world class resort, just a place with decent terrain and park.

-Partying is less than a priority than skiing, but I'd still definitely like to go to parties at least once a week.

-I'm not sure what I want to major in yet, so that's up in the air. By the way if any of you guys could reccommend a major that has something to do with skiing or being outdoors in general that would be great.

Thanks for any serious replies.

Jun 5 2013 12:31PM
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alex=
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U of U, UC-Boulder, any college in CO or Utah really, if you're on the east coast, App State or UVM, anything in Northeast... all you need is snow bro
Jun 5 2013 12:35PM
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Yeezus
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university of miami has a good skiing program I hear.
Jun 5 2013 12:39PM
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SteevJee
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If you're coming to Utah the best college for skiing would easily be Dixie. The skiing down there is unreal.
Jun 5 2013 12:45PM
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werd.
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Never heard of it. What resorts are near it?
Jun 5 2013 12:49PM
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werd.
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Also if you know what kind of grades you need to get into these schools, please tell.
Jun 5 2013 12:52PM
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LiquorLanch
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Two things, grades aren't everything. Extracurriculars are important as well, and DONT GO TO SCHOOL FOR THE SKIING.

Education first, skiing second.
Jun 5 2013 12:57PM
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Peter.
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this

also searchbar university
Jun 5 2013 12:58PM
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.AR6rider.
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The thread should have just ended after this post. Nothing else needs to be said.
Jun 5 2013 1:14PM
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werd.
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I just want to get a list of colleges that have good skiing, decide which ones would be the best for me all around then apply to those. If I can't find any college that suits me academically that has skiing then I won't go to one with skiing. but it would be much more enjoyable for me to go to one that's good academically and has good skiing.
Jun 5 2013 1:18PM
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skisalot111
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On the east coast: middlebury and dartmouth have pretty good skiing nearby but you have to be super smart, bates and colby college have great skiing nearby too (Sunday River Vermont ski resorts) but these colleges are hard to get in as well


CU-Boulder, U of U, Colorado College, U denver are kinda a staple for colleges with good skiing nearby

On the West Coast: USC (has a reallly good ski club, perhaps one of the best), most of the UC's are kinda close to ski resorts 3-4 hours depending on which UC


In oregon- Lewis and Clark college is fairly close to Hood

theres a lot more that i missed, this is just a taste of what u can get depending on the location




Jun 5 2013 2:18PM
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Hoeseph
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Haha your on top of your shit, I didn't start legitimately looking at colleges until senior year.
Jun 5 2013 2:34PM
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whoa-dere
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ubc. pretty high rankings, about 30th in the world and close to whistler. students get a discount on their passes too
Jun 5 2013 2:36PM
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Bogs
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Yeah, you aren't going to be going to vt ski resorts if you go to Colby, Bates, or Bowdoin
Jun 5 2013 2:37PM
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Kazabazua
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No college is the best college for skiing.
Jun 5 2013 2:43PM
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YoungJ
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Its the end of my junior year and im on newschoolers... maybe i should start looking

Jun 5 2013 2:56PM
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VT_FLO
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I just graduated from UVM. Ski busses every weekend and college pass deals. The problem is UVM is extremely expensive, has a shitty bureaucracy and is a mediocre school that doesn't actively try to help its students achieve highly. Don't get me wrong, the resources are there, they just aren't advertised. The other problem with UVM is that vermont has a terrible job market, so getting vital internships is very difficult.
Jun 5 2013 3:32PM
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Peter.
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yeah, this probably depends on your major though

what were you?
Jun 5 2013 3:38PM
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werd.
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U of U and CU-Boulder are on the top of my list right now. University of New Hampshire would be alright too since I live on the east coast.
Jun 5 2013 4:24PM
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bighomieflock
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This is definitely true but there's no reason you can't look for a college that fits your academic needs and also has skiing near by.
Jun 5 2013 4:29PM
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Logey.
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Western state in gunnison CO is one of my favorites, its right next to created butte in a small town. Otherwise I really like DU, its got a bitchen campus and is very reputable, more than CU boulder
Jun 5 2013 4:36PM
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lp.
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totally depends what you go to school for to make it reputable or not.
also DU is a private school. CU is really expensive out of state but I think DU might even be 10k or so more. I go to CU, and I have friends at DU and CSU. I definitely get to the mountains more than they do but that could just be because I prioritize it. That being said I have friends who are in engineering here which is an extremely hard major with a huge courseload and they still make it up to ski while getting As and Bs. I think CU just has a bigger ski culture. but so does U of U and others.
Jun 5 2013 7:33PM
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LiquorLanch
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NS tends to emphasize the skiing aspect way too much, which is why I mentioned academics first. Go to the best school you can get in to, not the best mountains with a school nearby.
Jun 5 2013 7:50PM
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Logey.
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DU being private allows them to give much larger scholarships. Only 2% of people that were admitted into DU last year didn't get any sort of scholarship and the average was over 20000 off of 50000. Out of state tuition at CU is like 44000 and one of the largest academic scholarships they offered was like 6000 dollars.
Jun 5 2013 8:04PM
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act.resist
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MSU, highest amount of nsers, shorter lift lines than CU boulder, and good skiing
Jun 5 2013 8:08PM
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act.resist
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Also they have a high acceptance rate, i got average to good grades in hs and was accepted
Jun 5 2013 8:11PM
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yourthemannowdog
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Can we disagree with that argument?

I think the notion that we should go to a good school as a means to get a better job is bullshit. This notion is about living in the future and depending on some promises that are hard to believe.

One could argue that we are to enjoy the act of learning, but a small percentage of people do that. If you enjoy learning, then do not worry about where you learn, pursue that desire appropriately. I am enjoying studying at my current school despite it's lack of prestige. I go to a small liberal arts school in a mountain town about 90 minutes from Silverton & Wolf Creek and 30 minutes from Purgatory. This past semester, on average, I partied and skied two-three times a week, studied/did hw 20 hours a week, and probably could have picked up a job. All of my friends here are doing the same thing I'm doing and enjoying themselves. It would be premature to say that attending this school as opposed to an ivy league was a good school, but I can safely say that I am thoroughly enjoying myself at this school. Even if I was entirely fixated on learning, I would probably skip the ivy league school and go study/work with a Nepalese monk or Tokyo bartender, because bar tending and eastern philosophy are the two things I want to learn about right now. I'm only partial interested in those things so I work at a brewery and study philosophy at school.

Now that we have that out of the way, lets examine the prospects of going to a good school as a mean of getting a good job. Do you REALLY want to excel? Do you think your school is going to put you on the top of the food chain? Honestly now, having john hopkins university on your resume is not entirely getting you that CFO or senior marketing director position. It may help you get a start on your career, but, if you want to be the best of the best, you need years of experience and some brains.

I will compromise, if you really want to become a doctor or lawyer, go to a good school. Experience and wit is not so important when you need to remember how to graft skin or you need to remember the legal definition of a fish. That requires you to be knowledgeable.


Regardless, go to school. Improve your reading, writing, math, analytical, critical, and geometric skills. It not only helps you, but everyone that will ever have to deal with you. We all prefer to deal with a more educated person. It expedites a lot of the bullshit we have to put up with daily.
Jun 5 2013 8:33PM
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Rachy
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Well... it is a ski website. I don't really see anything wrong with that.

That being said. It isn't always the best idea to go to the "best school" when you aren't entirely sure what you want to do. If you don't know what you want to do, then there is nothing wrong with going to an average/affordable school near something you love doing. At least you won't overdue it in a program you are unsure of and regret the private uni debt.

If the kid was like.. yeah, I want to be an engineer and build bridges, I'd say fuck skiing.. but it doesn't sound like he is too certain, so why not save some money and enjoy life till he figures his shit out.

Hell, if he really doesn't know, a lot of ski towns have access to a community college. Get GE's out of the way, then apply for university.

Or perhaps 1 year into school, this kid will figure out that he want's to go into product design and design ski boots. Or maybe he will figure out he wants to go into environmental science and help create plants to make ski resorts more environmentally friendly.. in which case, being near a ski resort will help him exponentially.

OP, if being near good skiing is important enough to you in making your college decision, good for you for being so passionate about it. Perhaps look at career options related to the industry and make a decision based on which has the best program (ski area management is a joke - avoid). Sports medicine, environmental science, graphic design, business, marketing... so many options! But don't disregard schools in large cities. Even USC in S. California has a killer ski team (note all the gopro videos).
Jun 5 2013 8:38PM
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Bogs
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Obviously companies aren't hiring kids fresh out of college as CFO's, but I know a kid who is an econ major at Yale who got an internship and is making close to 30 dollars an hour this summer, and I know a kid who is an econ major at BU who is struggling to find any kind of paying internship. They're both plenty smart and work hard and school and do well. In the long term things eventually even themselves out, and, obviously, the further you are from having graduated the less the college you went to matters, but for, say, the first 5 years after you graduate, the school you went to is going to play a significant role in the jobs you are going to get.
Jun 5 2013 8:49PM
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RRaDD
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Montana State University was rated by Powder magazine the best school with the closest distance to world class skiing. Might look into it...or not.
Jun 5 2013 9:06PM
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Daph
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the lift lines will grow if we keep letting the secret out. Don't come to Montana State. We've filled our NS quotas and the 5 min lift lines on holiday weekends are already too long. Summit County can always use more people
Jun 5 2013 9:09PM
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act.resist
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Sorry :0
Jun 5 2013 9:12PM
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7springsprod
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I could have sworn Boulder is 2 hours away from summit. Am I wrong or do people normally drive 2+ hours for skiing? Im headed To CNCC in Rangely, CO. Closest resorts are Powderhorn and Steamboat, both appox. 2 hours away. Not too stoked on the drives though.
Jun 5 2013 9:15PM
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bieberhole69.
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Don't go to school in colorado unless you want to spend 2+ hours everytime on i70
Jun 5 2013 9:34PM
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BrownBomber
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Definetly dont look at westminster, all private schools in utah must be mormon. U of U is the only logical choice
Jun 5 2013 9:52PM
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SteevJee
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sooooo true. I heard that they make you take a mormon blood oath at Westminster.
Jun 5 2013 9:55PM
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BrownBomber
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Yep that was part of freshman orientation. I was pretty scared at first, but soaking actually turned out to be quite enjoyable. Recommend it to everyone.
Jun 5 2013 10:12PM
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yourthemannowdog
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I genuinely agree that, economically, a good college pays off in the short term, but I don't think that this alone is reason to transfer to Yale. It really is a narrow view though to chase money around and we all know this. I think that money can serve one best only as a means to eliminate intense financial stress. It is not a means to a flourishing life (or as a Greek would say, Eudaimonia). Money is instrumentally good. It is a means to other goods which posses much more intrinsic good. Instead of treading water in the pursuit of wealth, I think it is more virtuous to wander around clueless (but asking questions) and poor than rich and confident (intellectually speaking, a know it all).
Jun 5 2013 11:41PM
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yourthemannowdog
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No, I-70 has no traffic at all and summit county gets consistent snow. There is no need to leave the I-70 corridor. Don't even think about all the mountains south and north of that one road, because they don't exist
Jun 5 2013 11:44PM
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Bogs
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I don't think there is one right path for everyone. Different people want different things. For some people, the money IS reason enough to work hard to get a top education because money gives you access to opportunities that less wealthy people don't have. It's not fair, or correct, to say that "it really is a narrow view though to chase money around and we all know this." It may not be right for you, but it may be right for someone else, and who are you to tell them that they are wrong?
Jun 5 2013 11:50PM
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bighomieflock
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Du and school of mines are both in the 1hr 10- 1hr 30 range.
Jun 6 2013 1:38AM
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lp.
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True, but my main point was the skiing community. I have two close skier friends who go there and they still mostly end up meeting up with me and other boulder kids they've met on the mtn. To REALLY ski, either park or big mtn, not just 'hey lets go ski this weekend!" type skiing.

Jun 6 2013 3:04AM
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Heart
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I love skiing so much, but I ended up at a school that receives 20 inches of snow a year and has no skiing in a three hour radius. And you know what - I love it here. Go to a good school, not one which will force you to endure substandard academics just so you can ski.
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