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Skiing in College

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erikK
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Is it hard to go skiing a lot when you're going to college/university?  I want to be able to ski like 3-4 days a week when my time comes to go but is the work load too much?  I've heard university requires a lot of time spent not in school.  And I'm talking about a school that's pretty close to a mountain.
Oct 7 2009 9:00PM
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Tronic
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Depends on your school, your major and your level, IE freshman vs senior.

More prestigious school usually = more outside of school work,
tougher major = more outside of school work
junior/senior level usually = more outside of school work/
Oct 7 2009 9:17PM
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El_Barto.
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not at all. you just have to be good at managing your time appropriately. i am a natural resources major and last winter school really didnt get in the way of my skiing. you just have to make sacrifices, i get to ski  all the time but that also forces me to take night classes.
Oct 7 2009 9:21PM
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Pinguu
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Ιf you manage your time right, you're gonna be fine.  I'm taking a lot of hard courses and still get to the mountain 4 times a week atleast, I get angry when I can't
Oct 7 2009 9:24PM
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dodgey
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dude it's soooo easy to ski all the fuckin time in college.  i always get like 3-5 days off a week in the winters.  and you can always find time to bullshit assignments cuz even if you are skiing a ton you still have a shit load of free time
Oct 7 2009 9:27PM
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evantful
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Yeah man its not to bad, 4days a week is about what I averaged, alot of times 5. In fact college is when I learned to ski, being able to go 5 days aweek let me progress like crazy. So thank god for college I guess
Oct 7 2009 10:21PM
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connoroh
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I barely get to ski anymore. It's horrible.

Hope you aren't in engineering.
Oct 7 2009 10:25PM
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Dustin.
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It depends on your definition of college and hard work.  I go to a very difficult school, have never had fewer than 20 hours in a semester, and I'm a Civil Engineering major.  I also get pretty good grades since I'm trying to get into a good graduate school one day.  Skiing during the week is very difficult to do for me since I have class every weekday morning and have to do work/homework until bed many days.  However, I bust my ass and manage my time so that Friday, Saturday, and Sunday are for getting inverted.

If you want to go to a community college or Colorado Mountain College or something, you could ski every day and get a 4.0.  Even the average university isn't that difficult comparatively, since most engineering majors don't graduate in 4 years.
Oct 7 2009 10:31PM
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quixotic
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Yeah, and depends on whether or not you go to a tech/community college or an actual university. Also depends on how good of grades you want to get and how well you manage out of class time.
Oct 7 2009 10:37PM
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The_Oakley_Kid
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ive been in college 4 years now, and i ski 6 days a week every week, even with upper level class.
Oct 7 2009 10:39PM
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californiagrown
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this.   especially junior, senior, super senior years
Oct 8 2009 1:11AM
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erikK
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Okay thank guys.  I don't know what I want to do yet but I guess it's fine. 
Oct 8 2009 1:35AM
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reBlocke
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As Engineering at CU, I skied 2-3 times per week freshmen and sophomore years and 4-6 days per week junior and senior.  I'd say the general trend is that it is easier to schedule MWF or TTh as an upperclassmen.  Probably varies a lot by major.
Oct 8 2009 1:47AM
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eheath
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U of U, ski anywhere from 3-5 days a week, usually more like 3 or 4 but possibility of 5.
Oct 8 2009 1:58AM
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steeze2pleeze
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i imagine its hard to go to college when you're skiing a lot.
Oct 8 2009 2:03AM
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Download-My-Apps
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man I don't see how you guys ski so much. I go to UBC and I'm lucky if I ski 4 days a week. Normally I get around 2.
Oct 8 2009 2:15AM
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Rachy
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go to a school with a ski team sanctioned by USCSA and you will get to ski plenty and use competitions as a reason to hand in papers late. Then when they give you shit for it, you complain that the football players or baseball team gets to hand their stuff in late.
Oct 8 2009 2:16AM
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SteezeBall
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Montana State University. 7 days a week @ big sky. MMmm hmm.
Oct 8 2009 2:16AM
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eheath
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Well, its 25 mins to PC, easy to get 3-4 days in there, especially when its so damn sunny all the time.
Oct 8 2009 2:26AM
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Bo_bot9
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Well as long as you dont mind skipping classes and you try to make your schedule so you end early then your set. but if you go to school at the U you can be skiing in 25 minutes so you can go ski first then make it back in time for class.
Oct 8 2009 2:28AM
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Download-My-Apps
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full course load?
Oct 8 2009 2:29AM
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eheath
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Yeah rarely skip class in the winter, since its usually a once or twice a week class either in the mid morning tues/thurs or at night mon-thurs.
Oct 8 2009 2:30AM
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SteezeBall
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12 credits. Its the minimum for being considered full time. Montana is fucking ill.
Oct 8 2009 2:32AM
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Leafman
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maybe i should have gone to msu then
Oct 8 2009 3:11AM
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Dustin.
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I hate you, I am taking twice as many hours and 12 of mine are CE classes....which is why I'm writing this at 2 am, because I want to ski this weekend and I have to get a lot of shit done to do it.
Oct 8 2009 4:00AM
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iggyskier
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Largely depends on how hard you work and what your classes are like.

I was getting at minimum 40+ days until my senior year, when I had my 10 month long senior thesis project.

I skied 2 days that year. 

2.

total.

So take it as you will.  You can ski a ton and still do well, but it is definitely a balancing act.
Oct 8 2009 4:05AM
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Static
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Take an extra class first semester, and one less in spring.
It also depends on proximity, at Western I was getting 5 days a week all season, at CU only 1-3.
Oct 8 2009 4:28AM
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Literature
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I ski around three a week. If you want to ski, you can make it happen, but your grades won't be perfect, just decent. I'm happy with decent grades and epic skiing.
Oct 8 2009 4:33AM
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factory81
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Depends on if you plan on having a job in college......

And how well you plan your classes.....

Wallish said in his full tilt video that he takes classes full time during summer / fall and takes winter semester off. probably makes the most sense out of all the ways to go ski a bunch, and still hold a job.
Oct 8 2009 8:35AM
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skiP.E.I.
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It can be done, it's not too hard, but you have to stay on top of your work. As soon as you get an assignment start working on it, and try to finish it ASAP. It really helps if you''re interested in what you're studying. This means you don't party too much or have much time when you're not busy.
Skiing> partying. Try working extra hard in the fall semester too, so if your GPA slips a couple decimals in the winter it won't hurt as bad.
I take 5 courses a semester (3 or 4 are studios, which are each 6 hours a week in class), maintaining a 3.8 GPA. I don't party much (this also saves a lot of money) and I work as a ski instructor on Sunday and Saturday at the really busy times. I'm on the hill at least 3 full days a week, and I ski every day, even if it's just a little line in the trees that I hike to near campus. Don't expect to progress as much as usual when you're at college, because you are focussing a lot of your time and energy into school, but I would say skiing can help you do better in classes, because it keeps you active, is an outlet for energy and a stress reliever, and you need all those things for your brain to function right.
Oct 8 2009 10:37AM
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Bo_bot9
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im taking 15 credit hours and monday wednsday friday i get done by 1 the other days i have class all day but i mean i can ski 5 days a week if i have a ride up. Its already hard to not skip class for skiing. this week is legit becuase its week before fall break so im not to stressed with work luckily
Oct 8 2009 1:44PM
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