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Skiing colleges

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Frazelli
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i have to pick what colleges im applying to, and i want a college with a good park skiing and a good school. what are some good schools for that besides university of utah. thanks
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Wolvmatt.
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Wisconsin isn't 4 hours from Whistler.
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will-g
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umm university of Washington not Wisconsin
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omIV
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udub is def in washington, kid
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*Dos*Planker*
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would you happen to know where i could find more information about these clubs
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shocker611
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One love ski club, check it out- http://www.uofuonelove.com/
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fillup
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My dads successful, and i got scholarships. If you try hard enough you can go anywhere regardless of income.
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erejto64
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i have been thinking a lot about this my self and ive setteled on 4 schools that are pretty good schools relativly close to skiing University of British Columbia Univirsity of Colorado at Boulder Colorado College and University of Utah
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Smokin_Buddz
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university of vermont is definitely a prime one, its got like 4 mountains within 45 minutes to an hour away. bolton is one of em but i cant remember the others, all good mountains though.
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erejto64
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ya but its the east
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cottage_steeze
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not if your from the midwest, buddy.
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onenerdykid
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UVM is in Burlington, VT, one of the funnest towns I have ever lived in. PLUS they are one of the few schools that actually has a school sponsored (budgeted) Freestyle Ski Team, with super hookups at mountains and a legit shop :)

and even though it's on the east coast, Stowe (on the yearly average) gets 33 more inches of snow than Breckenridge... And Jay Peak gets even more.
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Profpimpcain
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Im headed to BSU for school in a week from So cal... anyone joining me?
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Kflan
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champlain mofucka. dead center of burlington vermont.
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shocker611
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yeah but its still the east
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ReeferMonga
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One but, they have about no vertical feet and all there parks are rails plus no big mountain. The jumps over there are mediocre if that on the west. We have bigger jumps at PC by Christmas every year than the east does by the end of the year.
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onenerdykid
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True, not much vertical but chest deep blower pow is chest deep blower pow. And while the drops aren't over 30 feet (a few are, but it's a few), it's 30 feet into tight ass trees. If you can ski that kind of line on the east, you are well prepared for a lot of things.

With that said, I did move to Austria for a reason.
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TH3D0P3B0Y
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university of utah

alta enough said but if not snowbird, pc, deer valley, and the canyons
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WHO_DAT
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CMC Breckenridge/Dillon! (Summit Campus)

Classes are all after the mountain closes in the evening. Live in Summit County, be within 25 minutes of Breckenridge, Keystone, A-Basin, Loveland, Vail, Copper and Beaver Creek.

You can take the bus right from Breck ski resort to school and go in your ski clothes.
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-AP-
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Has anybody gone to or heard much about sierra nevada college? I'm definitely interested in that
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jsaya_SagStraps
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Ah yes, Harvard on the Hill..

lol.
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WHO_DAT
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DON'T. I know a lot of people who went there and graduated and are extremely disappointed. They said it was so expensive and they felt they left without an education. The school actually almost went bankrupt a few years back. Bad news bears.
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.jon
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they hand out ridiculous scholarships tho

it would have costed me a grand total of ~19,000/year to go to westminster... that's less than my in-state public school tuition would have been (~21,000 for U of Minnesota)
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deathcookie
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Go UBC. Its a good school and closer to great skiing than boulder and colorado college. Plus it costs less than both. Furthermore, Colorado College is incredibly far from skiing and is in a town full of crazy people. University of British Columbia is rated the number 40 university in the world.
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eheath
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yeah bro, all that matters in college is partying. There is enough partying at any college but i mean if you like driving 2+ hours for good park and mediocre pow skiing then okay.
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KyleA
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lolz.  The east coast does not know what chest deep blower pow is. 
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Frazelli
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so what is the deal with uof british columbia, just want to kno the whole deal about it. like is it expensive, or hard to get in?, just all about it
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deathcookie
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I think it is a little difficult to get into. Its not as expensive as CU. CU estimated me at costing 47k or somethink crzy like that and ubc is 31k.
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BootySpunk.
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Montana State University...Awesome college, Awesome campus, close to skiing, free bus to Big Sky, Easy hitchhiking to briger bowl...but theres no women or pow here so don't come ;)...But PM me if you want more details.
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timmypearsonEC
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LYNDON STATE COLLEGE
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selkirks
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Meh, too many state schools. I'm not seeing enough smaller PNW schools on here. Gotta represent everyone. With that said:

Seattle University [2.5 hours to Baker, closer to Stevens and Snoqualmie (for park) and Crystal (Backcountry)] is an excellent school academically.

University of Portland [about an hour from the Mt. Hood resorts] is likewise a great school academically and just in general.

Gonzaga University [about two hours from Schweitzer or less to any of three other resorts] offers an outstanding list of academic and cultural programs.

Three schools that needed to be mentioned. Of course, the PNW is not Utah. But we have some excellent skiing and are near enough to make weekend trips to more well-known resorts like Whistler and Revelstoke feasible. Small schools are not for everyone. And Spokane isn't a Seattle. But for outdoor recreation combined with an outstanding academic curriculum at a great value (generous need- and merit-based financial aid available), there are few better options.
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onenerdykid
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If you haven't skied Northern Vermont, you wouldn't know. It's a truly different skiing experience from the rest of New England, or east coast for that matter. Like I said, it gets more snow than Summit County, and it's usually cold enough to produce super light snow.

As for anything outside of where I'm talking about, it's pretty typical ice coast...
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easternskiier
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Fuck UVM, if you really want to expirience Vermont and what it truley has to offer go to Green Mountain College. If you want to go to every other state university in this state then be it, go to UVM. But Green Mountain is 20 minutes from Killington and 30 from Okemo. Both pretty nice park set ups. Plus Green Mountain is full of kind caring people, and dedicated professors. All in all it IS the ideal Vermont school, not UVM.
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WHO_DAT
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Cold weather doesn't produce light snow, dry, arid weather does. East Coast is definitely NOT dry... Just saying. Summit can produce light powder in April because of the dryness. I realize you're trying to get people to think it has good snow and stuff, and maybe it gets a lot of snow... but not a lot can touch Colorado's champagne powder, and definitely not anywhere in the East. Not doubting it's not awesome, though.
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PacificRimJob
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I'm just happy I'm going to be in oregon for my next degree and I have around 30 resorts within a 5 hour range and 2 of them are within an hour. boo yah.
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.peter
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^No there is definitely not "blower" pow on the east. but 7 inches of snow feels the same as 14 out west. and a 25 ft. drop on the east coast is way gnarlier than a 25 ft. anywhere else... you can hate and say which is better all you want but it all has to do with your approach. If you ski in the east, or california you will be more creative about it because you have to be. there are more kids/people who throw down around and fewer tourists (unless you're in NY). The other thing to remember is that there's more to life than skiing, and if you go to SLC or anywhere in Utah for that matter be prepared to live in an oppressive theocracy where everyone goes to bed at 10:30... If you can go to school in BC I'd say do that, if that's really far/ you can't go to a canadian school the east may be a good place because there's a ton of non ski things to do and you will probably only have to drive 25 mins. to the mtn. (I know that can mean very different things, but in Burlington you can ski all day then drive to montreal for some of the sickest shows and partying, and be back in time to sleep and get to class in the morning...) You can't do that anywhere else. But honestly if you wanna ski every day, you're gonna ski every day, You'll always find a way if you want it, so don't stress and pick a place that feels right to you, it may turn out that skiing ll the time isn't for you, or you may get in with some up and comers and be in their edits... just do what feels right.
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PacificRimJob
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Lol...

You've certainly never been to a UofU party.
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Joe_Brogan
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i was thinkin about u of colorado boulder, but when added up the cost for being out of state is $40,000.  now im thinking u of utah, looks to be a total of around $25,000.
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PacificRimJob
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look at montana... it's like 21,000...
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fillup
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Seriously. I got 9000 knocked out without even applying for a scholarship, and accepted within two weeks.
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KLovelace
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i guess that all depends on how many tens of thousands of dollars your parents are willing to spend on out of state education.
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StokeLab
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whatever you decide make sure it's out west.
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shocker611
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I still dont realize why UofU isnt the obvious answer? BY far the best skiing options, they have a lot of good programs, its cheap, really easy to get scholarships, and has a surprisingly good party seen which is getting a ton better as more and more kids go there for skiing and not because they are mormon
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Joe_Brogan
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U of U is:

35 min to Snowbird

35 min to Park City

45 min to Alta

45 min to Brighton

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Wolvmatt.
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Yeah, anybody who doesn't want to go to Utah because of the Mormons is a fucking douchebag.  I just wish they had a little bit better education (UofU isn't exactly known for getting kids into Medical school).
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gr4
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the u's biology dept. and med school are ranked in the top 50. Mario Capecchi, a biology professor, won the nobel prize for medicine in 2007. utah has great academics.
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DaysToCome
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seriously tho. Western State College of Colorado. They got a freeride team with hookups from 4frnt hestra and a couple other companies. Crested Butte is the gnar.
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shocker611
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I know my program at uofUtah has the second best research program in the country behind MIT, and the times listed above are actually probably a lil bit high. I know i can make it to Snowbird/Alta in less than that
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Wolvmatt.
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I'm not a future employer of yours don't try to lie to me.  Even CU-boulder is better than Utah.

http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/national-universities-rankings/page+6

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shocker611
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^ check out their biomed department.. especially in the research department. They are above yale
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DutchhGutss
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Id deff say University of Salt Lake!
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