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~bagelz~I'm going to be a freshman at montana state bozeman and I will be studying Mech. Eng. in the honors program. I know my schedule and I'm going to ski on the weekends some fall semester and tuesdays and thursdays after classes at 12 once resorts open
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ThePeoplesChampIt's all about priorities. I averaged 50 a year during an engineering degree at USC, about 5hrs from Mammoth
cobra_commanderI skied less than 5 days in 2013...
Of course I was focused on school, not skiing...
If you want to pay several thousands a quarter/semester to go skiing, that is your business. It was not my plan.
TCummingsI'm just reading the replys
TCummingsI'm just reading the replys
UOSnowEvery weekend till the snow melts! That's why UO Snow exists
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jpastoranyone else get a chuckle from reading this
I go to Keene State College and got in around 45 days this past season, no car but i run the ski club on campus so i ski for free and always have a ride
lIllII wonder what all these people claiming 50+ ski days are majoring in. I feel like I already know the answer...
cobra_commanderI skied less than 5 days in 2013...
Of course I was focused on school, not skiing...
If you want to pay several thousands a quarter/semester to go skiing, that is your business. It was not my plan.
ndyeThat's unfair. I spend thousands of dollars a semester to go to school, I also get to ski a lot. That's like going on vacation and swimmin in the hotel swimming pool while you were there. They didn't spend all that money on vacation to swim in a shitty pool, but they did do that along with enjoying the vacation.
ndyeThat's unfair. I spend thousands of dollars a semester to go to school, I also get to ski a lot. That's like going on vacation and swimmin in the hotel swimming pool while you were there. They didn't spend all that money on vacation to swim in a shitty pool, but they did do that along with enjoying the vacation.
cobra_commanderThis is up there in analogies that don't make much sense.
Skiing is an expensive activity. College is generally a place where you don't have the time to be earning additional income. It is also when most folks in the US are living in the red.
Skiing takes time and energy away from focusing on school. You get out of college what you put in. If you're allways up skiing, you might as well be pissing your tuition money away because you are likely getting out less than you could.
I didn't ski much in 2013 because most of the time I was putting in 18-24 hr days at school, 7 days a week. When I wasn't, I was catching up on sleep.
ndyeMaybe if you go to engineering school which I believe you do? And theres a difference between always being skiing and skiing a lot. I ski a lot, I maintain a real good GPA and ski usually 3 to 5 days a week. Plus breaks which are longer. Yeah I could probably do better if I ONLY studied, but thats not me. And thats not a good way to live for many people.
Has there ever been something you have done in life where you couldn't be better if you were always on it?
You get that engineering degree and you will get a better paying job than me, and live a much more comfortable life probably, but thats not the calling I have for myself.
KravtZYour basically selling yourself short then and wasting your money / your parents. If you admit you can do better...why dont you. You have your whole life to ski, only 4 years to do as good as possible in school..not to mention the huge cost of tuition. When you graduate and make 40k..enjoy a nice life on a small budget. The 3.5+ kids in engineer, etc will enjoy 65k+.
Skiing is a rich persons sport. Want to ski more? Either make a lot of money and buy a ski house...or become a ski bum.
KravtZWant to ski more? Either make a lot of money and buy a ski house...or become a ski bum.
617freeskierIf skiing is a major priority in deciding where you go to school (as it was for me) check out Colorado Mountain College in Steamboat Springs Colorado. I moved here for school in 2009 because I was sick of driving 3 hours from Massachusetts to Maine to ski on ice. The campus here is 10 minutes from the gondola. depending on your major and how much you REALLY want to ski you can easily get 75-100 days wile going to class. It's alot easier to sit through a 3 hour lecture when you were skiing tits deep powder all morning.
KravtZWas there my freshman year had a car and skied 3 days a week. Went to Stratton (house there also) so I was there on weekend as well. Definitely get a car if possible ...lot closer than you think and I remember it was super easy getting a parking spot / permit
RazzDanhttp://www.sierranevada.edu/aspire-higher-fall-2014/
Sierra Nevada College - closest 4 year college to a ski area (0.5 miles)...why go anywhere else, north star only 20 mins away, also got boreal, alpine, squaw, sugar bowl, heavenly, homewood, kirkwood, Sierra-at-Tahoe and Mammoth about 3 hours away.
Seriously there is not a better school to go to if you want to ski as much as possible - simply said
CheddarJackI'll take failing a class over skiing three times in one winter... and I'll most certainly try to get as many days in as possible.
lIllISo you're essentially saying that fucking off for a few days is worth wasting tens of thousands of dollars and countless hours of hard work?
CheddarJackSo you're essentially saying that if you don't graduate with a 4.0 you might as well not even go to college and that you're tens of thousands of dollars and countless hours of hard work were completely wasted?
Let me retract my statement you quoted though and clarify - rather than fail, I'd take doing sub-par in a non-important class if it means I can ski a lot. I'm perfectly willing to take however many days off it takes to bring up or maintain my grade in an important course. However, skiing only 3 times a season would never happen. If that becomes the case, the only reason for it would that I'm not managing my time efficiently.
lIllIHaving said that, it seems we agree with each other.
CheddarJackI'm glad we could see through each other's exaggerations haha
lIllII just think it's interesting how the "Outdoor Leadership" major on the previous page bragged about how many ski days he got in, then called me a poor time manager for not skiing much because I'm a Finance major.
ndyeUpon investigation, he was not even quoting you when he called someone else a poor time manager.
lIllIIt seems more likely that he quoted the wrong person, considering the context of our conversation.
