Colleges Out West

Murphology

Murphology

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I'm a Junior in high school in Cincinnati, Ohio and I am wondering what some of the best/ most fun colleges are out west,My dad and I are going to visit at least University of Utah and possibly more this Winter,

I was just wondering which ones I should visit, which ones are not worth it etc.
 
MSU

WWU If you like to smoke weed.

WSU if you like to drink cheap vodka and Busch.

CU

U of Portland

There's basically the ones I am deciding from so they are really he only ones I know a fair bit about. But I'm not in college so I can't be of too much help.
 
If your actually going out to colorado to do cool stuff then i would recommend these. Not that expensive and really nice colleges. And you can rent shit for basically free

Mesa university, Grand junction (Not my favorite location)

Fort Lewis, DurangoWestern state (now a university), Gunnison

If your in it just so you can be in colorado i would pick these. A little more expensive but alot better universities.

DU

CSU, Fort collins

In my opinion CU boulder sucks ass and its retarded expensive.

 
I'm a junior this year too, and I'm beginning to look at schools... I've been to the U of U and CU Boulder, neither of which I honestly have much interest in... One school that I've never been to but have interest in is the University of Washington in Seattle... It seems to be rated higher and have a better academic reputation than CU or UofU... Also, it seems that the skiing is pretty sick in the Cascades (Mt. Baker, Stevens Pass, Crystal, etc....) Yes, I know it rains, but the copious amounts of snow otherwise and the seemingly better academics outweigh that to me... Am I missing any obvious detractors of the place? My dad is thinking of taking me there in February in conjuction w/ a trip to interior BC so you have to make it sound good so I can sell it.. (Jk, give me an honest answer)
 
Not so much for Skiing and they're getting expensive and ridiculously competitive, but The UC's(UCLA, UCSC, etc.), USC even though people always rip on it. Some Cal States are pretty good too. Obviously as people have previously mentioned there's U of Oregon/Washington. U of Portland(where I am hopefully going to attend next year)
 
Unless you're into Asians, love Apple and hate the government, and like to ski in the rain. Then by all means come on down.
 
I'm actually really looking in to U of Portland. I didn't at allat first but I got some generic college E-mail from them and checked it and it looks pretty dope.
 
I went to UCSD last year and it was pretty dope on the beach in La Jolla and such... Obviously no skiing but that's only one factor in my decision
 
if youre in utah take the time to check out Westminster as well.

totally different than the U but worth your time to check out IMO
 
im assuming you mean NYC. id check out some of the colorado schools, you probably shouldnt have much trouble getting into them if you have extracurriculars and stuff. maybe USC if you really want to live in LA and have to commute a shit ton to ski. the PNW has been mentioned, but im getting the sense that you want to be in Utah/CO or potentially CA, correct me if im wrong
 
I toured boulder with very high hopes and expected to be like what it's built up to be. 45 thousand dollars for out of state tuition is absolutely rediculouse for a state school, the campus really wasn't that amazing except for the stadium. The degrees you can get aren't really special at all and the dorms were awful. It's way to hyped up. Although I love the town of boulder, I just hated the school
 
CU and CSU are both about the same size and price. If you like a big university I would go for CSU or CU.

Of the schools I visited last summer my favs were Western state and Fort Lewis. I'm going to Fort Lewis the Januaray and I am beyond stoked. The kids are super chill. Purgatory sucks, but Wolf Creek and Telluride are close by (I would stay away from Telluride mid winter. The roads are dangerous).

I would say, skip Adam's state in Alamosa. Alamosa is boring as hell, you need to be motivated and very outdoor oriented.

The whole CSU vs CU can be quite amusing. You don't need to go to either school to party there. I don't like to drink, so I don't get in the middle of it.
 
You could throw the University of Denver in there. It ended up cheaper for me to go to DU than CSU or CU, even as an in state student. That and it is an overall "better" school in quite a few fields.
 
my top 2 right now are u of portland and montana state, and if all doesnt go as a plan ill just go to u of reno or whatever that place is called for a year and transfer out.
 
it really all depends on what you want to do. When I went to college (u of utah) i had no idea what I wanted to major in, so picking a school based on what I wanted to study was low on my list. I visited the U the summer before my freshman and came the winter before to ski and I was completely sold. Yeah, I may have chose a school because of the skiing, but it ended up working very well for me. You really need to decide if you want to go to school for skiing or if you're set on your education. A year or two getting general credits, trying to decide what you want to your major to be and skiing 90-100 days in a season isnt a bad way to start college :)
 
Here are the colleges I'm looking at to apply to:1. CU Boulder

2: Colorado College

3. Denver U

4. UVM

5. Saint Michaels

6 MSU

7. Univeristy of Utah

8. and maybe Westminster but probably not
 
I won't argue with you there. Monarch was new to me since I'm from California. I'd recommend WSU though for sure. You can possibly get an out of state scholarship as I did and it's a blast here. Pullman is the epitome of a college town and everyone is into it here. If you want... check it out.
 
Im from seattle and go to school in colorado. I highly prefer skiing in WA over CO. WA gets way more snow more regularly so you can almost always ski pow while in CO i only get a few good pow days a year.
 
You go to DU? That is probably my favorite school in Colorado that I've visited. What's its like there? Did you get any mad scholarships or grants? I'd like to know more about it. And to the guy that said cu and csu are the same price your about 15000 dollars off.
 
I will be there as of this weekend. I got a lot of financial aid, but no scholarships. Part of it is that I did a community college for 2 years instead of regular high school. In return, I got a degree and enough college credits to transfer to qualify as academic junior at DU. Because of that, my GPA was not weighted like my fellow hsers, even though I had a solid 3.97 at the college. Because of that, I did not get any merits. But what's nice about DU is that they are private, so they have oodles of money to give away. I ended up with about $25,000 dollars of free money in financial aid and increased loan caps.

Although I haven't "gone" there yet, I can say that it's a really good school. It's a top 100 school (based on US Weekly), located in a good part of Denver, and has a quarter system that includes a 6 week winter break. I've also have had a great experience with admissions and the financial department.

CU and CSU are close in price if you live in state. But, I received very little in financial aid from them. Ironically, I'd have to pay about $15,000-$20,000 more than DU to go to either one.
 
I'm a Sophmore at U of U and I'm actually from Cincinnati. Take the jump man, all my friends said I was crazy moving out here, but it has been by far the best decision in my life. PM me if you want more info on the U. Also, what high school do you go to out of curiosity?
 
What would you say the school's reputation is in the PNW? Is it like "The School" to go to if your a good student? Or is it more of a "Yeah, good school, but not that impressive"... The reason I ask that is that here in Massachusetts, there are so many private schools that are nationally ranked that Umass doesn't get much respect, even though it's a good school. It still has the reputation of being "Zoomass" even though it's just as hard to get into as a school with a better reputation, like Boston University or Northeastern.
 
It is still highly respected but nothing super special. It was kindof the go to school for good students at my high school but my high school was also super competitive and 98% of students go to 4 year colleges so its kindof an outlier. Within the seattle community it is really well respected though and there are tons of alumni in the area which could help with getting a job if your looking to stay in seattle after school
 
Thanks for the feedback... +K to you... One last thing, do you know what the ski culture is like there? Is there a good core of skiers there? Is there any type of Club Race team? I race for my high school but I'm not good enough to ski for any of the NCAA schools, but I'd love to race for a competitive club... I'm not talking about a social ski club that sets up NASTAR gates once in a while, but like a serious club team that competes against other schools and has a coach etc...
 
I do not personally know since i don't go there but I'm pretty sure i heard they have a race team that is pretty serious and then a ski club just to like help people find ski buddies and rides to the mountain. Not 100% sure on that stuff so you might want to check to confirm that stuff so I'm not misleading you
 
yeah i'll be apllying there come later in the year. maybe ubc okanagan also. depends what i go into also i suppose
 
the UC/CU CSU/CSU confusion is really getting to me

Any of the University of California schools are great and not too expensive. If you can get into a good Cal State (the REAL CSU) like either of the Cal Polys you aren't too far from an easy day trip or a medium distance weekend trip to Tahoe or Mammoth depending on the poly.

I cannot stress the importance of visiting and finding somewhere that you will enjoy for 5 (since it's the average now) years

 
To be quite honest I'm not sure but even though we would be studying abroad, I was told it would still be cheaper the going to boulder or something like that!
 
If you can afford it, it's a great school though. I went there for 2 years before I transferred to CSU because I couldn't afford it though. Graduated from CSU, but both places are great schools with great people. DU is much closer to skiing (resort skiing at least), and has much smaller classes. CSU is a much larger school and some programs are better than others.
 
As I said, it depends on if you get scholarships and/or financial aid. I would be paying double if I chose to go to CSU or CU instead of DU.
 
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