MSU Bozeman - help me with my letter of application (I'm a transfer student)

TijmenDal

TijmenDal

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So,

next year I want to go to MSU in Bozeman (for the skiing of course, but that shouldn't be the main motivation in my letter, d'uh) and would like some tips or inside info as to why I should go there and why they should let me in. Are there any studies in particular that MSU is renowned for or anything other than that which makes MSU such a good uni?

And if anyone goes there, what about the university of Calgary? I don't know anything about it, but what's it like? Good skiing nearby? How's the town, uni and people in general?

Anything that could help me is much appreciated and +K'ed if that's what you want.
 
I've live in Bozeman and I love it. The town is pretty small, about 40,000 people and it has an awesome atmosphere. I don't know a whole lot about the university but I've heard that the engineering studies there are actually quite good. As far as skiing goes there are a bunch of hills within about an hour of MSU. There is a local hill, Bridger bowl, that is about 20 min from town then Big Sky, which is like 1hr-1.5hrs. right next to that is another hill, Moonlight Basin, which is pretty sick as well. you can actually get a joint pass and have access to both mountains (they are on the same peak). the people are really friendly in general and its an amazing place to live.
 
MSU is nationally ranked in engineering and have a really strong pre med program. The town itself is a tight nit community that is really fun. Skiing is great with Big sky, moonlight and bridger bowl nearby. It definitely has a small town atmosphere but there is no lack of things to do there at all.
 
I transferred in this year and didn't have to write no letter bullshit. Why the fuck do you have to?

Tell them you want to experience a year in the never ending party that is Roskie Hall.
 
OK. im gonna jump in here and give you a word of advice (even though i dont like you that much because you had me banned just because you were offended by my username-- pretty pathetic.. but i've moved on)

SO... here is what I have to say

DO NOT GO TO A US SCHOOL FOR THE LOVE OF FUCKING GOD. if anything apply to a canadian university if you absolutely must go to north america.. UBC is a very good school (much much better than MSU which is one of the easiest schools in the country to get accepted into) with very good study programs.

If you had any interest in actually getting a good education then you would know better than to ever consider an american school... a little bit of simple research on the web could tell you that (and I mean by reading news articles, googling the right questions, checking out UNI websites etc.. not posting threads on a web forum that is mostly dominated by spoiled as fuck and uninformed 15yo skier kids). the system of education in the US is so outdated and a bachelor's degree here unless it is earned from an extremely prestigious school will do virtually nothing for you or your future career (if you care about having one of those). Not only that.. but being that you are foreign you will probably pay upwards of 60,000 US dollars just to get by every year (for tuition/room/board/skiing).. while meanwhile you could go to a dutch school for a tuition price of about 1500 euros a year. you must be fucking loaded or not give a shit? I don't know. Maybe you could consider a university in Austria or France where you can do an international program which would be taught in english as well.. cost you WAY less... and give you equally as amazing skiing opportunities... if you have the money though and you want to be abroad and learning in english then definitely look into UBC... Vancouver is an amazing city with shit loads of incredible skiing very close by.

that's my two cents. I hope it helped.
 
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I'll just study abroad for a year. It's not like I'm going to get a bachelors degree there. Get some courses done and what not. Honestly, I don't give a fuck about the quality of the university, because the UvA is shit as well.

As for the money, I'll just pay 1672€ like I do now, so no biggie.

And I got accepted btw. Booyah.
 
dood go to missoula. skiing isn't as great but you've got like 8 mountains within a couple hours of campus and it is a sicker town no offense brozemen
 
if you think the UvA is shit just wait until you take a class at a us school.. it will be like fucking vmbo for you. its pathetic. so have fun skiing!!!!!
 
i transfered twice so im pretty familiar with this Basicaly, just write a good little essay as to why you want to transfer to there school. DONT make it a case of oh well this school sucks and blah blah my life sucks. Explain in it why you want to be at the new school, and what you plan on doing in the future at that school. Also make it almost like a college essay. Thats what i did and i think that relaly helped my acceptance because i had such good essays even though my grades were just below what i needed.
 
It's not the arrow, its the Indian. There are plenty of students that attended American universities that have fared more than well. And that applies to any country's universities. It's not entirely about where you went, or didn't go. It's about you as a student, did you push the borders? Try to come up with a new equation, a new hypothesis, or excelled beyond the required work? If you did, you'll find yourself in a good place, regardless of where you went to school. University is merely a testing point, graduation does not guarantee you the strong place in society that you would like to be in.
 
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