Skiing at College... but which college?

Moonshine

Moonshine

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hey guys,

as of now, i've applied to uvm and colorado college. i'm planning on applying to mcgill and tufts as well.

where will the skiing be best? best conditions, best mountains, best price, best conveniece, etc. gimme anything you got.

i know tufts would be bad. but other than that...

help! +k to all
 
-University of Utah

-Weber State Univ. (UT)

-Montana State Univ.

-Western State College (CO)

-Sacramento State

you gotta come West, those EC schools won't cut it
 
You should probably state what you're planning to major in. All of those schools are going to be better or worse depending on your field of study. Utah is definitely the cheapest and closest to skiing you'll find but it could be a horrible school depending on what you're trying to study.
 
I go to western state in CO and it sucks. If your life revolves around "steep and deep" then come here, otherwise, the people suck and the school is a joke.
 
colorado college is a sweet school. I go to DU though and got about 100 days in last year and got to ski at a ton of different resorts and the snow was killer all season, can´t complain
 
I'd go along with everyone else, and say U of U

But from the schools you listed, it seems like your actually taking strong academics and class size into consideration.

School of Mines in CO is always an option, but only if you want to major in engineering. Colorado College is really the only other academically rigorous school in CO, to which you've already applied.

But honestly, if you're applying to schools like Tufts, then Cornell is as good academically and has a better ski scene. Dartmouth is also only an hour from Killington.
 
I applied to those same four schools last year. I wanted to go to colorado college to do the block plan but then i figured out the closest big mountains were 2.5 hours away (besides echo which is a little under 2). If you are less into how often you ski and more about quality of the mountains, cc is a good choice.

Mcgill has avila pretty closeby, which is awesome if you like to hit rails and night ski (the actual mountain is small, but they have an extensive park).

Tufts is 2 hours from sunapee which has an average to above average park, and I know a few kids who make the trip every weekend.

I chose to go to UVM and it has exceeded my expectations so far. If you end up going here and choose to do the Freestyle Team, you can take one of two vans that go to Stowe each day during the week. Plus, we have a coach and it looks like we will have access to a new trampoline facility opening nearby. Stowe is 1 hour away. Sugarbush is 1 hour away. Early season Killington is 1 hour 45 minutes away. All are great skiing. I was able to ski 80 days last year while getting my engineering classes done by taking the vans tuesday/thursday.

I don't know about the other schools, but if you come to burlington guaranteed you will find kids who want to go to Leddy park in September to hit rails, drive to killington as soon as it opens (3 weeks ago), and hit up Jay when it is the only mountain left open (early may).

I'm sure the other schools share a lot of the same excitement, I just don't go there so I can't speak for them. Good luck man you have good choices.

 
im also at DU, and i get around 80 days a season in. since we're on the quarter system you can really cut down on the number of classes you take during the winter term and make them up in the summer
 
since you're looking at tufts/colorado college you must be a pretty smart kid. so. colby, bates, bowdoin, and middlebury could all be really good choices for you, i'm surprised they haven't been mentioned yet. middlebury is probably the best between the quality of the school and its location, like uvm its 45-1 hour from most of the best mountains in VT. i go to colby and its about 1:15 from sugarloaf and a little further to sunday river/saddleback. not sure exactly how far bates and bowdoin are, but i can't imagine they're too much further away than colby.

i managed my schedule so i didn't have class friday spring semester and skied 3 days every week. i'm doing the same this year and i did the math with my schedule and i could theoretically ski 50 days this year. i'd be happy to answer any questions you have about colby/other schools the best i can.
 
If your looking for a good school with pretty good skiing, its the University of Colorado at Boulder. If you want great skiing along with pretty shitty schools (educational wise), its MSU or University of Fort Lewis Durango and if you want unbelievable skiing with a decent school, is utah!
 
Yeah second this. I go to Midd and, yeah there's a pretty hefty workload, but we're 45 min from Sugarbush, an 1 hour from Killy, and we have our own mountain too (with season passes for 150 for Midd students, which you'll pay off two or three times by the end of J-term). And there's some dece rails on campus too (including a six-kink that I've been told was in one of the first 4bi9 flicks) if you're feeling some late-night rail seshes. Either way, definitely worth a look. PM me if you want any more info.
 
huh. I go western. Honestly you get out what you put in. If your willing to put in effort there are a lot of good teachers and good programs. Also you must know some shitty people because Ive met some of the nicest people in the world in this town. You just gotta find em. Hit me up if you wanna kick it
 
0 skiing around tufts since its in new jersery and jersey sucks. Maybe whatever that one mountain is that everyone goes to in jersey but i hear that mountain literally is the worst place ever. Tufts is a pretty sick school though.
 
Fuck tufts, UVM is tight. I was looking at St Micheal's college in VT

and they have some respected mountains, Jay, Stowe and Mad River Glen.

However west coast is the way to go. University of Utah or Montana State.

Goodluck!
 
Bit of a plug for my school, look at Bates! Hour and change from Sunday River, with skier's going up there all the time, (no problems finding rides) also our College pass also includes Sugarloaf and Loon, no blackout dates, all for like 350$! Dope deal

If your already looking at CC (as I was) Im assuming you have the grades to get in, and if your looking at UVM (as I also was) as well im assuming you won't be too turned off by the price tag.

Overall, small liberal arts education, great people, close to skiing, what more could ya want. Feel free to PM me with any questions.

PS, Liam Downey went here! And Shea Flynn lives in the town the college is in (Lewiston-Auburn)
 
middlebury and bowdoin are in east bumfuck. i got accepted to middlebury and was stoked until i visited. i also visited CC but didnt love the location/people there. on the CC visit i stopped by CU Boulder and fell in love with the place and people. I got in 70 ski days while still copping a 3.8 gpa. and dont say im "selling myself short" because grad schools really what matters the most.
 
whatever you do, stay out of utah. utah is closed.

the terrain sucks, the snow is shitty and wet, the school blows, there are too many mormons and the girls are all ugly. all the resorts are closed indefinitely.

go to colorado.
 
theres no need to be so defensive, man. no one's accusing you of selling yourself short, i didn't pick my school based solely on academics either. as far as "east bumfuck" goes, i'd say that the kind of towns these N.E. liberal arts schools are in (colby, bates, bowdoin, middlebury) certainly aren't for everyone, but i would say that, if you like a small, very new england, town middlebury and brunswick (where bowdoin is) definitely have their charm and are great choices in this respect. lewiston and waterville on the other hand (bates and colby respectively) aren't quite as nice, and don't have the charm middlebury and brunswick do.
 
thanks everyone. this info is great.

i'm not going to utah or montana i've decided. i just prefer colorado.

hahahhaa tufts is in massachusetts
 
Go for CMC. You'll have your choice of 7 resorts within a 60-minute drive. And you're less than 90 minutes from Denver if things start to get old.
 
Do you know programs there are legit? I've been considering it but been hesitant. Looking at maybe the Sustainable Studies bachelors degree.
 
I couldn't tell you how legit it is from an HR standpoint, but I have friends who graduated from there that have gone on to decent jobs. Like every other college, you get out what you put in. Ski your ass off, don't fuck up in school, and you'll do fine.
 
Although I would never consider going to the east coast for skiing, I have a few friends who I worked with in Aspen who went to Colby and loved it.
 
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