Skiing while at Northeastern?

gregorio

gregorio

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I might be going to Northeastern University in Boston next year as a freshman. Does anyone know how often the ski club goes to mountains and are there many freestyle skiers there?
 
You told Eric that UMass is higher ranked than BU? Are you serious? A higher campus crime rate maybe, but thats it.
 
have fun paying twice as much as me for at best a moderately better education, never going skiing while i can get to mt snow in an hour, and having the living expenses in boston kill any money you have. oh nooooooooo public education ahh so scary.
 
and so the debate of public vs. private education ensues...

in my opinion (let me state that outright so people don't bitch at me), those who receive a private education are at an advantage upon graduation when entering the market for a job. Let's say a colleague and I are competing for the same job, with similar GPA's/extra-cirriculars/etc... but my degree says Bentley and theirs says Umass. in all likelihood, i'll get the job simply because of the name, nothing else. that's not meant to be degrading, that's just how things work in big business. i pay for the name and i'm damn proud of it.

the educational experiences vary, as you at UMass might have 250 kids in a class, where I at Bentley have 35 max. There is value in personal interaction with professors (and i'm not saying that interaction with professors at a public school is impersonal as it is at the discretion of the student to get to know their professor). The quality of person also varies. At Bentley, there are a lot more students who focus on education and care so much about grades than there MIGHT be at UMass. Private universities are so selective because they want the best student body possible.
 
i completely understand, i was more focusing on him completely shitting on umass and claiming the only way it tops bu is campus crime rate. we have competitive classes here as long as you dont pick a joke major. i know our compsci department is one of the best, and we have a competitive business and nursing program, as well as decent engineering among other programs. the idea that you cant get a quality education at umass is dumb and ignorant. besides, this isnt a violent campus anymore. the news makes a big deal out of the stuff that happens in the spring, and other than that the only thing i can think of in the 3 years ive been here has been done by a visitor (stabbing during last years black out weekend). i feel like umass amherst gets shit on by kids because its public education in a state where there are so many private schools to choose from that people overlook it as a terrible school. i know it was my safety school and i didnt realize until i got here that it wasnt a joke. you get out of school what you put into it, and while i certainly wont have the name of a bentley or boston university, i can certainly get the same quality of education out of umass as you will your school.
 
umass was one of my safety schools, but for a long time i seriously considered it. i was admitted into Isenberg(sp?) as well as the Commonwealth Honors College and there was a serious chance i was going to go (my dad was going to buy me an sti if i went haha). For me it wasn't about money, fortunately. i'm just not a big school kind of guy. there is serious value in a public education, and as long as you do well, you will succeed.

 
I didn't mean to offend anyone and I knew Neal could take a joke. It's apparent that I wasn't clear that I was joking. UMass was one of the schools I was interested in. But I did find the bug out humorous, so thanks for that.
 
Now what a constructive and intellectual way to settle our differences, if only the world would follow the example of these young ski bums, too bad if someone doesn't say something ignorant this thread will die
 
Suck a dick you piece of shit,,,, and by the way,,, we were ranked higher than you in a recently released; poll- so i"ll use my punctuation any way I'd {(like)}
 
Honestly you probably won't be going too often. With classes work and parties you could go two or three times a month up to NH for some trips but be ready for a 3 hr car ride
 
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