University of Washington?

Ian.D

Ian.D

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What's up guys I am a senior in high school and am basically down between UW and CU Boulder as to what colleges I will go to next year. I have been accepted to both, UW obviously being the better school academically.
My question is if anyone here goes to UW or know anything about it. CU has an organized freestyle team that has practices/ competes in comps/ rail jams/ etc. Its seems Washington has no organized program only a ski club. Would I have to hope there are other skiers that I could meet up with and carpool to surrounding mountains or is there any program that I could join that resembles a ski team?
Any info is extremely appreciated! Thanks
 
well there are quite a few skiers at the U, it shouldn't be hard to find some to get rides with and such
 
There is a race team, wether they are any good I don't know. There are absolutly zero carpools to the mountains from UW. Everyone takes the bus. 372 to woodenvile, then hop on a bus to monroe, another to Sultan, and then the last one up to the pass. takes about 4 hours each way.
 
Ok not bad, but there are definitely tons of people who ski like it wont be hard to find plenty of people taking the bus to ski on weekends or whenever?
 
Don't make fun Billy. I did it once freshman year. Then we missed the last sultan bus and had to hitchhike at McDonalds back. It worked and was quite the experience.
For real info though...There are lots of people that head up all the time. I never had an issue getting enough days in and I didn't have my own snow worthy car. It helps when your roommate does though, you just have to find that person.

 
Dude, right here. People post rides up to Stevens all the time, most of them are okay to ride with. You gotta be careful you dont get into the rape van with Scott~, but if you make a few connections you can usually find a ride. Use the ski club to find some people with similar ability levels and then split asap and do your own thing.
 
I spend way too much time on the 372. I live by the main campus, but go to UW Bothell. I'm in the marching band at main too, so its just constant commuting back and forth between campuses....
 
I love UW. I would definitely suggest it over CU boulder now that I've been to both places, only taken classes at UW though. CU Boulder is really overrated, in my opinion. Parties aren't great despite the rep, and the academics are nowhere near UW's level. Rides shouldn't be a problem if you make friends who have cars. Find skiers friends, join clubs, etc. Good luck
 
Yeah man I go to UW. I was making the same decision as you last year, it is a hard one. The reason I'm here is the in-state tuition. Otherwise I would be over at CU. UW doesn't have much of a freestyle ski community, but you won't have trouble with rides if you get to know people (like myself).
 
Just about committed to UW. Thanks for the info guys hope to see some of you around next year!
 
Alrighty guys...I have a similar question...but its not thread worthy...I have a year to decide...but my heart was set on Western until I went on the UW tour, and the person was really um informative? anyways...which one would more skiing get done at...and which one did you guys like better?
 
It was really "um informative?". Girl just because you slept with the tour guide does not mean you should go to UW~
 
Anyways isn't a word.

Western is basically Bellingham Community College. UW is full of assholes. These are the only facts you need to know.
 
Not true. I'm in one and I've gotten in quite a few days (28 as of now, which is pretty fucking good for going to UW). It just matters what you would rather do, you gotta bail on social events in order to get your shit done so you can ski on the weekend. There have been probably 3 to 4 days that I was required to do some fraternity stuff where I couldn't ski (philanthropy, or initiation). If you're a social person a frat is worth thinking about, at least checking out, especially with the amount and diversity of them at UW. Just my two cents, I'm way happier in a fraternity than in the shitty UW dorms.
 
Its hard to say you are way happier in a frat than "shitty UW dorms" considering you have probably spent very little time in them.
That being said, I'd rather not get into the frat/no frat discussion. It could go forever. But from my experience I did have a couple friends join frats that disappeared of the face of the earth once they joined, and skied or snowboarded very few times.
I'm sure it depends a lot on what frat you join as well.
 
depends where you join and what you're in to. I'm not one of the frat stars that is all about it and nothing else. I enjoy doing my own thing, and I love skiing more than anything else. I based the "shitty dorms" off of two friends that have very similar interests as me (action sports, skiing, chill but social dudes). They started in the dorms and found it very hard to do fun things and make good friends so they bailed and joined fraternities after a couple quarters.
 
I was required to live in the dorms my freshman year for a bit. shit sucked. join a frat or get an apartment just off campus
 
It is what you make it I guess. Not that I stuck around, but it wasn't as bad for me as everyone is making it sound. Maybe I got lucky.
I was in Hagget my freshman year then a 4bd house a ways off campus for the following three. Joining a frat crossed my mind momentarily early on freshman year. I'm very glad I did not do it. I don't think my personality meshes too well with that scene.
It really depends on the person I guess.
 
Dorms are what you make of it. My first two quarters were terrible. My third quarter I started interacting with others on the hall and had a blast.
 
Meh, i still enjoy the PNW over Colorado. Don't get me wrong, i love Colorado on a deep dry pow day, but the terrain i ski here is sooo much more interesting and the amount of snow we get is sooo much more.
 
CO ski season starts in OCT, ours starts NOV-DEC. Theirs ends in April, ours ends when I get more interested in climbing, biking, and backpacking, usually around June/July.

I don't care about higher elevations, I care about change in elevations.

CO may get dryer snow, but I'm not a bitch, I will take the quantity of snow over their quality of snow. What are you supposed to ski with the dry snow? East Vail? We have vertical over here.

I got gor-tex.
 
I graduated from UW 5 years ago. I loved it. I now have an amazing job and makes tons of money. But I don't log on to Newschoolers anymore.

Pick a school based on your career and academic goals, not for skiing.
 
Depends on your dedication to school, other activities, time management skills, as well as your dedication to skiing.

I am a fair weather skier, have other priorities, have shitty time management skills and get about that many days it.

 
I grew up in Seattle and go to school at CU. I have to say I miss the terrain in WA, but it is hard to beat all the sun in CO. I am in engineering which is a really good program at CU and if I weren't in it I would probably be at UW cuz pretty much everything else, besides physics and a few other majors,is not that awesome academics wise at CU. I loved it last year and got 50 days in with a shit ton of school work too, didnt do much besides study and ski. Either way college will be what you make it, you can probably find rides to the mountains both places or find a shit ton of parties and not ski as much both places, just depends, but I'm glad I chose CU.

and to an earlier post the CO season usually starts in October and goes into July almost every year...A Bay stays open forever haha
 
What mountain will I be skiing at this winter? It looks like stevens is the best but im down for wherever everyone else is headed. I'm actually in seattle right now orientation tmmrw, the city is dope!
 
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