WHOS GOING TO COLORADO MOUNTAIN COLLEGE?

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i am going to cmc next year, i already got accepted yesterday, i applied really early to get a dorm becuase its first come first serve. i am going to the steam boat campus. anyone know whos going there or thinking of it? let me know so we can be homies for college!!
 
look for a small Bolivian kid with jet black hair who might strike you as slightly autistic. that's my buddy Nestor. he rides a snowboard.
 
I've been at the Breck campus for 4 years. I know tons of people at the Steamboat one though cuz they come here to shred/party. Lots of good people. Don't even worry about meeting anyone before hand... you won't have a problem finding homies.
 
can someone give me there honostopion on this school? id goto steam boatslocation, and do ski buisness managment
 
Honestly, it's not a college. It's pretty much a trade school aimed at teaching skiers how to do things that most high school educated people can get hired to do.
 
My gal is a fulltime student, here's what I've put together:

It's a community college, with community college "professors" and community college expectations. Meaning, don't expect to get an amazing education. Honestly, I've written pretty much every paper/assignment for her or at least helped quite a bit, and with verrrrry little time and effort, she's gotten A's. It seems to me that if you show up consistently and turn in assignments, it's virtually impossible to fail.

However, there are some definite upsides.

1.) They have a parallel program along with the other CO state schools. Basically, you can get an associate's degree from CMC and when you're finished, you're able to transfer into any CO state school as a junior and they guarantee all of the credits will transfer. So, you can bypass the shitty 100 level classes that at a lot of schools will be held in auditoriums with a hundred or two people and have the small class size that is preferable for many people.

2.) If you establish in district residency, it's ridiculously cheap. Like, $50ish a credit cheap, which is fucking awesome. Basically, you could come play in the mountains, knock out fresh and soph years very inexpensively, and transfer to a better school and your degree will be a bit more respectable (and cheaper).

3.) There's definitely a limited selection of 4 year degrees available, but I have a buddy that is working towards some sort of outdoor degree. He's taken, for college credit mind you, OEC, mountaineering, etc. I think he's working towards outdoor/recreational therapy or something....basically he wants to open up a treatment/behavioral center for young guys that incorporates outdoor/survival/etc. principles. You wouldn't be able to get a degree like that very many places. So, if you want to work for a ski resort, hospitality, or something related to the outdoors, it could be a good fit for you.
 
if you are doing ski business management you might as well go to a school like UC boulder or U of U and just get a business degree
 
Haters gonna hate.

You actually have to go to class so you actually learn... and

I'm graduating with a 4 year degree and no student debt... and I got to ski all winter because the classes were in the evening.

CU Boulder kids are graduating with a fancy piece of paper and a $200,000 debt... and what, 20 weekend warrior ski days?
 
You may as well take the same amount of tuition money and just light it on fire in a parking lot. If you want an equivalent education, just take community college classes online for $20/unit through your local CC and live/work at the mountain. A CMC degree is going to mean dick. You're fucked with that. Paying $40k for an associates is retarded and their 4 year degree will mean less than the firey shit I flushed down the toilet this morning.
 
you obviously have not explored to new sustainability program. I highly doubt high schoolers could comprehend what we're learning. hahahahahhaa
 
cmc sucks, i went there for 1 year before i couldn't take it anymore. first there's only about 15 girls in the dorms vs 200 guys.. they are EXTREMELY strict about drink, smoking, blah blah.. get caught drinking twice in the dorms and you will be expelled. the town is dead.. super boring 90% of the time. mountain doesn't open until mid to late november. It is very flat around steamboat, no good places to build kickers. Tons of deadbeat kids that will get expelled or spend their entire first semester dropping acid and watching the big lebowski before dropping out..

positives: powder in late september on Buff Pass. you can take classes like basket weaving and crocheting so that you can ski every day in the winter LOL. Easy to find rides to breck, keystone, boulder etc since a lot of kids are from those towns. Very easy to make friends/find people to chill with etc..

I recommend looking into U of U or CU if you haven't done so already..
 
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