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snowsnowsnow
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hey im a junior in hs, starting to look at colleges. Univ. of Colorado @ Boulder is one of my top choices, does anybody know how close it is to the mtns around there? I MUST be within an hour/45 min. of some mtns.

Ive never been to CO, im from washington so i dont know much about that area

Feb 7 2006 4:02PM
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^NewYork
Posts: 2050 - Karma: 13
the only area within 45 minutes of boulder is eldora and it suuuuuuucks. but copper, Breck, a basin , winter park , keystone , Vail and that new park area are about 1.5 hours
Feb 7 2006 4:14PM
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Skiing_Is_Fun
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Boulder is soooo sweet. Im thinking about going to CU also.
Feb 7 2006 5:45PM
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grskier
Posts: 173 - Karma: 18
Boulder is cool, and yeah, within 2 hours you can be almost anywhere on the I 70 cooridor
Feb 7 2006 7:28PM
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levistewart
Posts: 3360 - Karma: 111
jea boulder is a cool town and cu is tight hopefully i will be going there in two years qas well
Feb 7 2006 8:49PM
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1-pippin
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yeah boulder is sweet, i dont know about cu though ive heard the people at cu can be stuck up, thats just what my sister told me, cause she wanted to go there but thats part of why she didnt. go to colorado mountain college, you can go to breck, aspen, dillon, steamboat, vail, and i think more, id be so much cooler, i think im going there.
but why the hell are you thinking about college now?
Feb 8 2006 12:31AM
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Kevo
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YEAH CU. SO SO SO awesome. I love it here. Don't ever ever EVER listen to anyone who tells you to go to anywhere in Colorado besides CU and DU. The rest aren't so great ESPECIALLY CMC. CMC is the laughing stock of the entire state, I don't even care what some kids sister said. And CU isn't stuck up, there are some wealthy people here but all that means is people with ski houses.
Feb 8 2006 3:21AM
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AKoblitz
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^ppl aren't stuck up...

ok so i went to cu, mesa, and cmc And from experience i'd say that cmc steamboat i had such a better time at. Also have fun sitting in traffic on 170...wow that blows, for me to get to the mtn its a 15 min walk, or a 10 min bus ride
Feb 8 2006 11:33AM
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Chadatbreck
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nah man Boulder is chill, but CMC you get to ski way more...CMC is a joke, it is easier than high school, I got my associates in 1 year there, so fun, got 130 days that year too
Feb 8 2006 2:11PM
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BallinBU
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boulder is the shit.. i70 can be a bitch on the way up to the mountains but don't sell yourself short on your college experience by going to some shitty cmc campus.
Feb 8 2006 3:57PM
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1-pippin
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yeah thats what im looking for, i dont really give a shit about the education part, i just want something, but skiing is always gonna be like 10 times more important than college and stuff. so when i have the choice to go to a good college and ski some, or go to a bad college and ski all the time, im definatly gonna pick skiing all the time.
Feb 8 2006 5:50PM
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levistewart
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basiclly if you want to sell tickets at a ski are for 10$ an hr you go to CMC or if you wanna do something more productive (not saying its better) you go to CU or DU but CMC is little more than a community collage don't go their if you plan on working at a place like Schwab basically i agree with KEV but its my opinion and you al are entitled to urs
Feb 8 2006 7:34PM
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snowsnowsnow
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well i dont wanna work at any prestegious places when i'm older. im a boarder with hopes "going pro...." basically boarding is my main focus, but my parents wouldnt pay for me to go to a college like CMC (from what im hearing about it). my plan is to do graphic design for one of the ski/board companies during/once im done snowboarding competitively, so do any of the school have a good art program?
Feb 8 2006 11:10PM
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levistewart
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idk they are both good buis schools and du is great law cu also good science but other than thaty IDK
Feb 8 2006 11:15PM
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Chadatbreck
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yo check it out...this is what you need to do......live out here for a year, just shred the gnar. THen cliam residency and CMC is only 41 dollars per credit...it is so easy, i dont think you can fail a there...then get you AA, and then go to a different school such as CU-Denver(great media arts program) or Art Institue of Colorado (in downtown denver) and go from there. At CUD you can claim in state after CMC too, but at the Art Institue of Colorado you cant...b ut CMC is the sickest school man, the professors alway cancel for pow days and shit...so sick
Feb 10 2006 2:45PM
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snowbladesforlife
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Why don't you just ski during the year and live at the mountain, then take classes for summer/fall at a real school?
Feb 10 2006 8:12PM
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jensen
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why don't you just not waste your/your parents money and not go to school??? go get a job for a mountain or something.
Feb 11 2006 12:51AM
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Freeskier874
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yeah CMC is a joke of a school, u might as well ski bum then waste your money for school there. CU is sick as hell, but yes it sucks getting to the mts on weekends cause I-70 traffic sucks ass, but overall id say its worth it.
Feb 11 2006 5:38AM
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1-pippin
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yeah if i go to cmc its because i want to make my parents happy and to say i went to college, and its atleast a little better than community college. skiing is much more important than college to me, so whatever.
Feb 12 2006 5:43PM
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snowbladesforlife
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No, cmc is not better than a community college, they are on the same level.
Feb 12 2006 7:16PM
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Von
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haha mesa blows, mostly becuase Junction is such a shity town
Feb 12 2006 10:41PM
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marijuana
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CSU is the best school in the state. But don't come here. Move to Utah.
Feb 13 2006 12:53AM
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Kevo
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haha wow, just wow.
Feb 13 2006 1:16AM
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Logchucker
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Western State may actually be a good call for you
Feb 13 2006 1:56AM
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evtic
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I am from Boulder and Boulder is one of the worst places to ski from. 93 blows, and the I-70 stint is long enough to pass out on. I went to Bozeman so that I wouldn;t have to spend all my $ on gas. 15 miles to Bridger or 45 to Big sky. Check out Ogden, UT or Idaho State too(Targhee & Jackson closer than Vail to Boulder) If you care about skiing and thats it don't go to Boulder. Boulder is for the image skiers, and for hot chicks but SLC has more than enough to hold you over.
Feb 13 2006 1:06PM
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AKoblitz
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ummm, dude csu is ok... there are so many better ones. CU, DU, Mines
Feb 13 2006 11:29PM
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