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Should i go to college

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ECGove
Posts: 1947 - Karma: 75
i'm 17 and my parents are all over me going to college, but i really don't want to go. at this point i'm sick of school and i just want to go skiing all the time. any advice would be great.
Dec 4 2006 9:14PM
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bikerocker
Posts: 1427 - Karma: 461
don't do it, just drop a ton of acid and go from there.... but really if you don't want to go then don't.
Dec 4 2006 9:14PM
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John.
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you could try and go somewhere in the middle. if you can afford it then you could just take a few classes and still have lots of time for skiing. but ya, college is probably a good idea and it sucks to think how much school is left, but I hope it will be better than high school
Dec 4 2006 9:16PM
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thedutchmayn
Posts: 1653 - Karma: 45
think about where you may get in life without college. of course there are exceptions where people have done great without college but look at the odds. compare the most likely outcomes, w/ college or w/o college then choose.
Dec 4 2006 9:16PM
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SHastatahoe
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college is a lot different than highschool. There is more work, but way more freedom. School can be fun sometimes in college, but sometimes it can make you think about the easy way out (suicide). Next week is finals week for me so I'm in the suicidal point of my college career. But if you go just make sure you choose something that you want to do to study.
Dec 4 2006 9:16PM
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chrismoJBEATS
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dude realy, comeing from a 15 year old, bad idea u need at year like 2 years nder ur belt then go ski, then go back.
Dec 4 2006 9:16PM
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Ericpbp
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Are you super rich?  If not dont plan on skiing all the time unless you work at a mountian.
Dec 4 2006 9:16PM
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thedutchmayn
Posts: 1653 - Karma: 45
you could go to college for an easy degree like event planning or something. you could learn how to market, advertise, set up skiing events. you could study the essentials to putting on these events and even make some yourself. do something with skiing i guess. just thinking here...
Dec 4 2006 9:18PM
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dowalibeast
Posts: 3339 - Karma: 207
SMART..all i wanna do is skiing good luck paying for that. go to school get it over with.
Dec 4 2006 9:19PM
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Mr.Capone
Posts: 1227 - Karma: 109
apply to college and get in, then deffer for a year to ski and then see where your at.
Dec 4 2006 9:20PM
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cmeriptahoe
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go to college. its ridiculous how hard it is to get a job if u dont and how crappily you get paid wen u do. itll be worth it in the long run.
Dec 4 2006 9:21PM
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C-Burg
Posts: 4729 - Karma: 130
don't go if you dont want to, but remember that a non-college graduate makes alot less money than a college graduate
Dec 4 2006 9:23PM
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ECGove
Posts: 1947 - Karma: 75
guys remember if i do go, its to the university of maine at oreno cause i don't have the grades for anywhere else
Dec 4 2006 9:26PM
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JaphyRyder
Posts: 1766 - Karma: 113
exactly
Dec 4 2006 9:26PM
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SiverMike
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Im 17, and my advice is to go to college. Sure your sick of school and all that bullshit, but think about it, the work you do in college is based on everything you learned in school. Except this time it actually counts towards something in your life. If you go to college, you can get away from your parents and your hometown, and go out on your own and develop the person that you really are, without all the pressure and ifluences of home life. The teachers won't be on your back all the time, but that means its all up to you to get the work done. College will be one of the best times of your life. If you go to the right school, you can have a fair balance of work, party and skiing. On top of college being a good time and all, once your out your almost guarenteed a better job than a non high school graduate, depending on how motivated you are.
Dec 4 2006 9:30PM
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C-Burg
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yeah, college and high school are completly different
Dec 4 2006 9:32PM
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bangarangmules
Posts: 5065 - Karma: 84
dude college is the way to go if you wanna be succesful in life. just go to like a community college or whatever that fits you. could be harvard, but i dont know. so i was just throwin it out there
Dec 4 2006 9:33PM
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snarky
Posts: 498 - Karma: 13
im a young little idiot so dont take my advice, but if you dont want to do something dont, get a job at a mountain and you can make decent money and they normally dont care about degrees
Dec 4 2006 9:36PM
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eastAR5
Posts: 15084 - Karma: 730
just be like me and take a year off first in a condo out west on the mountain and just ski and blaze nugs all day for 1 year then head to college
Dec 4 2006 9:37PM
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spere
Posts: 6105 - Karma: 248
dont go to college. if everyone went to college then there would be nobody to clean up shit, work in fast food places, and all that other shit people with an education dont want to do
Dec 4 2006 9:46PM
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thedutchmayn
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wow, just wow. summed that up. listen to this man.
Dec 4 2006 10:01PM
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Skipig25
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Evan, you're a retard. You have better grades than me. So go to college and ski. Aka Utah- you can come be my roomie in 2 years. Plus, do you see what grades you need to get in? Not too good. 18 is the average on the ACTs. I got a 30. and you know that steve will flip his lid if you don't go to college. Now go get a straw.... and suck it up.
Dec 4 2006 10:03PM
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Goonther
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go to a 2 year college at least. construction is a good feild to go into. its estimated that 75% of all construction workers will retire in the next 5 years. with a 2 year degree you can be a superviser and make up to 65,000 a year. Or ski and work at a mountain all winter and work construction in the summer. or pick another feild like that or something. at least go to a 2 year community college is what i say.
Dec 4 2006 10:07PM
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RKF
Posts: 1527 - Karma: 342
thats what i did.. now i work at a ski shop and am going to be skiing alot more this winter and am going out west to ski for a bit.
Dec 4 2006 10:09PM
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duhamelski
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well did you really expect to come on hear and get a bunch of "your right, dont go to college, its whats best for you?" none of us really care about ur education
Dec 4 2006 10:10PM
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whattheshit
Posts: 6562 - Karma: 107
go to college for a year and see if its for you.  im at university now and sometimes i have to ask what im doing here.  i could start one of my dad's side businesses and do perfectly well for myself, but i think the experience and the maturing process has been the most important for me.  there is a lot of things at college that you learn that lectures can't teach you.  a lot of things you learn about yourself.  i think i just went to university because i thought i had too.  don't think like that.
Dec 4 2006 10:11PM
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C-Burg
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college is just a $30,000 cover charge
Dec 4 2006 10:31PM
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wAy2sTeEzY4u
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im torn as well so what i think im deciding on is just following a college major that interests me...most likely golf couse management or something then after ill do that and get a job in the winter at a place where there is both ex.whistler so i can golf in summer and just ski in winter...and get by off of what i do.....i dont know about you but thats my ideal life
Dec 4 2006 10:38PM
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jimmychung
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seems like these threads come up alot. the answer is YES. skiing is pretty damn expensive, how do you plan on paying for all that skiing without a college level career? in this world, a college education is even more necessary. if you're pissed off about high school, tough, we all are. college will be a completely different experience, don't miss out on it just because you're pissed at high school and just want to ski. go to a place like UVM where you can go skiing alot, and still get an education. get a good education and a good job, then you can take exotic skiing trips.
Dec 4 2006 10:46PM
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MattMcGinnis
Posts: 2396 - Karma: 73
if you dont go to college, your parents should pay for someone elses college tuiton because there are so many kids who dont get to just chose whether or not they want to go, and would kill to be able to go to a college.
Dec 4 2006 10:52PM
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forillasteeze
Posts: 168 - Karma: 10
dude, I'm in the same situation as you. I really don't like skool, and would rather go skiing every single day. but I went to college anyway, it turned out to be chill, cause nobody cares. you can not go to class, you can pick what classes you take and when you take them, and the party and girl scene is practically worth it just for that. The only thing is money, if your parents will pay, go, its just more time you can chill instead of have to work and ski around you work schedule...
Dec 4 2006 10:56PM
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andrewg
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no school is for losers
Dec 4 2006 10:56PM
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ProducerXXX
Posts: 1776 - Karma: 13
At least go to a 2 year school...
Dec 4 2006 11:19PM
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-justice-
Posts: 1808 - Karma: 37
just take a few years off. honestly i have not had any college class connect with anything i learned in high school (save for math). better yet, go to community college which have lighter class loads and are flexible as far as scheduling is concerned.
Dec 4 2006 11:22PM
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GFELLER.
Posts: 640 - Karma: 13
dont go, if I could have avoided the last two and a half years I would have cut my wrists and showed my parents, telling them Im too emo for school. Ide change my name to emo-elmo
Dec 4 2006 11:30PM
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Capt.Flannel
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How would you be able to work enough to afford food, shelter, clothing, and STILL have money and time to ski?
Dec 4 2006 11:33PM
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ProducerXXX
Posts: 1776 - Karma: 13
Just think about it. You're 17.

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You've got years ahead of you to work, but the opportunity to go to college is a narrow window, closing more each year you get older. Yes, you can go to college when you're older, but it's just different. My suggestion would be to try it out. Go to a community college, schedule easy classes, study hard, party, ski, and have a good time. College is the first step to a good career (IMO) that can support expensive addictions (like skiing).
Dec 4 2006 11:54PM
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CalShralpGirl
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Go to college. I'm sure everyone on here would love to be a pro skier but odds of that happening are against all of us. College will allow you to have the opportunity to actually make money, have a career, etc but you can still ski and have fun. College is so much fun-yes there is a lot of work but there is a ton of freedom too. I recommend it.
Dec 4 2006 11:54PM
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hype
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YES!!! its a good idea and seriously, its fun as hell
Dec 5 2006 9:53AM
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Schoening
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man you gotta think about your future. what are you going to do when you cant' ski anymore? From everyone I've heard from college is a great time anyway, why pass it up
Dec 5 2006 9:54AM
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Mod
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You're being childish, college will help you for the rest of your life but you'd rather spend your time skiing? it's either college or get a job so I'd pick college.
Dec 5 2006 10:04AM
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PagesHouse
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go to college where you can do some sick skiing on the side.

Dec 5 2006 10:13AM
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Nickskier
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take a year off. that's what i'm doing. best decision I ever made!
Dec 5 2006 10:17AM
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Nickskier
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oh yeah, I deferred admission for next year so I already got into the college I want to go to, yet I have a year to do pretty much whatever I want. I hated high school so much that I needed to take some time off, I don't see any reason to rush into college if you really don't want to yet.
Dec 5 2006 10:18AM
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dbstar
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dont listen to these assholes. when people say things like "look at the outcome of someone who has finished college and someone who hasnt", well you tell that asshole to go to a town like banff, or nelson and see how happy the general population is, most of em are just doing jobs to make ends meet but are having the mosr fun they can in life. do you what you feel is right.
Dec 5 2006 11:00AM
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Itsbackfliptime
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College graduates will make about 2 million dollars more in their lifetime than non college graduates. 2 MILLION dollars. Don't be pussy. High school isn't hard. College is fun.
Dec 5 2006 11:09AM
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skithebert
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just major in like psychology. you dont have to do shit for work.
Dec 5 2006 11:10AM
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Goonther
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thats what people think. people have been trained to think that if you go to college, you'll be a millionair, and if you don't, you'll sell crack on the streets. that's not how it goes. you guys saying,"think about your future man!!!" SHUT THE FUCK UP. you guys sound like your in for a fun life, working from 6 am to 5 pm at a fuckin desk job. why not just pick a fun job and make just enough to get by. and whoever that dumb ass was that said "college will help you for the rest of your life but you'd rather spend your time skiing!" you're damn right i would. ill do whatever it takes just to spend everyday i can on the mountain. thats what will make you happy in the end. but hey, if you wanna live your life on a 9 - 5 schedule and die, go for it. all i know is that when im on my death bed, i won't be able to count the number of days ive skiied, and all the fun i had just living my fucking life.
Dec 5 2006 11:15AM
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skiierman
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There will always be time for skiing. Go to college man.
Dec 5 2006 11:24AM
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Homebrewer19
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these threads always show up this time of year. find what works for you and DO IT! i opted not to go to U of U and UC Boulder because i knew i would miss lectures for skiing. now i only miss lectures for hangovers.
Dec 5 2006 11:49AM
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NGA
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i was gona do the whole skiing all the time thing but then i worked at a fast pace resteraunt with grumpy managers and weird annoying people and relized this is not the place i want to work for the rest of my life. you cant get anywhere without an education, at least for backup. plus..learning is fun!
Dec 5 2006 12:01PM
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