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J-Wallz
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my parents are really getting on me to start looking at colleges. im looking for a good college out in the rockies that is within 40 minutes of a pretty good ski area. so just any colleges that you guys are at or know of just post here. any help would be greatly appreciated
Feb 25 2008 10:25PM
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Celone
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unr, or cu at boulder
Feb 25 2008 10:30PM
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mtbakerteacher
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Look at Boulder, CO.
Or look at Utah, lots of colleges there. Or Montana. Or BC. Or WA. Why does it have to be in the Rockies? They don't necessarily have the best skiing if that's what you're thinking.
Feb 25 2008 10:30PM
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rudolph
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check out university of utah, because you have great resorts all around.
Feb 25 2008 10:36PM
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J-Wallz
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well yah i was thinking the rockies or the northeast area
Feb 25 2008 10:36PM
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MrPantyDropper
Posts: 5016 - Karma: 65
UVM
UNH
St. Michaels
UU
WWU
U Washington
CU-Boulder
UM-Bozeman
UNR
U Oregon
Puget Sound
Westminster
Utah State
Colorado School of Mines
Gunnison
U Denver
etc.
Feb 25 2008 10:36PM
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crunkasfuck
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Fuck front range schools! killer schools and killer resorts but lots of traffic and huge crowds and tons of noobs! I would say its a draw between Western State or Montana State. But it really all depends? If your looking for killer parks, CU would be a good pick. Colorado MTN College also good but very small.

Western State- 40 min Crested Butte

Montana State- 15 min Bridger Bow, 40 min Big SKY

Colorado MTN College- 30 min Aspen,  Steamboat-  N/A very close

front range schools- 2 hrs with traffic to any Vail resort.

Feb 25 2008 11:03PM
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49566738265
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Everyone has said CU even though it's a 2 hour drive and you asked for 40 minutes max.
Feb 25 2008 11:22PM
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crunkasfuck
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CU is with in 40 mins of echo

Feb 25 2008 11:26PM
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R.Fahey
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U of U is where it's at.  Here's why...... Most convenient city ever.  You can pick a buddy up at the airport, go skiing for 5 hours, go to class, hit a handrail, then do it all over again.  The mountains are so close to the campus, and there are a ton of kids who shred. 

CU Boulder is too far from good skiing, and too "scene".
UNR would be cool, but it's UNR.  The college and dorms aren't are good as U of U from what i've seen. 
Feb 25 2008 11:28PM
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Avifarer
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what kind of grades you need for u of u
Feb 25 2008 11:36PM
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nkinsman10
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whats the closest mtn from u of utah? can i get in with a 3.0?
Feb 26 2008 1:15AM
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dman1260
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i hate to be a dick, but you should probably look at colleges for more than just their proximity to ski resorts.  I mean, if you can find a good college that will help you get where you want to go later in life close to a ski resort, thats great, but overlooking the fact that college is about getting a job might be kind of dangerous down the road. 
Feb 26 2008 1:17AM
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keystoner1
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dude it doesn;t take 2 hours from CU or DU to say Keystone or Vail. Especially from CU all you have to do is leave before 7 and you should be to keystone in about an hour or vail in around an hour and a half
Feb 26 2008 1:19AM
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AndrewZ
Posts: 759 - Karma: 36
Eh.... thats not all that true, while you don't want to go to a super shitty school, for the most part it doesn't matter where you do your undergrad unless you go somewhere super elite... I made the poor decision of going to a school that is a couple hours from any ski areas and only get to ski on weekends at best...it sucks, it really shouldn't be hard to balance a pretty good school with a close ski hill.
Feb 26 2008 1:30AM
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eheath
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lolz, it takes like 25-30 mins to get to bridger and 50-60 mins to get to big sky.



As for ski colleges, U of Nevada reno looks dope almost went there, montana state is pretty dope too.
Feb 26 2008 2:23AM
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skituner
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i dont know why everyone hates on du and cu. its only like hour 50 min to key, breck, or abasin (which is usually open till june) the park scene is pretty much unbeatable. if you like to party go to cu and you can still ski a decent amount but if you want to ski as much as possilbe come to du. i only have classes on mon and weds so i ski 5 days a week
Feb 26 2008 3:07AM
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crunkasfuck
Posts: 752 - Karma: 352

if your lucky! traffic is a bitch from down there

Feb 26 2008 9:59AM
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mitchin
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the academy in maine is pretty dope but you need good grades and shit
Feb 26 2008 10:04AM
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BootySpunk.
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yah whats the average grades/GPA to get into U of U and how much does out of state cost a year?
Feb 26 2008 10:36AM
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Easyspinner514
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im in fucking gay ass fagot FL for meteorology, im transferring to plymouth state NH or university of utah becase i wanna be avalanche protection when im older and ski instructor
(and do some comps on the side to make some money and a name for myself)

fuck florida, go to a place you wanna spend some years at man.  (and im transferring to U of U with a 2.8 at FIT (a really good school) and the web site says most poeple 2.6 and above get in.  They also have a jib park 10 minute walk from dorms and ofcourse dank mountains over the valley.

ill be visiting there saturday to tuesday if anyone wants to meet up/ski/ drink/ smoke a j
Feb 26 2008 10:37AM
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~Joe~
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University of Denver if you can afford it.  Great school, and lots of rich people so you always have a place to stay in the mountains, i've been out around 40 times at least so far this year.  Oh, and no classes on fridays unless your an engineer.  Its a 1 and a half hour drive to keystone
Feb 26 2008 10:49AM
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marc_sncl
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U of U

30 mins to park city

40 mins to ALTA and Snowbird (might be a little off i cant remember)

SLC as a sick city to live in

tons of lakes for boating and stuff during summer

+ hot chicks
Feb 26 2008 11:29AM
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THATS_STREET
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yeah id say U of U, not just cuz i go there. Its a pretty decent school, not hard to get into, not super expensive, and most of all the class selection is huge so you can make a good schedule  the caters to going to the   mountain.

Westminster is a lame school i wouldnt look into  it. Unless you  want a  highschool  atmosphere and most of  the kids that go there are pieces of shit.
Feb 26 2008 1:21PM
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RobotTom
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uvm is a chill place.  i love it.  some sick shredders and just a chill place with fun mountains.
Feb 26 2008 1:39PM
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tronnnnnnn
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why does everyone say cu boulder is so close to resorts..... i was just there looking into going to school, but i decided on no because it is way too much driving time to ski.  never was it under 1hr. 45 min. to` get to a-basin, breck, copper, or keystone.  i am not going so far away to be so far from the mountains.  i am now looking into british columbia, vancouver..... nevada at reno, u of u, montana state, u washington and others in the portland area
Feb 26 2008 2:18PM
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MrPantyDropper
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U of U has a major specifically for the ski industry which i find pretty cool. internships with wasatch powder guis and h2o heli..what!
Feb 26 2008 3:37PM
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The_Oakley_Kid
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yeah thats pretty much true, but the party scene, skiing, and handrails make up for it
Feb 26 2008 5:07PM
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skibikeclambake
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What is that major?^
It sounds really cool!
Feb 26 2008 5:32PM
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Calrin
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what is this mysterious jib park you speak of? i live in the dorms and no of none, except if your talking about railgardens, which is too far for walking.
Feb 26 2008 5:47PM
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skibikeclambake
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Feb 26 2008 7:17PM
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Lhmr-skibebbe
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University of Utah for sure!
Feb 26 2008 10:10PM
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*T-Hobbs*
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UVM is so sweet, such chill people, and crazy good skiers.... F$T
Feb 26 2008 10:22PM
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Mr.LemonPie
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Western State all the way, that is my number one school unless I get big scholorships to cu...it is really only about 25 minutes to crested butte too, and crested butte never gets old.
Feb 26 2008 10:30PM
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THATS_STREET
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thats funny i go to U of U and my brother goes to FIT. but jib Park by the U?
Feb 26 2008 10:30PM
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graciousstallion
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UNR is building brand new dorms and has alot of brand new ones up, the campus isnt anything special but it is nice, and if you live in the western states it will only cost you $6,000 a year to go there.
Feb 26 2008 10:39PM
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televback1
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university of british columbia its a really good school and pretty good location
Feb 26 2008 11:07PM
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skibikeclambake
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Feb 28 2008 8:53PM
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t_rob
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i'm from otisfield, Maine and i have no fucking clue what you're talking about, whats wrong with that statement? Are you talking Gould and CVA? BEcasue we're talking about colleges.
Feb 28 2008 9:58PM
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MrPantyDropper
Posts: 5016 - Karma: 65
i gotta look it up..its a combination of some business courses.


Feb 28 2008 10:04PM
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Alex_G
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www.collegeboard.com is your friend.

Feb 28 2008 10:07PM
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huckaberry
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denver college has close mountains and you get like 1 1/2 monthes off just to go ski or whatever you want same with utah
Feb 29 2008 1:00AM
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Rooddss
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thers so many shcools. Im thinking about the same ones as everyone in here haha. I cant decide what mountains i want to live by. so its between CU, U OF U, somewhere in cali..? any scohols by tahoe..? an British columbia, I think it would be really cool to go to school in BC, that place is so nice.
Feb 29 2008 9:15AM
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Dan-Man
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CMski
Feb 29 2008 9:59AM
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marc_sncl
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^^ yeah what schools are by tahoe?
Feb 29 2008 11:37AM
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troublemakerCO
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boulder is good, if i didn't care about school as much, i would definitely have gone to western state or fort lewis though.
Feb 29 2008 11:40AM
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jacobg
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ive been hearing that U of U has some real nice skiing and is a pretty good school, but how is the party scene?
Mar 9 2008 11:54AM
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jimmer
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UNR....its like 20 minutes to mt. rose, within an hour from most of the other resorts.
Mar 9 2008 12:05PM
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RICK_ROSS
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fort lois
in colorado. 30 mins from the mountain.
Mar 9 2008 12:13PM
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troublemaker3
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powder magazine just did a little review on the best ski towns to gain an education. its the february issue on page 34 and 35 if youre interested.

im also debating just moving somewhere for better skiing or going back to school to do both
Mar 9 2008 12:26PM
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I_liketobutter
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Boulder
    - fucking 40 grand to go to a school that has no better education than any other big school
    -at least $25-30 in gas everytime u wanna go ski.
   - full of rich fags all about themselves
   - town in full of rich hippie wannabes
   - whoever says its 50 min to keystone ur fucking high. it takes at least 40min. to get to 70 taking 6 or the other road. and thats in dry roads, which they never are.

   -it does have a shit load of attractive girls and the campus and town is super nice, but most those girls are fucking crazy and have issues.

DU
-super expensive
-super hard to get into
-super hard school (extra cirricular shit is required)
-u do get a very education from there.
-don't go there if u wanna ski

CMC
-suuuuuuper small
-theres steamboat, breck, dillon, and leadville, and a few others
-all but leadville are like college for high school kids and dumbasses
-ski area specific programs
-if your at leadville, its 20min to copper, 40 to keystone, 45 to a-basin, 45 to breck, 2.5hrs to steamboat, 4hrs to aspen, 2.5-3hrs to crested butte, 1.5hrs to Winter park. All areas have pretty sick parks, keystone, breck, and copper prob the best.
-chill kids, chill teachers

Montana State - Bozeman
-great school
-great price
-20min to bridger bowl - not really a great park but its pretty legit, i skied there 3+ days a week and never got bored, powder almost everyday if u know where to go
-50min to big sky - my favorite area, so much sick skiing and pow for days after storms
-great town

I don't really know much about Utah but all the areas are pretty close, and the scene seems pretty chill out there.








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