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wintersway
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anyone go there?
know anything about their architecture program?
best skiing in ny and surrounding states?

im going to be a senior in the fall and ive been looking around online to find places to visit this summer/early fall for schools around here (new england area) and saw that they have a really good architecture program and want to know anything i can about it before i make a visit. and of course, whats the skiing like in new york? any mountain that really stand out from the rest that i should know about if i end up going?

Jun 24 2008 12:54PM
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Bangor
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The catch with going to school in NYC is that you're at least 2.5 hours of hard travel from any mountains. Catskills are 2 hours, Adirondacks are 4-5 hours, South VT is also 4ish.

On the flip side of that Pratt is a very good school. I don't know anything about their architecture in particular, but they're top notch across the board, as far as I know.
Jun 24 2008 2:04PM
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wintersway
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yeah traveling out of the city would probably suck with the traffic. wonder if id be able to get crazy urbans done in the city though... and have someone in the photography major at pratt to get pics, that would be pretty sick haha.

any more info from ns'ers?
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Jun 26 2008 2:20AM
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spiegel
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mountain creek will be your closest place.

Downside is, it's usually crowded after school hours and weekends, mad icy because they make manmade snow more than they get natural snow.
Jun 26 2008 10:39AM
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spiegel
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http://www.mountaincreek.com/index.htm
Jun 26 2008 10:41AM
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spiegel
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oh yea, another downside is mad short seasons. Usually late december to early march. This past season had been so good that they opened early december.
Jun 26 2008 10:44AM
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wintersway
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how many hours to mountain creek?
Jun 26 2008 11:32AM
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spiegel
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not sure, maps.google.com it

I come from the north, not the city. But I'd wager it's the closest to you than any other place.
Jun 26 2008 12:23PM
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