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skithesprings
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So i just accepted my offer of admission to PSU. ill be starting fall of 2010.

Who else attends / will be attending? how shitty is the skiing situation? good freesking / skiing / snowboard club? tell whats good and whats bad about PSU.
Nov 16 2009 7:53PM
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A.P.
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what campus are you going to? Im appying but idk if ill be able to make get on to the main campus...
Nov 16 2009 11:58PM
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skithesprings
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I'm going to main.

good luck though man
Nov 17 2009 6:43AM
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A.P.
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that's sweet. What are you majoring in?
Nov 17 2009 10:15AM
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kmagg
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bring your car and go to Jay Peak
Nov 17 2009 10:28AM
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skithesprings
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aerospace engineering

and to the other guy, I wish, but I can't have a car as a freshman and that's a fuckin haul to get to jay haha.
Nov 17 2009 2:30PM
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skithesprings
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oh, are they cool with longboards up there? when i visited i noticed how big the campus was and it would be nice if they were longboard friendly. i didnt see any signs that said you couldnt so im guessing its ok.
Nov 18 2009 4:49PM
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-eat
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^i live there. campus is pretty cool with long boards. closest skiing is tussey which sucks, but it works for the weekdays. some sick urban there. cool snowboard club, often they organize carpools to boulder which is the best.
Nov 18 2009 7:06PM
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skithesprings
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I have heard really good things about boulder so I figure I'll be spending most of my weekends there and tussey for the mid week fix.

oh and if needed I've got a cabin about 10 minutes from 7 springs, so free lodging for up to like 10 people if a trip to the springs was made.
Nov 18 2009 10:18PM
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jibjunkie
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got into main as well. im kinda nervous about the school its big as fuck so idk waiting on more acceptances i got into drexel too but not sure about that either
Nov 19 2009 9:24PM
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skithesprings
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did you visit main?
even though its big it seemed relatively easy to get around and i really liked the campus.

Nov 20 2009 2:24PM
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FreeBallin
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TUUSSSEEEYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY
Nov 20 2009 7:50PM
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-=koLLac=-
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Hahaha, you are not talking about Plattsburgh State University I suppose? :)

There'd be decent skiing options if you were. And no car restrictions either. It'd also cost about 4 times less.

So I wasn't really helpful at all, sorry
Nov 21 2009 12:14AM
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skithesprings
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haha, yeah Penn state unversity
Nov 21 2009 8:47AM
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iski*trixies*
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i just got in to psu university park toooo idk if i'll go there or not yet...
Nov 22 2009 3:53PM
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TeamJones
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I'm at main now. The campus is big, but it doesn't take much to get used to. And when you sign up for housing, ask for West or South dorms. East is awful and far away from everything.

As for skiing, as stated above Tussey is really close but pretty awful for anything but dicking around. I'm trying to instruct there this year.
Nov 23 2009 12:27AM
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skier1111
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i really dont understand why everyone complains about east halls, it really isnt bad whatsoever
Nov 23 2009 2:09AM
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meggles
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I'm in Mifflin (Pollock) now and it kicks East's ass. Maybe YOU were the one I saw a few weeks ago..I know there's a handful of NSers out at main

I always end up seeing random ass kids walking by with level 1 shirts and shit. Outrageous.

Anywho, congrats buddy.

Also....if you reaaaally want your car up there like I did you can rent a space off campus. I'm paying 60 bucks a month and it's worth EVERY penny. I'm a freshman and I use my car soo much. Plus people give me money to drive them home and I am oookaay with that



Nov 24 2009 9:08PM
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meggles
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It's really not as big as you'd think..it's amazing how many people you start to recognize just because you walk by them every Monday/Wednesday/Friday haha.

Also to the OP, there's actually a longboarding club I'm in that's legit as hell. The guys are really helpful. And there's a ton of longboarders out here, I'm seeing them more and more every week it seems..
Nov 24 2009 9:10PM
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TeamJones
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Possible. I have a green My Friend Is a Pro shirt. I'm in Stephens in South now.

And a car would be extremely helpful. There is a bus that goes to Tussey but it takes like 40 minutes to get there and it would take about 10 to go by car.
Nov 24 2009 9:53PM
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meggles
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Nope..this mystery nser had an afterbang ns shirt on.. I suppose it will remain a mystery!
Nov 25 2009 7:58AM
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jibjunkie
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coulda been jared(spelling?).
Nov 25 2009 2:24PM
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2_fadez
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my sister lives in the mifflin pollock dorms and is a freshman too. i had jerad drop off some skis i bought, with her a couple weeks ago at pollock so he might have been the one you saw in the afterbang shirt. what floor do you live on?
Nov 25 2009 10:52PM
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LadySaGa
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hahah i thought so too. if we're talking skiing and cost, platts>penn
Nov 27 2009 12:57PM
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ch@se
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I applied to the college of IST at Penn State so hopefully I'll be hearing back soon.
Nov 28 2009 5:35PM
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meggles
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Skollsteeze, who's your sister? Crazy coincidence..
But no..I know jerad, definitely not him haha

And I'm in IST now, it's pretty fucking cool
Nov 29 2009 12:55PM
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skier1111
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nice man im in IST/SRA too
Nov 29 2009 4:43PM
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2_fadez
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her name's lauren
Nov 29 2009 5:57PM
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ch@se
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Yeah. my bro is IST/SRA. He convinced me to apply.
Nov 29 2009 10:20PM
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meggles
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1. I'm planning on doing this as well
2. Definitely a chick!
Nov 30 2009 1:34PM
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jerad
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Hold on a second, ALL of you go to Penn State and You're all in IST? What the fuck? I've been spending as little time as possible in that building for the past 4 years because I thought all of the people were Human vs. Zombies weirdos, and you all ski and are on newschoolers? This is seriously hard to believe.

We should have a Newschoolers meeting in the java cafe above the road. Now that is something I would have never believed would be possible at Penn State, let alone in the college of IST.

I was convinced the only other Newschooler in IST was Jeb - and we went to Highschool together so that really doesn't count.
Nov 30 2009 10:40PM
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TeamJones
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Senior? Do you happen to know Mitch Palski? He's a senior in IST.

I'm in engineering. Another alternative to a 3.5 year plan is what I'm doing, the 5 year IUG program, where you graduate with both a Bachelors and Masters.
Nov 30 2009 11:19PM
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meggles
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I had NO idea other than ben. That's actually really wierd, it's such a damn small college. Most of the IST kids I see carry nerf guns..
Dec 1 2009 2:27PM
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skier1111
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haha so true about the nerf guns
Dec 1 2009 2:52PM
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jerad
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Yeah I'm a senior. I'm pretty sure I know who Mitch is, I know I've had class with a Mitch in IST so I'm assuming its the same dude.

Anybody have any ski movies they'd like to share? I have Everyday is a Saturday and Refresh on a flash drive I can give people and I have Contrast on DVD. Just let me know...
Dec 1 2009 6:37PM
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skier1111
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ya man, ive been wanting to see those movies, but i only have older ski movies to share. i have corduroy, road to nowhere, enjoy, ready aim fire, shanghai six, ski porn, photo play, turbo, UP1.2, wski106
Dec 1 2009 6:51PM
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ch@se
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Still waiting to hear back from admissions.

When did you guys get your letter?
Dec 1 2009 10:44PM
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meggles
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Eh, don't worry. I applied in August and heard before Thanksgiving, and a friend of mine applied at the same time and didn't hear until January, while people that applied later found out earlier. It really does seem a bit random..
Dec 1 2009 10:59PM
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TeamJones
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Cool, Mitch is my cousin.

I have Believe and Idea (I think, can't find Idea at the moment). If anyone has Blizzard of Ahhs or any other old Greg Stump movies I'd love to have them.
Dec 2 2009 1:09AM
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skithesprings
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i got mine like 3 weeks before thanksgiving
Dec 2 2009 8:10AM
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spqr
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I have the DVD for Refresh now (bonus features), and also Get Lucky
Dec 2 2009 11:49AM
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skithesprings
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im waiting to see how many people from my school are going to penn state to put down a room mate request but if theres any freshmen going in that would want to room with another skier i would deff consider it because so far only 2 other kids are going from my school and i wouldnt really want to room with them.
just puttin it out there.
Dec 5 2009 7:48PM
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jibjunkie
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haha its all about meetin a total stranger. going with somebody you already know kind of makes you sick of the other person from what ive heard. but yea id be down to chads gap it up with a fellow broseph
Dec 7 2009 6:36PM
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skithesprings
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haha, thats what ive been hearing too.

too bad ski patroll blew up chads gap though.
ill deff keep my options open so let me know if you end up going to PSU because i deff want to room with someone else who skis.
Dec 7 2009 7:58PM
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alex.k.
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i'm a senior at main however i am NOT an IST, supply chain major haha

however I do ski with jerad, jeb and zook. 

JOIN THE SKI CLUBB
Dec 9 2009 9:11AM
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skier1111
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is tussey really as bad as they say?
Dec 9 2009 11:20AM
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skier1111
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haha well that sucks, guess ill still be going there since i dont have a car here
Dec 9 2009 11:33AM
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-eat
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hey now it is not that bad.

It gets you through the week. and this year will be better trust me..
Dec 10 2009 8:31PM
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ch@se
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Anyone going to be there for the summer? I am!
Mar 16 2010 9:27PM
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