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steezenskis
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Im a junior in high school and im starting to look at colleges. i want to find a college that i can ski at. needs to have engineering. please comment
May 4 2010 5:38PM
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WVskiing
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yes, i need a good college for engineering that i can ski at......no sarcasm
May 4 2010 5:41PM
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Elmo.
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yea im gunna b a junior next year and im already lookin at colleges... plymouth state in NH is a good one but if ur in the west u dont wanna go east. then i guess utah and U of denver is good idea 2
May 4 2010 5:41PM
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eheath
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U of U
May 4 2010 5:43PM
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steezenskis
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no im good with anywhere in the US.
May 4 2010 5:44PM
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.nasty
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Colorado Mountain College in Steamboat just turned into a 4-year school I believe. look em up
May 4 2010 5:49PM
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Black.Bird
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If you're going to do engineering, chances are you probably wont get to ski much
May 4 2010 5:50PM
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.Duncan.
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CU or even CSU though it is 2 hours from the mountains.
May 4 2010 5:51PM
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Spacekroft
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Montana State University in bozeman mt awesome engineering program in 3 mountains within 45mins http://www.coe.montana.edu/ check it out
May 4 2010 5:53PM
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deathcookie
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Colorado School of Mines is a school dedicated to engineering im pretty sure.  I heard it is hard to get into though.  It is closer to skiing than boulder.
May 4 2010 6:01PM
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Tasche
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that is bull shit.
May 4 2010 6:02PM
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Black.Bird
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I don't know man, I'm saying this from what I've heard. My dad is an engineer himself and my buddy is done his first year in mechanical engineering and they were both packed with schoolwork non-stop. But if that's their experiences, and if you like what you're studying in university it shouldn't be as much of a hassle.
May 4 2010 8:04PM
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eheath
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Tell that to John Ware, civil engineering major, kid skis alot and is doing well in school and skiing.
May 4 2010 8:18PM
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CraigAK
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university of utah and montana state university, both good schools with skiing very close. im going to u of u next year
May 4 2010 8:19PM
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c1rca491
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I am an petroleum engineer right now. sure its a lot of work, and your going to be spending more time studying then other majors but your still going to get a lot of free time left over. and with college the time you spend in class is not going to be as much as in high school. some days i only go to class for 2 hours and then im done for the day. I manage to go out 3 or 4 times a week. as for engineering programs Colorado School of Mines is highly regarded. or you can go to a California school. I heard USC has a sweet ski club and have a house in mammoth. Theres also Boulder and Coloardo state university.
May 4 2010 8:24PM
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EastCoast315
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UAA has an engineering program and is 40 miles from Alyeska.

Fuuuuck yeah
May 4 2010 8:29PM
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Black.Bird
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Really? that's actually sick. It looks like I'm going to university next year and I can't stop thinking of how I wont be able to ski much anymore (like even now I'm busy with school). How does his schedule let him ski so much?
May 4 2010 8:30PM
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WVskiing
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What would be a good school for structural engineering 
May 4 2010 8:57PM
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DRPSET
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I've concluded there are three(ish) skiing universities. University of Utah and nearby Westminster (no engineering i believe), Montana State University in Bozeman, and University of Nevada - Reno. I don't think anyone mentioned Reno.
May 4 2010 9:01PM
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EastCoast315
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Reno? gtfo
I heard the skiing in mexico city is great too
May 4 2010 9:02PM
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mason-
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john ware has the smoothest style in the clownschool edits and in general. super underrated
May 4 2010 9:05PM
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jimmer
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if you look past the crack-whore infested downtown, reno really isn't that bad. plus there's tons of awesome skiing to be had, and tahoe is one of my favorite places in the world.

with that being said, i think somewhere like montana state or utah would be a better option. i'm heading to utah next year, however, if i wanted to stay closer to home, reno would be my choice. it's pretty legit actually.
May 4 2010 9:09PM
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DRPSET
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45 min to Tahoe, don't tell me this isn't a ski college. Every school mentioned has it's short comings. Utah has its mormons and if you've ever been to a party in Bozeman you'll know what I'm talking about. Everywhere else either has crap skiing or long drives, I come to the conclusion that no ideal ski town exists so Reno's sketchyness doesn't seem so bad in comparison.
May 4 2010 9:56PM
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pjbauer
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westminster college, UTAH
www.westminstercollege.edu
May 4 2010 10:05PM
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DADDYlongLEGS
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I hear CU has a good engineering program
May 4 2010 10:15PM
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CraigAK
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very true, and Alyeska aint nothing compared to all the amazing backcountry around as well.

May 5 2010 2:23AM
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Steezy_IN_KC
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it is, this school is sick! i went and saw it this summer because they are also the only school that has a baseball team around that area too.
School= great
engineering= not for me
May 5 2010 4:46AM
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Mr.LemonPie
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School of mines is what you want, not far from denver, so there is always something to do, not far from great skiing, and a great program.
May 5 2010 6:55AM
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Tasche
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Mines is a great school that is run by arrogant douche bags and attended by weird mother fuckers. That being said I liked it there, it was 40 grand well spent.
May 5 2010 11:10AM
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Karma_Police
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If you have the money Gonzaga in spokane is pretty Bad ass, also I'm a civil engineering major at Nebraska and i got like 45 days in colorado last year and thats an 8 hour drive skiing next to two of my buddies that are EE's
May 5 2010 1:18PM
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10...nuffsaid
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mines is the bomb. had like two friends go there and they loved it!
May 5 2010 1:32PM
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find
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UVM for sure. everybody skis, pretty decent engineering in a lot of different fields, and mad fun
May 5 2010 1:37PM
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RyCo19
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I think Plymouth State is arguably the best east-coast ski school -- it's 20 minutes from 3 decent mountains, and is within an hour of at least a dozen. One of my good friends goes there and said he was able to balance classes and skiing 4-5 days a week. Likewise, I go to Dartmouth, which is only 40 minutes south of Plymouth, and we have good skiing pretty close as well... but it's not as easy to balance schoolwork. By comparison, my friend got out ~60 days this winter and I got on snow ~34 days... but if you're looking for engineering then Dartmouth has a ridiculously good program.
May 5 2010 1:48PM
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abek
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I'll throw USC out there. One of the best engineering schools in the country if you get in. I was in Mechanical engineering and skied 110 days last year in Mammoth. USC ski team gets a house in Mammoth every year and you can go up every weekend. The president of the team next year is in computer science and easily got 50 days this year. President this year was neuroscience and went every weekend. The notion that you can't ski if you're an engineer is silly. If you're smart and know how to manage time, you can do whatever you want. And in reality, if you don't have to get the 4.0, it's pretty easy to slide through most classes with a b and do farrrr less work than your super intense engineered out peers.

May 5 2010 1:48PM
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Ian.Ham
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I am going to westminster college in salt lake next year.  So stoked.
May 5 2010 2:36PM
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Scott0_robot0
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u of u all tha way
May 5 2010 2:38PM
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averyshyra
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Western state in Gunnison, campus is Sooo sick. Boulder one ups it, Actually, Like 10000 ups it
May 5 2010 2:41PM
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J.DUKE
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& UofU.
May 5 2010 8:51PM
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dangerdad
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UVM? Burlington is awesome and I got a solid 65 days this year and 75ish last year. It is the east coast, but the best of the east for sure.
May 5 2010 8:55PM
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Z-Juice
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Pretty much everywhere in Colorado except for CSU and Colorado Springs-Pueblo area.
May 5 2010 9:01PM
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EastCoast315
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yeah if you want east UVM it is
May 5 2010 9:41PM
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Tasche
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There is a pretty active ski culture at CSU, it is a lot of kids who dress the part and cant throw 3's but there will be a lot of people skiing. It is pretty far away though.

I think Fort Collins is a great place to be, awesome town, got lakes and hiking and shit, it is just really far away from everything and has lower academic standards. I didn't go there but I went up there a lot and always had a blast.
May 6 2010 10:52AM
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Big5hifty
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no its just a two year. if it was a four year id be going there. I'm coming out of ohio so i dont want to move for two years then have to move again.
May 6 2010 12:08PM
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.nasty
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yeah, I found out only the business program is 4-year there. wish they had meteorology courses there, then i'd be going there, too.
May 6 2010 1:19PM
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DGOskeeze
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I am not positive, but I believe that Fort Lewis College in Durango, CO has an engineering program. Bunch of sick mountains down here! (Purgatory, Silverton, Telluride, Wolf Creek) you might look into it.
May 6 2010 4:21PM
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MADDECENT
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Whats the mormon situation at U of U by the way?
May 6 2010 4:42PM
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steezenskis
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yea ive taken a look at uvm and it looks pretty good. 
May 6 2010 5:18PM
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Keyjibbs
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Who the fuck cares? Mormons are chill people most of the time. It's easy to not be bothered by them if you chill with the right people but I wouldn't let a religion steer you away from going to a school. Mormons are just like everyone else, hell they're probably nicer then anyone else.
May 6 2010 5:30PM
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Tasche
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Except they wear magical underwear.
May 6 2010 5:38PM
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KramerC
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Montana Statue University. Just finished up my last final an hour ago and its been dumping all week, and snowing our my window right now. Can you say May Freshies tomorrow?
May 6 2010 6:11PM
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Jibbin_Ur_Face
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 Any of the Colorado Mtn. Colleges
May 6 2010 6:36PM
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