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University of Colorado Boulder

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captain-steez
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Im hoping to move out there and go to school next year.

Just looking for some info, input and opinions.

Some questions,

Where to the majority of people ski?

What are you majoring in?

Party school?

feel free to ramble about the college, any input is good!

Sep 24 2012 10:58AM
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line686
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Epic Pass gets you Breck, Keystone, A-Basin, and 10 days at Vail and Beaver Creek.

Economics.

You already know the answer to this question.
Sep 24 2012 12:08PM
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RICK_ROSS
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i got punched in the face multiple times on saturday night. great school. highly recommended.
Sep 24 2012 12:14PM
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deleted5
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Epic pass for skiing, and Greatest party school I've ever been to. the reason that its such a great party school is because of how the school is set up. As soon as you step off campus there's 100+ blocks of off-campus housing across the street so there's always a party going on somewhere.
Sep 24 2012 12:14PM
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Phil-X-
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I wanted to go to boulder so fucking bad. Got in to University of Illinois tho. :( im sure my freshman year woulda been much more fun there
Sep 24 2012 12:20PM
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jeR.
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move there for a year, apply for in state tuition... really expensive for out of state and all though it may be the most fun school, its probably not worth the expense in terms of academics and diploma recognition as your own state school
Sep 24 2012 12:22PM
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DERS.
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yes.
Sep 24 2012 12:27PM
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lands11
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It's a good school, they party hard, the skiing is dope.
Sep 24 2012 1:08PM
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captain-steez
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Im in an auto program at a tech school in St.Paul, MN. im on my 2nd year then im done. i decided i dont really wanna do the whole auto thing for the rest of my life. im thinking environmental studies. sounds up my ally, anyone majoring in that?
Sep 24 2012 1:16PM
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status_whitegirl
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depends on how my year goes, i might try to transfer there
Sep 24 2012 1:19PM
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volvotom
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Colorado has very strict rules for establishing residency. I am pretty sure it is 2 or more years.
Sep 24 2012 1:21PM
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lands11
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I'm in Environmental Science at UVM and I have a few friends in studies. If you want to actually make money you may want to consider doing Environmental science, it's harder in school because you have to take Chem (both inorganic and organic), Biology, and calc. but it really isn't that hard. Studies is kinda weird, I'm not really sure what the job market is like for people graduating with Enviro studies. I think it leans more towards being an entrepreneur and creating your own job.
Sep 24 2012 1:23PM
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C-Burg
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I went to a smaller school in colorado but in my opinion between the two big state schools CSU was more fun in my opinion. It is farther from skiing but I enjoyed fort collins more than boulder
Sep 24 2012 1:24PM
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captain-steez
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Yea im still trying to figure out what kinda jobs are out there for environmental studies.
Sep 24 2012 1:29PM
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ggfski42
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lol where did you come up with that? To qualify for in state you only have to have to have been there for a year. And you only have to live in CO for 3 months to get a DL.

Sep 25 2012 11:06AM
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TechnoPotamus
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I went there, did my undergrad in finance.


here is my honest opinion:

It's a great place. gorgeous and so so much fun. but it's a huge school, and it's extremely easy to get caught up in non-academic things and watch your grades become less of a priority than they should. It's also difficult to learn well in classes of 200+ kids all the time until you're a junior/senior.

In retrospect, I would have gone to a smaller school for the better quality learning experience. But when I was 18, instead of 25, I just wanted to party and go nuts and get a degree somewhere in there. College is awesome, so awesome, but you just have to remember that what you do will determine the rest of your life. Seriously, it will. I'm back in a graduate program now getting my masters because my degree from CU didn't get me very far (my own fault, my GPA was a 2.85, piss poor).

If you are very good with time management and very dedicated to your studies, go for it! But if you struggle to pay attention in regular classes now, it's a serious consideration you should make.




i hope that helps. i don't mean to discourage you at all, i'm just trying to be honest with you because not many people can speak from my same perspective on this with regards to CU
Sep 25 2012 11:24AM
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FerrisBueller
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Get the epic pass, breck, key, a basin
Geology Major Astronomy Minor
We party so hard this shit is too fun

Come here obviously!
Sep 25 2012 11:30AM
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Logey.
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In my opinion there are much better schools in Colorado, especially in acedemics. But if your going there for a party and you can snag instate tuition then go for it, otherwise out of state tuition is rediculouse and 100% not worth it
Sep 25 2012 11:33AM
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sir_drums_a_lot
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Great school, one of the best in the country but it'll assrape your parent's wallet unless you get a fat scholarshit (unlikely... sorry)
Sep 25 2012 11:55AM
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volvotom
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http://highered.colorado.gov/Finance/Residency/faq.html

Must be at least 23 years old. That is where I was confused.


Sep 25 2012 1:02PM
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baethoven
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qfe
Sep 25 2012 1:06PM
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C-Burg
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Pretty good read about Boulder

http://www.tetongravity.com/forums/showthread.php/61132-Pretty-good-Boulder-rant

Sep 25 2012 1:25PM
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FerrisBueller
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Teh truth!
Sep 25 2012 1:32PM
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Tha_Wizard
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considering transferring next fall. Anyone know anything about the psychology program at UCB
Sep 25 2012 2:55PM
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deleted5
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You're not considered an adult until you're 23. If you want to get Emancipated then the rules will apply. But until then you take your parents adress.
Sep 25 2012 7:33PM
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joshua
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Kind of, I'm on my second year of a two year environmental technician program at a technicial college, and will be transfering right into third year of an environmental management degree next year if I get the marks.
Sep 26 2012 8:08AM
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