MinggI go to the University at Buffalo in New York. The skiing around here is definitely not bad at all. It's not the Rockies but it's still pretty awesome. At UB we have a ski club, Schussmeisters, and its about 150- 200 dollars for a season pass to 5 local hills(Kissing Bridge, Holiday Valley, Buffalo Ski Club, Peak n Peek, Swain). You can ski pretty much everyday and it's really awesome. In between classes we all usually hang out and fuck around in the office and everyone is really cool. Also, the club hosts a bunch of events. This year we're hosting the Inspired Media Tour and a Capita movie premiere as well. We have rail jams on campus and we go on trips every year and overall it's a really awesome time. 10/10 would recommend.
As for the academics of UB. Buffalo is ranked really high for Public Universities and I would highly recommend it if you're going for a science related major. My major is Biomedical Sciences/ Pre Health. I'm a Freshmen this year and I really have no complaints yet. The classes are big but it doesn't bother me. You have lecture with 300 students and then lab/recitation with 20ish students so I wouldn't listen to people who say theres not a good student to teacher ratio at large schools. It's really not true. The school is big but the campus is set up in a pretty easy way to find your away around. There's 30,000 students I believe(under grad and graduate students). I was hesitant to come here because of the size but really, when you're here it doesn't feel that big at all. I commute to school and parking is really good. A lot of people complain about parking in college but it really is nice here. Also, I've seen the dorms and they're above average in my opinion.
Ayy UB here too! UB has bang for your buck, theres so much to do. I see alot of people hang out in their dorm all day but if you wanna get the most out of it you have to get involved, we have clubs for the most random shit. Theres also a super diverse crowd of students. Like much of NS I came from a white suburbia background so when around 40% of the kids were minorities it was different. Partys arent bad, open frat houses are always a shit show but the concert/bar/club scene is awesome. I wish I could get more involved with Schuss but I was a pussy last year and this year I gotta get good grades. Seems like a real cool group of kids though, I'll try to hang this year