OP's struggle is real

become a pilot, run drugs, start an outerwear company as a front, make video of you drifting an STI and shooting road signs

steeze4daysSo, coming into my last few years of high school

So you are saying you are a sophomore? Because you should probably worry less about college if you are only a sophomore.

Go to college, get stuff figured out when you are in college since you don't know what you want to do yet. Don't be a ski bum, you will probably realize that you aren't cut out for it after a season

Ski bums rule.

You could go to the University of Utah. Degree and get to ski BOOM.

JakeSmithSo you are saying you are a sophomore? Because you should probably worry less about college if you are only a sophomore.

Go to college, get stuff figured out when you are in college since you don't know what you want to do yet. Don't be a ski bum, you will probably realize that you aren't cut out for it after a season

I have no clue what a sophomore is but over here in the UK I'm in lower 6th form (YEAR 11)

So actually i'll be selecting my college applications pretty soon here.

youre like 16. Shut up and smoke weed

DJtearegasbecome a pilot, run drugs, start an outerwear company as a front, make video of you drifting an STI and shooting road signs

Sounds Like a plan to me

El_Barto.youre like 16. Shut up and smoke weed

Sounds solid

I'd say be a ski bum first beacuse you'll probably get tired of being poor, then you can go to college and get a job that pays well. Or, who knows, you might find a decent paying job in a ski town or just not want to leave.

There are lot's of happy people still working at ski areas and also lots of people with degrees that aren't making a shit ton of money.

A degree can help depending on what you want to do, but imo it's not a magic free pass to success and happiness as it's pushed.

I know people getting useless degrees for way too much money. Does having a degree look good on a job application? Of course, but for a lot of jobs experience > everything.

I'm not hating on college, if it wasn't unreasonably expensive and I could have found a school to fit my needs I would have liked to but whatever. I generally take this side more to combat the side I've always heard that is "you HAVE to go to college". Honestly that's straight bullshit. IT's a tough time, a lot of big choices, a lot of people are unsure, but for the $$$ some colleges charge you should have some idea what the hell you want to do before going.

IT really all boils down to what you want. Where do you see yourself in the future, how much money do you need to do that? A job in the ski industry probably won't buy you a big house in a nice suburban gated community or a ski house at the bottom of a ski resort.

Just think about what you want, what you need to get there. It's different for everyone. I've been working at ski areas for 13 seasons and will probably be doing it for many more years. I'm what would be considered poor by most people but I don't need much money to survive.

It's all what you want out of life. As somebody already said, smoke a bowl and ponder the meaning of the universe

go to college, take your education seriously, find a career you enjoy that will still allow you to live in a place that caters to your hobbies.

College does not equal no skiing. If you go to the University of Miami it might but if you go somewhere out west or many places in the midwest close to hills them you should have at least some time to ski. As for a job, if you want to be able to ski a lot then I would recommend a carreer that would allow you to do so. That would not be a 9-5 M-F job where you need to live in certain cities. Try getting something that allows you to work say 3 12's.

high school is so hard

When you get to pick, go to school where you will enjoy yourself, the rest will fall into place.

Or move to a ski town and convince yourself otherwise, plenty make it work, but even the people with degrees are working harder and getting paid less. Living responsibly and having fun don't need to be mutually exclusive, find the compromise that works best for you.

Take a few years off after high school and become a ski bum until you find out what you really wanna study/do with your life. That way you can see if you really wanna do the ski bum thing and you won't waste money on school studying something you done wanna do later in life.

just tell your self that everything happens for a reason and send it

MrGnarlsonSki bums rule.

You could go to the University of Utah. Degree and get to ski BOOM.

and drink watered down beer!!!

Why not both? Why don't you go to school and major something that you can use in the ski industry? Marketing, Public relations, Retail, Supply Chain management, Finance. Literally almost anything can be in some way be related to skiing.

Maybe down the line in college you get an internship somewhere in a ski company and get a shot at the big times.

Or you can also just go to college out west or really anywhere with snow and ski on the weekends.

You should go to college since it will give you some type of discipline and let you grow are a person.

Western Colorado state university is thirty minutes from Crested Butte which is a decently sized resort with plenty of jobs to be had. there you go son. Degree and a mountain. boom

plymouth state is kinda fun. basically just pass class and ski. its really easy to be honest. some majors are harder than others sure, but pretty much everyones classes are pretty easy. not like op's mom easy, but certainly not the hardest school by any means in the area