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Colleges in the Northeast

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Pat_MURRAY
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what are some good colleges in the northeast thats will keep me near good mountains. Preferably good park mountains. I have a 93 GPA and im in all honors or AP classes. I scored a 1670 on my SAT which is low but it was the first time i took it so i can probably get higher. I also want a relatively big school.

ANY THOUGHTS???????

Sep 13 2009 2:33PM
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Funnel
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Wait, 93GPA?  As in 93%?
Sep 13 2009 2:38PM
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Pat_MURRAY
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yeah average i guess. its like a 3.7 gpa i think idk but 93 is my average my bad
Sep 13 2009 2:39PM
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BMskier
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.93 maybe? but seriously wtfff 93 gpa lol
Sep 13 2009 2:39PM
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Funnel
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93% average doesn't mean much because you could be acing a class or two, while you have a C in the other.  3.7 is a good GPA though.  Talk to your counselor before you ask NS, they will know more about schools than NS.
Sep 13 2009 2:42PM
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Pat_MURRAY
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3.7 gpa yes. but i just want some college names, i gotta get ideas flowin
Sep 13 2009 2:44PM
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BMskier
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okay to name a few,

colby

dartmouth

middlebury

unh

plymouth state

keene state

uvm

just to name a few, those are all in NH, VT or maine

Sep 13 2009 2:45PM
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Pat_MURRAY
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dartmouth would probably be a strech for me. thats ivy
Sep 13 2009 2:46PM
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amo
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UVM is a decently sized school with lots of skiing opportunities
Sep 13 2009 2:50PM
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BMskier
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3.7 gpa + honors and AP's... sounds like dartmouth to me. just try to get your test scores up and you will be good hopefully and if that doesnt work then just go a give a killer interview thats all. and ivy leagues are over rated btw
Sep 13 2009 2:52PM
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Pee_and_Ski
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come to St Joes college of maine, were 1h from sunday river 20min from a pllace called shawnie peak, and we have a privite beach,
Sep 13 2009 2:52PM
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Pat_MURRAY
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how big is st joes
Sep 13 2009 2:53PM
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Pat_MURRAY
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thats the complete opposite of what i said i was looking for. But thanks??
Sep 13 2009 3:14PM
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Twaddler
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some people calle UVM a "public ivy". im right down the street at St. Mike's but thats alot smaller

Sep 13 2009 3:18PM
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ct_steeze
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check out st. mikes in vermont, my friends brother goes there and its such a sick school
Sep 13 2009 4:59PM
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anxju
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not even close.... usnews ranked it 88th this past year
Sep 13 2009 5:03PM
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amo
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"Known to many as "UVM," which stand for the Latin words Universitas Viridis Montis, or University of the Green Mountains, the university has also been named a Public Ivy."

has to be, wiki says so.
Sep 13 2009 6:12PM
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anxju
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no but like, its not close to them right now academically
Sep 13 2009 6:42PM
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ectreeskier11
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hate to say it, but with a 1670 you won't get into an ivy, but i think some of those schools might be test optional now so check on those (1670's still a good bit above average though). i scored a 1970 and got rejected from bates, bowdoin, colby and midd (my grades were good too, mostly honors/ap shit, from a boarding school). definitely go uvm, burlington's amazing and you're reasonably close to jay peak and stowe.
Sep 13 2009 6:52PM
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afton_steeze
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I'm assuming your gpa is weighted? 3.7 is not a 93, it's like a 3.5 ish. Colleges recalculate your gpa when they receive your transcript, so you don't end up getting the boost credit for the honors/ap courses. Retake the SATs and study, aim for at least 1800 because that score doesn't match up with your gpa. Take the SAT 1's in October and the 2's in November, most upper-tier schools require you take two or three SAT 2 subject tests. Take the ACT's as well, send your score if it's 25 or above. You could try Boston U, Northeastern, Syracuse, and UVM to name a few.
Sep 13 2009 6:54PM
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anxju
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our school considers honors/ap's as level 1's, there are 1's 2's and 3's... and colleges dont change our transcript or weighted gpa
Sep 13 2009 7:39PM
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BMskier
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damn boarding school.. lol proctor im guessin if you ski sunapee
Sep 13 2009 7:55PM
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afton_steeze
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Actually, they do. There are so many different methods that schools around the nation use, that it wouldn't be fair to judge everyone on the same scale. It puts certain students at disadvantage, not all schools weight gpa's. They take your grades on your transcript and don't add points on for honors / ap. I'm not saying they don't take the honors classes into consideration, but this way they level the playing field.
Sep 13 2009 7:59PM
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Crack.
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uvm
Sep 13 2009 8:01PM
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afton_steeze
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*that it wouldn't be fair to judge everyone on different scales.
Sep 13 2009 8:02PM
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attitashfreestyle29
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colby fucking college!
Sep 13 2009 8:03PM
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marsland
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depending on how big of a school you want, check out umass amherst.  i go here and its a lot of fun, and mt snow is about as good of a park as you will get in tthe northeast, and its an hour to an hour and a half away depending on how fast you drive.  you could definately get in with your scores and gpa.
Sep 13 2009 10:32PM
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chad.
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UW

university of washington ftw

with snoqaulmie for dope ass jibs and alpental five minutes from there with the dopest BC

all about a hour and fifteen minute drive and you could teach two hour friday night lessons for a free pass to both

Sep 13 2009 11:14PM
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Stowe24
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plymouth state. Loon and waterville are 20 minutes away
Sep 14 2009 12:29AM
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ectreeskier11
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aha yeah not exactly a normal boarding school but nonetheless
Sep 14 2009 12:34AM
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no_steeze
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dartmouth, middlebury, UVM are all good schools and have good skiing
Sep 14 2009 12:35AM
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BMskier
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dont worry, kua wasnt normal either
Sep 14 2009 12:45AM
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Mr_Papageorgio
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Duquesne University

[url]http://www.flickr.com/photos/ericneugebauer/2851752080/[/img]

we are renowned for a couple things.
1) basketball team was shot a couple years ago
2) basketball team now good
3) unbelievably good looking girls (lloyd_christmas who attends vtech can attest to this, its outrageous)

Sep 14 2009 12:47AM
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.SimonB.
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uvm
uconn
umass amherst
RPI
WPI
UNH
Sep 14 2009 12:49AM
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Pat_MURRAY
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bump
Sep 16 2009 10:28PM
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1337
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option #3 makes me want to look into this school
Sep 16 2009 10:31PM
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J-Evs
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anybody have any input between
UVM and St. Mikes
Sep 16 2009 11:00PM
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KansasCityKilla
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dont do it!!!!!!!!!!!!1
Sep 16 2009 11:01PM
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2_fadez
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how is the skiing near Bowdoin and Columbia?
Sep 30 2009 5:09PM
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General_Ripper
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Any major ideas? It would limit your search.
Sep 30 2009 5:14PM
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ski_DC
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thomas fucking college
just kidding. come to colby. shits ill. better school than UVM by a good deal, closer to good skiing than bates or bowdoin, and its a great place to be.
Sep 30 2009 5:16PM
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2_fadez
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not UVM, i'm talkin like a top 25 or 30 school in the nation
Sep 30 2009 5:27PM
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Pat_MURRAY
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my major going into next year is gonig to be physics... ...
Sep 30 2009 7:45PM
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802IceCoast
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UVM!!! i go here and even in engineering manage to ski 5 days a week!
Oct 2 2009 1:47PM
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VT_FLO
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UVM. come here. we have a 2000 person ski and ride club, and you get mad discounts on seasons passes and gear from the local shops
Oct 2 2009 2:47PM
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ski@jaypeak2
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UVM is .7 miles from downtown burlington and has about 7500 kids who all enjoy drinking, having a good time, and then busting ass in the library to graduate.  St mikes is about 2000 people, located in colchester about 4 miles from downtown burlington, it is also a catholic school.
Oct 2 2009 3:00PM
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grown-ninja
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yea man a 93 is a really sticky grade, at some colleges that a 4.0 since an a is a 93, at others it is at most a 3.66 ( an -a_ if your lucky, it varryies a good amount most likely coming from highschool though man it isnt a 3.7 by college standard, maybe a 3.66 at most

not nocking you but colby, dartmouth, and middlebury are most likely out of the question, when i was allpying to school 4 years ago the average middlebury was my number one untill i realived the average sat to get in was around a 1400 thats maybe a  2100 on todays scale, i was before the new version

were in about the same boat,  i had around the same grades 93, every honors and ap pretty much, grtaduated around top 10%, 13 in my class, played varsity sports almost every season since i was a freshman, wrote some dank ass essays but only got like a 1000 on my sats ( old version) and the best school i got into was siena (got wait listed at saint mikes) shits wack, college acceptance is so stupid i have so many friends who got into a lot nicer schools/same schools as me with way worse grades, its all about what person(s) the college is looking for, if you can turn female, handycapt, dislexic, half american indian half spanish, even not from the country, and can pull an 80 average+ you could get a full ride to any school, check schools like mikes, siena, keene state, johnson state,

Oct 2 2009 3:24PM
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