what do you mean? its just extremely hard? and i would have to spend tons of time?
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what do you mean? its just extremely hard? and i would have to spend tons of time?
major in "science"? what does that mean? why do you want to major in "science"? unless you are more focused, don't be shocked that you might get to school- take some required freshman courses or whatever- and decide to change directions. it happens. maybe a larger school would be better if you needed to make such changes... but expensive at out-of-state tuition rates. dunno. the only skiing i did during school was while studying abroad or while on vacation. during school i was too busy working/studying...Quote:
Originally Posted by skatecow45
have you looked at any schools west of the mississippi besides CU?
In the sciences, possibly yes and yes. Unless you have a specific aptitude (you'd know that by now) they are more demanding than the non-sciences. The more "sciency", the more work. Unlike reading or papers you can't blow off a lab class and you'll have at least one a semester the whole time you are in school. They also have more homework and exams. Even if there'd been good skiing near my school I wouldn't have had the time or energy to go.Quote:
Originally Posted by skatecow45
Yup- that's the place.Quote:
Originally Posted by dewey
I actually had a little different game plan. I worked across Pearl Street at BJ's Bar and Grill. After closing, we would suck down 9% ac Tatonka Stouts, and then stumble across the street to school people at pool and drink PBR pitchers. Love that place. No-nonsense drinking at its finest :biggrin:
Well, I'm late to the party, but my vote obviously goes to CU. I was an Environmental Science major and became a science teacher. Once you get past the intro classes I can recommend some top professors.
Things I LOVED about CU:
College town vibe
Easy to get everywhere in town
Good professors
Lots of people to meet
Hot girls
Sunny mild weather with cold snowy snaps where the snow melts a day later
Best looking campus I have ever seen
Ski club plans some good trips
Right at the foot of moutains
Denver is close
Downsides:
Shitty traffic, faster to bike than drive
Frat boys in their shiny mud slinger Wranglers
Big freshman year classes
Expensive rent
The negatives don't even begin to outweigh the positives. I, like you, also got A's and B's in high school, but I really wanted a school that fit my lifestyle not necessarily a top tier school to impress the employers. Within 2 months of graduating I got a job. My friend was an MCDB major and within a couple months she got a job.
Some things to remember:
-Plan your courses carefully, if done right you can graduate in 4 years and get Mon, Wed, and Fri off at somepoint. I graduated in 4 years and had MWF off my jr spring semester, and MF off my sr year semester.
-On campus jobs give good pay, hours, and are often closed on weekends so u can go ski.
-Don't party so much you don't ski.
-Don't ski so much you fail out ( many people mess up here)
HAVE FUN!!!!
edit - oh yea... I don't know one person who has gone there that regretted it.
ONE MORE THING: Even if you follow all of those rules for in-state tuition you are not guaranteed to get it. My roommate did all of those and she had to petition the school for a semester to get in-state after being denied. It was a PITA for her.
Go west my friend, You live on the east coast now, and may not get the opportunity to do this again, i went to college in Upstate New York, but i got lucky when i joined the army and assigned to Colorado.
Like everyone else said the weather is awesome out there.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...%20CU/skjd.jpg
OMG, there are TWO black guys in that photo. (Sorry I think had 3 total in my classes during my 4 years at CU). I forgot to add that CU is not known for their diversity no matter what their brochure says or what questions they put on their application.
edit - make that 3, maybe even 4!
Wise words Mr. Twenty, and nice avatar!Quote:
Originally Posted by 72Twenty
MWC schools just don't have the image on the east coast like CU does, and it is all about image.
Another CO school that caters to eastern kids is Colorado College, but CC doesn't have any real science or engineering.
I had a looksey at faculty on the MCDB homepage and I know one of the profs there. Min Han was a post doc in the lab next to mine when I was at Cal Tech. Nice guy. I've also met William Wood. I don't know the others, although one of the names sounds familiar.
ECHO what everyone says about Boulder. It rocks.
Instate tuition - PAY ATTENTION to what sftc and others said. Make sure you're doing everything you need to or you'll be fucked for another semster. Biggest (and most difficult for some folks) thing is you have to be able to show that you are truly independent. If your folks live in another state and claim you as a dependent you are fucked. If you don't make a certain amount of money that year you are fucked. I don't know how much that is but you are going to need a real job and to pay taxes for a year in CO to show that you're not a dependent. You walk in there and show 'em a tax return that says you made $3600 last year they'll laugh you right out. Insisting that you dirtbagged it in your van all year won't work - they have some kind of hard and fast minimum number. Sorry but I don't know what it is but there is an office at CU that is devoted to this whole issue and will tell you exactly what you need to do.
Get a driver's license as soon as you arrive - that's part of it.
What are you talking about?CU has been voted the best party school for a couple of years running!CU senior class prez for 8 years running,Craven Moorhead,would set you straight!Quote:
Originally Posted by shmerham
Unfortunately ,I'll have to say go to CU.Mild temps in winter ,300+ days of dreadful sunshine a year, it's the fittest city in the US,lots of open space,trails, rock climbing & hiking,is chock full of hotties,it's one of the Kind capitols in the states, is easy to get around without a car,Eldora is a nice little area 20 miles(40 mins) up the canyon ,Loveland is an hour away,A-Basin 10 minutes further,WP/Jane , Keystone ,Breck,Copper,Vail ,& B.Creek are all within 2 hours.
On the down side:Expensive ,Cops love to bust underage drinkers cause they have nothing better to do,If you don't leave early enough both ways,the Drive to the Mtns on a weekend powder day could give the Dalia Lama a case of Road-Rage!
Extremely hard is a relative term. My friend who was an MCDB major could cruise in science and math related classes, but he had a hard time composing papers for other classes. At the same time, I got a "A-" in AP calculus as a senior in high school, but first year chemistry at CU kicked my ass. Getting a C was a struggle for me.Quote:
Originally Posted by skatecow45
Dive right in and you will find out fairly quickly if you are cut out to have a science-related major at CU. If you struggle with the early classes like basic chem, while most of the class breezes along you may want to reconsider your plans. CU is big into "weeder classes" and not the 4:20 kind. They like to bust your balls with a really hard basic level class to weed out the people who don't belong or don't have the commitment. I had a class that started out with probably close to 200 people and by the end of the semester there were only about 50 to 75 people left.
Do you climb at all? There is tons of world class climbing around the Boulder area, more so than the Burlington area. The skiing in Colorado is also better than the skiing in Vermont. When you get here let me know and I'll pull you up Scary Canary :)
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Originally Posted by Ireallyliketoski
SCARY CANARY?!
:eek: :yourock:
ok, thank you all so much for the info on that program. it seems hard, but i am the math-science program. it seems like i would really enjoy this master either way, and it is worth a shot. hell, whats the worst that can happen... i would be in Colorado either way; having fun, enjoying the weater, whatever.
on a side not, i bet i could handle it. it seems like a challenge, which i really want out of college.
how is the terrain at eldora?
Well, in 4 years I never skied there so.....Quote:
Originally Posted by skatecow45
it can be good but usually not great. (So, i've heard.) I rarely heard people raving about their amazing day at Eldora.
In graduate school I bought an Eldora pass for weekdays and a WP pass for weekends.
Eldora is for using, not enjoying.
Eldora has a few attributes - a bit of good tight steep tree skiing, gets upslope storms when nobody else does a few days a year, and is close enough that you can tear up there for a couple of hours if you are in Boulder.
Student passes are less than $200/yr, I think.
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Originally Posted by DJMingus
I got a few powder days (8+ inches) there this past season when no one else was reporting much. The upslope storms are always kind to Eldora.
Their student season passes last year were $99. That's worth it in my mind.
If this is an example of how you write and spell you don't stand much of a chance in college.Quote:
Originally Posted by skatecow45
Eldora would be considered a decent, or even great, mountain in most states, but it's kind of overshadowed by all the big resorts in Colorado.
Yeah, but the drive home is alot better.Quote:
Originally Posted by funkendrenchman
Is the billboard still up on I-70? I read it heading into Denver from A-Basin once (traffic at a dead stand-still). "If you skied Eldora, you'd be home by now."
I wouldn't disagree with any of the comments made so far but the logistics of getting to Boulder vs Burlington from MA are very different. If you're anything like my friends from HS who went to CU from the East, they pretty much never came back during breaks due to time and cost restraints. If you have friends that you'd like to stay in touch with or are the type of person who needs to have the home cooked meal every once and a while you best remember that as well. I think about half the people I knew from HS who went to schools that were across the country ending up transfering back to a school closer to home.
huh, i thought this was an internet message board. im sorry i cant be fucking gramatically correct and capatilize and check everything i write. deal with it.Quote:
Originally Posted by sftc
This is the shit that everyone alwys tells you will help you for college and stuff, but trust me. Playing soccer or being an eagle scout will most likely only help if you join the army. Neither one of those things has really helped me thus far in life. They are great accomplishment, but you're not going to cruise though life because of them.Quote:
i will be an eagle scout in a month, i have also played vasristy soccer for 4 years.
I'm not exactly sure that he thought they were gonna help him cruise through life. I would say that practicing for a sport and playing as a team can help you in life many ways: learn to manage time, learn commitment, working with a team, leadership skills if you are a captain.... it is better than telling a college, "well, during high school I got good grades and yea that is pretty much it."Quote:
Originally Posted by powwrangler
Playing sports- meh, everybody does that in high school. But Eagle Scout? only 2% of all boyscouts make it that far.Quote:
Originally Posted by powwrangler
It never landed me the job, I had to do that myself. It sure does get you interviews, though. I still put it on my resume.
...just chiming in, too drunk to read all 3 pages. Either way, I got in-state at CSU by simply living there. I got my car registered, new license, rented a house, etc. I was really surprised that I got in-state since my parents still paid for tuition (I offered, but they are awesome and didn't let me). I think the thing that did it for me was being 22 when I tried for in-state though (junior year or something). What I'm trying to say is, it may be really easy or really difficult to get in-state. Good luck, enjoy the fuck out of college!
You have received a ton of invaluable advice from a lot of good people on this thread.Quote:
Originally Posted by skatecow45
You are correct, this is an internet message board, but most of us try to take the time to think before we speak.
Even though it's tempting to drop down to your level and start talking shit, I'll resist.
Learn to accept criticism, learn from it, and live with it.
If you act like a punk ass bitch and you'll last about 1 season in Colorado.
Yeah, but you would have skied Eldora.Quote:
Originally Posted by 72Twenty
Unless he moves to Summit Cunty.Quote:
Originally Posted by sftc
CU's website explains exactly what you need to do to get in state tuition. If you are capable of living on your own you should be fine. Besides doing what people have explained here you should also not plan on going home for any extended amount of time.
Good luck though, it's pretty easy if you jump through their hoops.
No contest. CU Boulder.
Hey, I'm just sayn'. :cool:Quote:
Originally Posted by Ireallyliketoski
You have to admit, it's good marketing...
I am a CU alumnus. 84-91 Grateful Dead Tour Plan.
Graduated with a double degree in eastern religions and environmental studies.
also studied at naropa institute there in conjunction with my degree. (tibetan buddhist research)
LOVED BOULDER.
Great Profs.
Reggie Ray
Look up Ira Chernus If he's still around and hasn't retired.
Best most controversial prof I ever had was Ward Churchill Google him if you'd like to know more.
Great Activism
Great Weather
Great Hiking
Great Skiing
Great Women
Great Party Favors of all flavors
Where the hip met to trip in the eighties.
Hands down go to boulder.
[QUOTE=extreeski]I am a CU alumnus. 84-91 Grateful Dead Tour Plan.
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If you went to CU For the Grateful Dead Tour Plan, you did not do enough reasearch prior to attending college. I remember one of the girls I dated in college saying she went to Syracuse because she figured out using Dead Show catalogs that there were more Dead Shows in a given year within 250 miles(or some distance like that) of SU then any other school in the US. She also liked the fact that the Fall Tours usually ended at the Dome so she could remember when the tour ended.
Except the random day when I was a frosh at CU and we got over 3 feet of snow in Boulder, shut down classes for the day, roads were all closed to I-70, but somehow they managed to open up the Canyon to Eldora and the entire student population was there- all in Corona Bowl. Super fun day; I guess everyone had the same idea. FKN blast. Short steeps, decent trees and thigh deep snow- not normal for Eldora, but that day was good.Quote:
Originally Posted by funkendrenchman
As for not in 2nd or 3rd tier education... CU has been ranked anywhere from 45 to 75 in the US News College Rankings over the last decade, and anywhere from #1 to #7 in the party/things to do were not lame category. :the_finge
But that was what, 1985?Quote:
Originally Posted by Squirrel99
the last thing i am gonna say is dont just go to a school simply for academics....
sounds like you have your head on straight and understand a healthy balance between work and play...
college is not just about getting more book learnins'....its about all the experiences that happen in the 4 or 5 or 6 or 7 years you go to school...
I skied one day there this year with knee deep and another 16".Quote:
Originally Posted by funkendrenchman
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Originally Posted by DJMingus
yeah...there was a couple times this year when my friends from boulder would call and be like "dude, its randomly deep as fuck and soft at eldo" and I was in vail skiing ice for like 2 weeks between storms....i almost drove east to go skiing lol