Your parents married your wife? Isn't that illegal?Quote:
Originally Posted by UTdave
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Your parents married your wife? Isn't that illegal?Quote:
Originally Posted by UTdave
You're a Mormon, aren't you?
Yes, as in "I hope Pittsburgh wins a 6th superbowl next year" or "I hope I never have to live in Pittsburgh again."Quote:
Originally Posted by mr_gyptian
ok. So there is one person....but I can list off 100 others who haven't stayed together.Quote:
Originally Posted by UTdave
so - I'll put it this way then - staying together in college is very difficult. If that is what you want to do, then more power to you. But make sure that it is, 100%, the school you want to go to.
I kept my standards low and went to the University or Wyoming. Gradduraded in 8 years. Stayed local/work for peanuts. Now drive a Ford. Livin the dream. Word.
Word. In fact nobody has givin the true words of wisdom to these little punks.Quote:
Originally Posted by 72Twenty
Don't go straight to college from highschool. Travel, bum, get stoned, travel more. College will be there when you've pulled your head out of your ass and opened your eyes a bit. You'll learn a lot more with a little world under your belt.
Ahem. I guess I should toss away my skis and end the charade, eh?Quote:
Originally Posted by bigtrubs
Sick and ashamed and happy (and, "lack of skiing" notwithstanding, I can think of plenty of reasons for a young American male to go to school in Montreal...),
d.
Being on the east coast, I would live in VT over any other Northern New England State (aw shit I already do). And besides Maine, we have the best Mountains and Snow in the east. Not to mention the beautiful seasons (fall foliage), Sick mountain biking, and for all you stoners out there...some of the BEST and most affordable buds around. PUFF PUFF PASS:biggrin:Quote:
Originally Posted by bakers_dozen
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Originally Posted by homerjay
there, see, what'd I tell yinz? no hope.;)
I live in Utah dumbass;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Sphinx
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Originally Posted by Tippster
They monitor this channel, I'm sure they'll be knocking soon.Quote:
Originally Posted by UTdave
Gotta agree with Viva: New Haven is actually a pretty nice/interesting place...Quote:
Originally Posted by Danno
I've been training the dog for that:biggrin:Quote:
Originally Posted by Cyber Cop
Oh so just because you have "been to Vermont" makes you the expert huh? Go back to Canadia you damn kanuck (No offense to any other Canadians..I am hating on Bakers right now).Quote:
Originally Posted by bakers_dozen
And the skiing in Toronto is so much better than Vermont! Were you a Hockley Valley regular?? Or Chicopee Ski Club with the amazing 200 feet of Vert and average snow fall of 59 inches. Yeah, skiing in Toronto is STELLAR!
Now if you were comparing Calgary to VT I would understand your position...You shouldn't hate on VT...it's a chill place to live and has good skiing for those of us who are not lucky enough to live out west!! And I don't hate Canadians as I stated before...just venting on Bakers.
And PS- what does living Toronto (ALL THE WAY OVER NEAR BUFFALO, NY) have anything thing to do with how well you know VT...To bad you never fell into Niagra Falls when you were in Toronto. :fuckyou:
PS- I am a JONG so I expect some retaliation. Bring it on- I have thick skin...I think.
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Originally Posted by bumpskier
I love the way this thread deteriorated. Good job mags.
bumpskier, chill.
:p Chilled...Just had to vent! Gotta represent ya know...No reason to come down on VT!! Like I said, good terrain/snow/lifestyle for those of us who aren't lucky enough to live on the best coast.Quote:
Originally Posted by belgian
having been on the campuses of more large schools than most(ND,cinci,louisvilee,florida,unc,duke,oregon,o regon st.,texas,a+m,cal,stanford, u. wash., CU, etc.) and also liking skiing; i'd recommend
1. oregon, oregon st. -great campuses, beach+ski not far off, good college towns. i was more impressed by these 2 than ND or berkley.
2. u wash., colorado-boulder.-great campuses, ski not far off,good college towns.
in my opinion, your undergrad doesnt matter too much if you get good grades and have at least an average college in your major and they have a decent almuni connection/job placement/recruiting for their college.
what matters is what you do in grad. school or career once you get out.
Well, I just wrote you about an entire page outlining my visits to CU and UVM and gave a ton of feedback and told you how I made my decisions, but I hit some weird buttons and I deleted the entire thing before I posted it. I am WAY too lazy to retype it (it was a fucking masterpiece, too. a real shame....) so I'll give you a really quick response.
I got into UVM, CU, and the U of U (the only three I applied to). I chose the U (Honors Program), after visiting all three. In this order I like, the U, CU, and UVM, but it was DAMN close. Academically I was thinking I'd be making a sacrifice if I went to the U, but the Honors Program seems to be reallly strong, which is what sealed the deal for me(and the skiing, well, there is no comparison).
That being said, I was offered a full ride to Dartmouth, but they found out I didn't have a Range Rover and changed it to about a 50/50 scholarship. So I'm going to the U. Fuck em, right?
I agree that colleges suck. They suck a lot of money out of your wallet.
Then again if you think education is expensive try ignorance.
Viva,
I'm looking at economics, international relations/polysci, or physics. I'm not really sure yet (obviously).
In other news, I heard back from princeton and stanford today and got in :).
And to those who asked why I applied to so many, is that specifically at my school the problem of grade-inflation (I have a 3.75 and am barely in the top 20% grade-wise) and general over-achieverness makes it really hard to be able to know, and I didn't want to get screwed over like a couple of kids did last year. Options are always nice.
Now I have to decide yale/princeton/stanford. i dont think im going to screw up.
dirtybryan, eagle scout - check. straight as- not really. minority - nope.
To everyone:
Your advice has been so great! Its making me think about so many new things. I'll keep ya'll posted about my decision...
time of my life!
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you're telling me.............Quote:
Originally Posted by mr_gyptian
This makes my fat skis sad :nonono2:
But seriously, they have an excellent medical school and that's the only thing that really matters at this point.
Nothing to see here. Bad advice for a skiing forum.
Accepted:
-UMass Amherst BIOTAP program
-Rutgers Honors
-SUNY Binghamton
Rejected:
-Columbia (it was always a stretch, but I figured I might as well try)
Pending:
-Utoronto
I'm really tempted to go for UMass, especially with the BIOTAP offer. I was wondering if anyone had any advice to offer about UMass. Thanks!
Holy fuck, a JONG that used the search function!?!?!?!
The only useful info I can provide is that Rutgers is damn close to NYC on the train. Like 20 to 25 minutes and you are in Penn Station.
Personally, of all the places you got into I would go there. Binghamton is fucking ghetto as fuck, and I know nothing about Amherst.
Okay, I'll chime in on Amherst. It's a rad town. I really like Amherst -- it's what a college town should be -- not too big, good bars, good coffee shops, used CD stores... I made at least one trip per year to visit friends there.
It's funny to hear about the BIOTAP program again. I had a good friend graduate from that program several years ago. It's definitely a good program, the opportunity to graduate with honors from UMASS definitely sets you apart. If you're in-state, it's a great deal.
Advice:
- Avoid living in Southwest -- although as I recall all the biotap people live together, at least as freshman.
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Originally Posted by skatecow45
You got into those four schools and you titled the thread "Colleges suck"? I suggest you spend a year at a community college in southeast Texas where you'll learn to appreciate the gift you've been given of being able to choose at all, much less being able to choose between those four institutions.
I grew up in MA and had quite a few buddies go to UMass. It's a big school and it's easy to skip class and smoke herb all day if you're prone to that sort of thing. That's not a good thing. If you want to do that you should just go ski bum it for a year instead of wasting your money.
The honors programs have a good reputation with grad programs and enable you to put in some quality time with your advisors. It'll also hook you up with some other kids who are there to study a fair bit. I think the opportunities for undergrads to participate in research are pretty good since it doesn't have particularly large grad programs for a school it's size. It isn't Princeton, but if you stick your head in the books you should set yourself up well to get into a good grad program in your field. A number of my friends have. If you major in something liberal artsy with a weak GPA you'll probably have a little more trouble finding employment, but you could say that about practically anywhere.
Amherst is a great college town with good concerts, pretty girls, all that sort of thing. It's not a big city sort of environment and the social scene is pretty much centered around the colleges. Western MA is beautiful country and has great biking if you are in to that sort of thing. Amherst isn't terribly far from decent skiing if you have a car.
As far as engineering is concerned, Boulder has a great program, I am at the University of Denver and have had many friends transfer because of this harsh reality, other than that, go where the snow is the best
From a guy who is just about to graduate college, if you dig skiing you have to go somewhere close to the mountains. I just spent the past 4 years in Boston. You think you are a lot closer to the mountains than you are, and as much as it seems like a young, atheltic town it's really not. Everyone says they ski and they really ski 3 days a year. I struggled to get ski partners and I've worked at a ski shop for 3 of the 4 years. So my advice is go to CU, UVM, DU, Puget Sound or where ever in the real mountains you Mags get in.
I grew up in Binghamton, and went to public school there, K through 12.Quote:
Originally Posted by MOHSHSIHd
(My high school was just around the corner from the site of today's massacre.)
Downtown has unfortunately become somewhat ghetto since I grew up in Binghamton (on the West Side, about two miles from downtown). That might improve with the university's efforts to become more integrated with the city (since otherwise the campus is its own island), although then again, what might eventually be good for downtown might not be all that good in the immediate future for university students.
I went to college in Amherst, and now live here -- an absolutely lovely place, and great for all sorts of outdoors activities: if the mountains were just a bit bigger, snowier, and closer, it would be absolutely perfect.
Binghamton University overall though is a much better school than UMass-Amherst, although that could differ depending on the specific programs you’re considering.
Having spent sixteen-and-a-half years in Boston (mainly Cambridge, first for grad school and then for work), I completely agree with that characterization.Quote:
Originally Posted by usarugger
If you like skiing, go to the mountains. I'm at Washington State over in the beautiful farmland known as pullman, WA. While I love the school, the mountains are a little farther away than I would like (3 hours for good skiing). That being said, I was also accepted to CU and Montana State. I decided not to go to those because I would not be in school right now if I did. But for anyone out there looking for a school that you can ski at, MSU is the place to go. I have a few friends there and they ski at least twice a week because the mountains are so close. Makes me wish I was there now.
Accepted:
The Ted Danson School of Folical Feculence
Mortician's Institute of Fluffing
UC Santa Cruz
Rejected:
Montana Butte Tech Bible College and Tire Repair Center
Central Guam Canine Receptical Technician Tech
Rosicrutian Museum Engineering A&M
Western Tennessee Clown College (School of Criminal Justice)
If I had gotten into Clown College, or if I go to UCSC, I hear that I get half-off of any seat at all Monster Truck events.
so where'd ya go?!?
Am I in the minority for only applying to two schools?
4 for 4
University of Puget Sound (top choice, not sure if i can afford it)
Westminster College- salt lake (second choice, big scholarships, good skiing)
University of Denver (pretty much ruled out)
University of San Francisco (no longer in the running)
^^^Agreed, the day in April when the skirts come back out is one of the most glorious days of the year. However, if you can find a girl that is as into snow, skis and mountains as you are (they do exist I've met a few) you still get to have a lot of fun between November and March.Quote:
Originally Posted by skiaholik
Edit: How many current and former UVM students are there here?
Go to UVM. Enough said.
If that's not enough evidence just check out a few of my old TR's (or samthaman's). UVM is the best choice I ever made.
If you are doubting send me a PM.