UVM or CU Boulder

[OverTurn]

good enough for Mines, but I don't think I want to limit my choices by going to a somewhat specialty school like that. I'm not really cemented on those major/career choices, and the impression I've got from all the info I've gotten/looked for on Mines has me thinking I wouldn't have many options if I wanted to change majors.

[Deep Dicks]

my only regret is that CU doesn't have enough cock to go around

[MOHSHSIHd]

good enough for Mines, but I don't think I want to limit my choices by going to a somewhat specialty school like that. I'm not really cemented on those major/career choices, and the impression I've got from all the info I've gotten/looked for on Mines has me thinking I wouldn't have many options if I wanted to change majors.

Good point.

As far as MSU I don't know much. I have never been there, but have a good buddy who has been there for 5 years. Its mega close to Bridger which is a bonus, but if you are really into live music or much in the way of the arts he says its pretty dead. He also knows a ton of girls who dip....if you like hardcore man-chicks it might be your scene. He visits Boulder ALOT...

[daver]

CU was fun.. and fuck all the haters that bash on eldora.. best $109 i've spent. free bus ride as well. don't get it as your only pass though.

[daver]

oh, and if you goto boulder, stay for the summers. the town is 100x better when most of the students leave.

[ChowdahRidah]

This is simple...I went to school in Burlington (SMC) and absolutely loved it. But I live in Denver now and I can't image how much better it would've been to go to school here. I'd look at the University of Utah too. The skiing is even better and much closer. Worrying about the Mormons is overrated. Salt Lake City is actually a pretty cool town if you know where to go.

One more thing... the sun does not shine for months in Burlington...trust me it's worse than what anybody else has stated thus far. It will rain at least once in January causing the ice. And at some point in the winter it will go 3 WEEKS without breaking ZERO DEGREES. I had a pair of Rossis that shattered like glass it was so cold. Am I a better person for living through it...maybe. I definitely am a better skier for skiing a 100+ days a year at Stowe Sugarbush and jay (aka the schools of hard knocks for skiers) Those 3 are by far the best skiing in the east but it's almost a different sport entirely out here. (Big Bowls, big lines, big air, way bigger parties, and powder snow)...I think that covers it.

I love VERMONT but once you come to Colorado you will not leave.

[MOHSHSIHd]

oh, and if you goto boulder, stay for the summers. the town is 100x better when most of the students leave.

[ChowdahRidah]

MSU is not a bad option too. I was recently in Bozeman for work and I was surprised how fun the bars were and how many hot chicks were out and about. Reminded me a lot of Burlinton actually. Bridger is close and Big Sky is a little over an hour I think. Also Yellowstone Park is about an hour and half away...cool place. Also if the craters blows while your there you'll be one of the first dead in armegedon...which is nice.

They are really into fishing up there too if you're into that...

[grubbers]

I'm in a similar situation as this UVM or CU discussion. I'm considering UVM or MSU Bozeman. Obviously the skiing would be worlds away in Bozeman, but I'm not sure. I don't know if this deserves a separate thread, but feel free to split if off if it needs to be split. Any advice/experiences/discourse is welcomed. My intended fields would be engineering or meteorology. I'd prob end up doing a physics major, then a masters in engineering, or a physics major, and then into a meteo program.

i'm currently a geography major at uvm and within the major i'm focusing on weather and climate. thus far, the program seems to be pretty good and i really like uvm as a school. while it isn't extremely specific to meteorology, you aren't forced into taking physics/chemistry classes if you don't want to because it is a bachelor of arts. i'm also not too worried about it not being extremely specific as i'm hoping to get my master's in atmospheric science at ubc if all goes to plan. one thing to keep in mind though is that i didn't originally intend to study geography here when i first applied, so the geo program isn't something that influenced my decision to go here.

[Yonder_River]

Good point.

As far as MSU I don't know much. I have never been there, but have a good buddy who has been there for 5 years. Its mega close to Bridger which is a bonus, but if you are really into live music or much in the way of the arts he says its pretty dead. He also knows a ton of girls who dip....if you like hardcore man-chicks it might be your scene. He visits Boulder ALOT...

That's funny, I lived in Bozeman for five years and loved it. No problems meeting women if you knew what you were doing. It was an added bonus that they weren't Boulder chicks as well.