No Skiing For 2 Seasons?

[NYDrew]

What if you discovered what you actually want to do with your years in college. What if the only grad schools that have the right programs were in the flat lands.

What if you knew that after a few years you would be one of very few experts in a feild, and could essentially place yourself at any university of your choice. But you will be to far away from skiing to go for more then say 10 days?

What if these programs paid your tuition, some expences and gave you $30k a year.

What would you do:

(by the way, the subject is Sensors, Bio-Sensors and Bio-Electronics)

 

[Hawkshot99]

While skiing is a hole lot of fun, it doesnt pay the bills. Id suffer for 2 years, to get the education.

 

[riverc0il]

i really can't put myself in that situation, i have absolutely no interest in furthering my eduaction beyond my bachelors, even if that meant being an "expert" in my "field," which i also have no interest in. even if i did have an interest in that, at this point in my life, taking two years off from any of my pursuits is two years down the drain. some may see that as short sighted, but i really have most of what i want already, so i have no need nor desire to make further sacrifices than i already have. but like i said, i really can't put myself in that position so i really can't relate, but to answer the quetion, i wouldn't take off 1 season let alone two.

 

[Kerovick]

Suffer.

 

[tirolerpeter]

Choices!

You have to be kidding! Go for the education and give yourself a chance for a career that will not only satisfy you intellectually, but ultimately set you up for a financially independent future. Take it from an old codger...two years of being away from virtually anything is nothing if it sets you up for a brighter (read that wealthier) future. Take the deal, make a couple of multi-day trips, then ski your ass off when your program is finished.

 

[jack97]

You have to go for it. Paid tuition and a stipend in an emerging field isn't handed out to every student. I use to work with people who are still paying back their college loans after 10 years.

Sounds like a hot field, if does emerge, you don't have to worry about being poor.

 

[snoseek]

I assume you can do a little skiing right? Maybe take a couple of weeks during the year and ski?

 

[Skier75]

Okay, I take it you must be fairly young??? To be asking such a question....To me, that would be a no brainer....go to school now, get it over with, then you've got the rest of your life to live it up! Two years is not that long, especially, to be able to be set up for the rest of your life! Yeah, there will be times that you might be thinking, man I wish I was skiing, but really think about it, 2 years and you can really only ski in winter months, I think you'd be crazy not to take the offer and on top of it you still get paid a fairly decent wage? Go for the gold! Work, then you can play! Good luck with your descision, I'm sure your smart enough to make the right choice.

 

[NYDrew]

A stipend and free tuition is offered to just about any student willing to enter this feild. There is high demand for people, low interest because everyone else want to be a doctor, and the military is funding it with all its billions of dollars because the technologies biggest application is to combat biological and chemical weapons.

Unfortunately, most of the programs are in arizona, columbus ohio, buffalo and binghamton NY. Binghamton is out of the question because I am finishing my undergrad there.

 

[ajl50]

Take the education. They have planes, winter break, spring break and long weekends.

 

[skidbump]

as long as you dont have to sell your soul...

 

[kcyanks1]

Go to school. You'll have vacations over those two years, and you'll have a good job, and money to ski, after.

 

[riverc0il]

btw, i answered for myself as you posed the post in the form of a question not in the form of asking advice, but perhaps i took it too literally. what i would want for myself and what most other people want for themselves is quite different if you want to pursue that career, definitely go for it and ski during your breaks. if it is something you really want, not getting much if any skiing for two seasons is probably not that bad.

 

[mattchuck2]

Go to Arizona . . . you can drive to Taos, NM, Ski Las Vegas, NV, and Durango, CO on your breaks.

I was faced with the same decision 4 years ago. I was accepted into a Grad Program at Duke and decided not to go. Still wondering if I made the right decision. On one hand they had a great program and I would've been pretty well set up after graduating. On the other hand, they didn't offer me any money for my first semester (forcing me to eat the $16,000) and I would never be engaged to my skiing fiancee.

In the grand scheme of things, 2 winters without skiing wouldn't be the worst thing in the world. Especially if you could set up shop in a ski town after graduating.

 

[snoseek]

It's usually all of the b.s. after college that prevents people from really living out their dreams. You could definately use the education to your benefit if skiing is what you want to do, of course don't ever marry your career.

 

[ctenidae]

Do it.
Don't think about it, just do it.
Now.

 

[Paul]

Do it.


oh, and Duke sucks. ;-)

 

[thebigo]

No question, take the education. The education will also open up your skiing options later in life.

 

[cbcbd]

There is no doubt that Duke sucks

And yes, go for it. You can ski the sand dunes and you can always live vicariously through us.

 

[castlerock]

Is it really what you want to do? Or is it the best deal?

If it is what you want to do it is a "pas de brain" (no brainer in franglish).

If it is the best deal, be careful you don't "sell your soul" (from an earlier post)

Look, From AZ you can drive to SW Colorado (Purgatory) or North to Utah....You will get better skiing than here. But remember, don't sell your soul. Defense dollars can be fleeting....

Vote Tuesday.