Sciencey(yes I know that isnt a word) Colleges in NE

[roark]

can't emphasize that last one, at 27 i still have another five years to go of rediculous monthly payments.

5 years of payments left... I wish!

 

[noski]

Re: Canada

.....Union College in Scantady.......

Sorry - gotta hit you up for this spelling......you can spell Worcester, but not Schenectady, huh? C'mon, man - you have to at least try!! I guess it's a slightly higher degree of difficulty.

OK, write it 25 times on the board and you're off the hook....... :wink: :dunce:

:lol: I know how to spell it correctly. It's what alot of people call it cause it's kind of scanky so your right it should have been Scanktady.

I grew up in the Daks and many, not me of course, considered the entire Albany area pretty scanky.

Matter of fact the last time i heard the term Scanktady was from the mouth of my 8 yr old nephew, blame my brother, last summer, who lives in Clifton Park, when I told him we had a festival to work in Washington Park in Albany and would be camping outside of Schenectady, near Maple Ridge ski area.

Reminds me of another NY town that I wonder how long it takes to spell. Skittleyatlas, skateyatalis, skinnyatlas, oh never mind.

 

[ski_resort_observer]

Re: Canada

.....Union College in Scantady.......

Sorry - gotta hit you up for this spelling......you can spell Worcester, but not Schenectady, huh? C'mon, man - you have to at least try!! I guess it's a slightly higher degree of difficulty.

OK, write it 25 times on the board and you're off the hook....... :wink: :dunce:

:lol: I know how to spell it correctly. It's what alot of people call it cause it's kind of scanky so your right it should have been Scanktady.

I grew up in the Daks and many, not me of course, considered the entire Albany area pretty scanky.

Matter of fact the last time i heard the term Scanktady was from the mouth of my 8 yr old nephew, blame my brother, last summer, who lives in Clifton Park, when I told him we had a festival to work in Washington Park in Albany and would be camping outside of Schenectady, near Maple Ridge ski area.

Reminds me of another NY town that I wonder how long it takes to spell. Skittleyatlas, skateyatalis, skinnyatlas, oh never mind.

:lol: Yea, some of those indian names are tough. My fav is Lake Memphremagog, a large lake straddling the Vt/Can border up by Newport.

Which, to bring us back to the thread topic, a girl I worked with at LL Bean went to Bishop College in Sherbrooke, PQ, not too far from Newport.

 

[skibum1321]

Re: Canada

IMO if you are looking to go to grad school after undergrad you should probably look at some of the more competetive schools. Unfortunately these are also the more expensive ones. Obviously Middlebury and Dartmouth are awesome schools (with good location). Gotta give a plug to the alum - St Mike's - awesome location (50 min from Stowe, Smuggs, the Bush, MRG) and right next to Burlington. Maybe they won't ask me for a donation since I'm shamelessly plugging the school. UVM has the same great location but is much bigger.

Unfortunately with schools like Lyndon, Johnson, Green Mountain, etc. they are not very competetive. Many grad schools and employers will look down on this when it comes time to leave the fantasy world of college.

 

[smitty77]

Take a lot of what Riverc0il wrote to the bank. You should choose a place that you can stand to live in for 4-5 years. You will learn more about life and yourself outside of the classroom, so be sure the campus and its surrounding area is a good fit for you. Coming from Lynn, will you really be comfortable in a small village like Middlebury? Some schools don't allow freshman to have cars on campus, so assume you'll be public transportation bound for off-campus forays your first year until you find out otherwise.

Along that line, wanting to be near the mountains is nice, but how much time and money will you really have for skiing, especially if you're in a hard major at a challenging school? I had a freshman working under me at WPI who was on the volunteer ski partol at Sunday River. He went north every weekend to ski, and nearly flunked out his freshman year. Luckily, he pulled his act together and got his BS/MS in civil engineering, but didn't do nearly as much skiing during that time.

Another thing to consider with price: It will go up every year. And your grades earned in school will have an effect your financial aid packages each year. Yes, you have to apply for aid each year. And be sure the jobs in your field of study will be able to support your loan payments when you get out. Repayment begins 6 months after you leave school, and the loan cannot be erased through bankruptcy. Luckily, I managed to get a degree and escape with only $20,000 in federal loans.

Lastly, I'll put in a plug for my alma mater, WPI. It's a nice, competetive, small engineering school. A bit pricey, but the aid packages are good if you have the grades. If you don't mind small mountains, Wachusett is only 25 minutes away. Plus, they have (or at least did have) a ski team that travels to the big mountains. [url]www.wpi.edu[/url] if you want to check it out.

Smitty

 

[Marc]

Smitty, recommending WPI?

What are you trying to do to the poor kid? You must be getting a kick back from the Alumni Assoc. or something...

 

[skibum1321]

Along that line, wanting to be near the mountains is nice, but how much time and money will you really have for skiing, especially if you're in a hard major at a challenging school? I had a freshman working under me at WPI who was on the volunteer ski partol at Sunday River. He went north every weekend to ski, and nearly flunked out his freshman year. Luckily, he pulled his act together and got his BS/MS in civil engineering, but didn't do nearly as much skiing during that time.

If you are close enough to the mountains and you plan it right you can definitely get plenty of time in. I don't consider St. Mike's to be the hardest school around but it's competetive and I was a Comp Sci major, which is a lot of work. I still managed to ski Tues, Thurs, Sat and Sun, for at least a couple hours most weeks. I think a big part of college is that you need to play hard too. I would have gone nuts if I didn't get out every weekend. Also, if you like the outdoors maybe you could think about being a Wilderness leader. I got a lot out of leading trips for the WP plus it's good leadership for the resume.

 

[Zand]

I don't know about you Austin, but I want to go to either Plymouth or Lyndon. Both are big meteorology schools and both are close to the ski areas (PSU is near Loon, Waterville, and Tenney, Lyndon is near Burke as well as its own hill) so I'll be in luck. I may also go to UMASS Amherst and I'd get an All-For-One if I went there.

 

[Marc]

Along that line, wanting to be near the mountains is nice, but how much time and money will you really have for skiing, especially if you're in a hard major at a challenging school? I had a freshman working under me at WPI who was on the volunteer ski partol at Sunday River. He went north every weekend to ski, and nearly flunked out his freshman year. Luckily, he pulled his act together and got his BS/MS in civil engineering, but didn't do nearly as much skiing during that time.

If you are close enough to the mountains and you plan it right you can definitely get plenty of time in. I don't consider St. Mike's to be the hardest school around but it's competetive and I was a Comp Sci major, which is a lot of work. I still managed to ski Tues, Thurs, Sat and Sun, for at least a couple hours most weeks. I think a big part of college is that you need to play hard too. I would have gone nuts if I didn't get out every weekend. Also, if you like the outdoors maybe you could think about being a Wilderness leader. I got a lot out of leading trips for the WP plus it's good leadership for the resume.

When I was in school I often found for most of my peers the need to "play" was directly proportional to the amount of tuition that was getting covered by the 'rents.

School always came first for me and it payed off. My advice, Austin, is you're young (and this is coming from someone who still is young as well). If you're not planning on making a living out of skiing, then choice of school should be around your desired field of study.

WPI was right for me, I busted my ass, and now I'm enjoying the rewards.

 

[JimG.]

When I was in school I often found for most of my peers the need to "play" was directly proportional to the amount of tuition that was getting covered by the 'rents.

School always came first for me and it payed off. My advice, Austin, is you're young (and this is coming from someone who still is young as well). If you're not planning on making a living out of skiing, then choice of school should be around your desired field of study.

WPI was right for me, I busted my ass, and now I'm enjoying the rewards.

Hey Marc, don't make me come over there and slap you around...you're starting to sound like an adult and we can't have that!

Seriously good advice.

 

[awf170]

I don't know about you Austin, but I want to go to either Plymouth or Lyndon. Both are big meteorology schools and both are close to the ski areas (PSU is near Loon, Waterville, and Tenney, Lyndon is near Burke as well as its own hill) so I'll be in luck. I may also go to UMASS Amherst and I'd get an All-For-One if I went there.

I would love to go into meteorology, but it sucks trying to find a job for it, and most jobs are for the govt and you wont make much. I was thinking about going into to it because meteorology is so cool, but I think Id regret it later in life.

Seriosly if just had to choose on location I would pick lydon or plymouth, but they just dont fit me so I know I really shouldnt go.

And you forgot two very important things about plymouth. Cannon is close, screw all those other mountains! and second one of the best things about plymouth is the climbing at rumney. Seriously if you go there get into rock climbing, probably the best sport climbing in NE(also some awsome bouldering)


Anyway, Im am more confused now then when I started this thread, but whatever thanks for the help everyone.

 

[skibum1321]

Along that line, wanting to be near the mountains is nice, but how much time and money will you really have for skiing, especially if you're in a hard major at a challenging school? I had a freshman working under me at WPI who was on the volunteer ski partol at Sunday River. He went north every weekend to ski, and nearly flunked out his freshman year. Luckily, he pulled his act together and got his BS/MS in civil engineering, but didn't do nearly as much skiing during that time.

If you are close enough to the mountains and you plan it right you can definitely get plenty of time in. I don't consider St. Mike's to be the hardest school around but it's competetive and I was a Comp Sci major, which is a lot of work. I still managed to ski Tues, Thurs, Sat and Sun, for at least a couple hours most weeks. I think a big part of college is that you need to play hard too. I would have gone nuts if I didn't get out every weekend. Also, if you like the outdoors maybe you could think about being a Wilderness leader. I got a lot out of leading trips for the WP plus it's good leadership for the resume.

When I was in school I often found for most of my peers the need to "play" was directly proportional to the amount of tuition that was getting covered by the 'rents.

School always came first for me and it payed off. My advice, Austin, is you're young (and this is coming from someone who still is young as well). If you're not planning on making a living out of skiing, then choice of school should be around your desired field of study.

WPI was right for me, I busted my ass, and now I'm enjoying the rewards.

I never really found it to be the case that play was proportional to tuition covered by the 'rents. My parents barely covered anything but I still played hard. I busted my ass too though - there is plenty of time to work hard and play hard. Sure there are the kids that slack hardcore and then there are the kids that do everything under the sun, but there's no reason you can't find a happy medium. For the record, I had a high GPA in a tough major and landed a good job and had fun while doing it all.

 

[mattchuck2]

When I applied to colleges - in '98 - St. Lawrence offered me a lot of money. They seemed to have a decent program and they were about an hour and a half from whiteface.

I ended up going to Colby. An hour from Sugarloaf and a great school. . . but definitely NOT cheap.

 

[awf170]

Re: Canada

IMO if you are looking to go to grad school after undergrad you should probably look at some of the more competetive schools. Unfortunately these are also the more expensive ones. Obviously Middlebury and Dartmouth are awesome schools (with good location). Gotta give a plug to the alum - St Mike's - awesome location (50 min from Stowe, Smuggs, the Bush, MRG) and right next to Burlington. Maybe they won't ask me for a donation since I'm shamelessly plugging the school. UVM has the same great location but is much bigger.

Kinda curious about St. Mikes. Like hows the housing? How much does it cost? Whats the average GPA? Just pretty much any info, good or bad you got about the school.









I also have a stupid sounding question for everyone. How much harder is college then High School, I know it depends on what you go into and where you go. And I know it is obviously going to be harder. Right now I kinda believe it wont be nearly as hard as everyone says because every year Ive been is school so far I was told next year would be a lot harder, and it never was. Like for example this year I have all honor classes and about a 4.0 gpa and I never do homework at home unless it is project or needs to be typed.

 

[redalienx11]

While deciding earlier this year what schools to apply to, I also considered the proximity to a ski hill. But then I got to thinking... I'm the kinda guy who would not be able to stop skiing if I have to the choice. It's all I would do. Now I'm not saying I'm a slacker (same as Austin as far a GPA and honors stuff) but I can see myself skiing when I should be working which might hurt in the long run.

That said, I applied to SUNY Envi Sci & Forestry and just got accepted. It's about 45 minuted from any skiing, but no huge ski areas in the area.

I guess that was the balance I was looking for... something where I could ski, but wouldn't necessarily be needing to ski all the time.

Or something like that.

Anyway good luck w/ the decision.

--Tim

edited:

...How much harder is college then High School...

Well I can give you a partial/half/semi answer: it's just different. I'm taking all college courses this year through the local community college and I don't feel super-challenged with the material. The biggest thing for me was transitioning from the highschool work of "answering questions 1-20 in the textbook" to the college mindset of "read this this this and this by next week and write a paper on it"

Then again I'm not taking classes from a "prestigious college" and I'm not living on-campus.

 

[awf170]

While deciding earlier this year what schools to apply to, I also considered the proximity to a ski hill. But then I got to thinking... I'm the kinda guy who would not be able to stop skiing if I have to the choice. It's all I would do. Now I'm not saying I'm a slacker (same as Austin as far a GPA and honors stuff) but I can see myself skiing when I should be working which might hurt in the long run.

That said, I applied to SUNY Envi Sci & Forestry and just got accepted. It's about 45 minuted from any skiing, but no huge ski areas in the area.

I guess that was the balance I was looking for... something where I could ski, but wouldn't necessarily be needing to ski all the time.

Your crazy... :wink: Seriously what is wrong with you, what kind of kid thinks about there future more than having fun in college...
I think I would do better in a college without skiing that close, but I still think I can hold myself to not skiing if I have to do work. Im pretty sure I can keep a balance between skiing and school, hopefully...

 

[skibum9995]

I'm at Lyndon State now and for location it can't be beat. 10 mins to Burke, 40 to Cannon, and 55 to Jay. If you want serious academics this is not the place. If you want some sweet skiing this is the place. As for setting priorities, I put skiing before class and now I'm staying an extra semester to graduate. I don't mind though, I came here to ski and have fun, and not to kill myself doing homework. Anyway, it just extends the time I can take advantage of college discounts.

 

[hammer]

Re: Canada

I also have a stupid sounding question for everyone. How much harder is college then High School, I know it depends on what you go into and where you go. And I know it is obviously going to be harder. Right now I kinda believe it wont be nearly as hard as everyone says because every year Ive been is school so far I was told next year would be a lot harder, and it never was. Like for example this year I have all honor classes and about a 4.0 gpa and I never do homework at home unless it is project or needs to be typed.

OK, so I graduated from college almost 20 years ago, so I may be off base...

If you decide to be a science or engineering major, I can tell you that your freshman year will be a big-time reality check. I did very well in high school (valedictorian of my class) and I found my freshman year to be a lot of hard work. The work level didn't back off for the next 3 years, although I did get a little more used to it over time. In addition, I didn't go to MIT or some other nationally-ranked engineering school either.

Not trying to scare you out of a science or engineering degree (honest!) but you may find that the school/skiing balance will occasionally be all school...

 

[Marc]

Screw it all Austin.




Just be a ski bum for all us sinners.

 

[skibum]

I took a year off from college...it turned into twelve.(well i did get an associates in that time). I now work as a janitor at PSU. In the science/meteorology building (Boyd Hall) believe it or not. I took the job for the free tuition but am leaving because they only allow two classes per semester, thats gonna slow me down waaay to much. Just gonna do it the american way: massive debt.
The boyd building is pretty damn nice, very modern. There is a job postings board in the meteorology wing that has a bunch of jobs on it, doesn't seem so bad. The professors I've met seem very knowledgable, the students, well, not so much. Of course, you will only get out of it what you put into it.
My recommendation to you: go to Colorado Mountain College for the first two years of school. You will save a buttload of money and ski buttloads of powder. 300 days of sunshine and 300 inches of powder will make you think youre in heaven. I went to Steamboat. There are also campuses in Leadville (10 minutes to Ski Cooper,30-45 minutes to Vail or Copper, a little more to A-basin, Beaver Creek, Breck, Keystone) and Glenwood Springs (10 minutes to Ski Sunlight,20-30 minutes to Aspen or Snowmass).
One of the campuses will have what youre looking for.