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Cartography? I wonder if that's a major?
Maybe your best bet is to look into something involved with GIS.
Sounds good. Also as much as I love maps, i love statistics almost as much. The more random, the better.
UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT. Great for outdoorsy stuff (whether that means studying it or participating in it.) Well regarded for life science/environmental science. Oh and it's also less than an hour from Stowe, Smuggs, Sugarbush, Bolton Valley, MRG, and just over an hour from Jay.
It's not small, but more midsize if you can deal with that. It's in a city, but Burlington feels more like a big town than a small city. If you drive 5 miles from Burlington, you wouldn't even know you're near a city. My advice would be at least visit it. In case you haven't figured it out yet I go there. I applied without even seeing the school then visited it in the spring after I got in. After being on campus for about 5 minutes I was sold.
UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT. Great for outdoorsy stuff (whether that means studying it or participating in it.) Well regarded for life science/environmental science. Oh and it's also less than an hour from Stowe, Smuggs, Sugarbush, Bolton Valley, MRG, and just over an hour from Jay.
It's not small, but more midsize if you can deal with that. It's in a city, but Burlington feels more like a big town than a small city. If you drive 5 miles from Burlington, you wouldn't even know you're near a city. My advice would be at least visit it. In case you haven't figured it out yet I go there. I applied without even seeing the school then visited it in the spring after I got in. After being on campus for about 5 minutes I was sold.
Bump. So are there any majors out there involving maps at all?
Actually the Jay/Bolton pass is only about $240 including the absurd 7% Vermont sales tax. If I can find some people who are definitely getting that pass then I'll get it (I don't have a car). For now though, I'm just going to sit tight and see where everyone else will be skiing (hopefully Jay).
As to the question about merit scholarships, I'm on one right now. It's not a big package ($2000 a year), but I didn't exactly do that well in high school (didn't do much homework). I was sort of the smart and lazy type. I guess I could have gotten a better package if there wasnt so much disparity between my test scores and my GPA (2220 on SATs, 3.34 GPA). I'm told however that if I do well this year, I can get more money next year.