CU Boulder = Dream school! Except I don't ski...

markiemasucci
Wed, 09 Dec 2015 16:06:33 +0000

Hey so I’ve recently been accepted to CU Boulder and it’s currently tied with Penn State (which I might not get into) for my top choice. I was so excited to find out about my acceptance to CU because I would LOVE to go there, and they were the only school with a linguistics major. To give you some background information about myself, I’m from Philly but I’ve been connected to CO all my life because I was actually born in Boulder. However, I moved to Philly when I was an infant, so I don’t remember living there. So last summer I was in Boulder for about a week and I fell in LOVE. I loved the people, atmosphere, culture, lifestyle, etc. I felt like I belonged there (haha I know it sounds cliché), there was just something so special about the area that made it speak to me. I also looked at the school when I was there, and I loved CU as well. They had my major, and of course the campus was stunning, and my tour guides really sold me on it (even though the campus speaks for itself, they did a very good job at selling the academics and that sort of stuff). Okay, so that being said, there is just ONE thing that worries me about CU Boulder… I don’t ski. I know it sounds kind of absurd to say that I wanna go to school in CO but have NO idea how to ski. I know that skiing is a huge part of their culture and it’s one of the main attractions of CO. However, I’d totally be willing to learn how, and I figured that there’s not a better place to learn how to ski than CO. Even so, I’m wondering how much of an issue that would be for me. I know that not EVERYONE knows how to ski, and there will be some students on the same boat as me. And I’m also thinking that it will get easier to adapt to the skiing lifestyle the longer I attend. But like I said earlier, I love school/CO, and am really considering attending. So I’m wondering, how much of an issue will not knowing how to ski be? Will I feel totally outcasted/left out by the other students? Please let me know Be honest!