<p>Momofthreeboys- let me offer some views-we are a skiing family,my in-laws retired to Colorado for skiing, my son graduated, 2010, mechanical engineering from Notre Dame.
Husband and I are Bucknell graduates, and son considered the Bucknell engineering program.<br>
I am very familiar with Lehigh, daughter went to Muhlenberg,now she lives in Philly has been boarding at Blue Mountain lately. </p>
<p>First, anengineering curriculum is challenging for all students , and when you visit schools, please listen to the** %s of students who switch OUT** of the programs. </p>
<p>So, when you consider a school, keep your mind open to the backup “major”-for instance when we visited Bucknell, they were not allowing Engineering majors to switch to Business. </p>
<p>Pay attention to these policies. </p>
<p>Skiing- not sure where you’re used to skiing, I learned to ski on icy hills in the Poconos, then we moved out west (to ski) and my eyes were opened.
If you’re used to skiing out west, your son might find the "lift lines’, (especially on weekends) and the ** ski conditions ** in the Poconos very disappointing.
Beware. </p>
<p>Something to consider- with my son’s very heavy academic load, he would have never been able to get away to ski regularly, but he did go on **the college ski trips each year **. All of the trips were to Utah, Colorado or Montana resorts! He loved these outings.</p>
<p>Oh, I forgot one more thing- I took a year off from Bucknell to “ski bum” in Stratton Mt Vermont.
If skiing is really the “deal breaker” and you have two sons in Colorado, why not Colorado State, or Univ at Boulder ?
My husband wanted to go there, but his expert skiing father, realized he would have not finished college.</p>