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Anonymous Sun 25 Oct 2015 12:40:53 No.617893 View Reply Report Delete

Quoted By: >>618053 >>619212 >>619753

Hey /out/, my SATs and grades are pretty good. I can probably get into whatever state school I want. What are some of the most /out/ colleges?

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Anonymous Sun 25 Oct 2015 12:57:41 No.617903 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>618053

My brother in law is a reclaimation hydrologist for the BLM. He was on a fire crew for a while but he fucked up his back.

Steady pay, lots of field time, every holiday off plus tons of paid vacation time, government pension, etc. He and my sister (she works in the legal department) are set to retire by 45.

The only downside is that BLM workers get it from both ends. They've had right wing nuts pointing guns at them and left wing nuts sabotaging their vehicles.

At a couple of their posts they had to advise new hires not to wear anything that identified them as BLM employees in their off time.

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Anonymous Sun 25 Oct 2015 12:59:58 No.617905 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>619331

I think Colorado College is probably the #1 /out/ school.

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Anonymous Sun 25 Oct 2015 15:16:14 No.618010 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>619190 >>619554

MSU in Bozeman. Everything else is a lie. Also Missoula sucks dick

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Anonymous Sun 25 Oct 2015 16:01:51 No.618053 Report Delete

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>>617893
>>617903
Oh shit, I thought this was /out/ degrees, not /out/ schools.

It's gonna sound weird, but check out South Dakota. Black Hills State University has a really good college of natural sciences (sister, bro-in-law & a lot of their FS/BLM buddies went there) and South Dakota School of Mines & Tech is probably one of the best geology schools that no one knows about.

Other perks: cheap cost of living and proximity to Black Hills National Forest and Badlands National Park.

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Anonymous Tue 27 Oct 2015 06:58:35 No.619190 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>619435

I went to Oregon State and loved it there.

Siuslaw National Forest is within biking distance, ~15 miles to the bottom of Mary's Peak or 25 miles to the top.
McDonald Research Forest for shorter day trips North.
Alsea Falls are ~40 miles south for another nice destination.
Willamette National Forest to the East if you want to go a bit further and get some snow and bigger wilderness.

After passing through Bozeman once and Missoula twice, I have to second >>618010 's opinion.
Missoula is a hipster breeding ground. If that's your thing, great, but holy shit.

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Anonymous Tue 27 Oct 2015 08:49:56 No.619212 Report Delete

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>>617893
Any of the 1890 land grant universities.

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Anonymous Tue 27 Oct 2015 09:32:18 No.619220 Report Delete

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Hocking college, it's one of the only colleges in the Nation that the NP's will hire from for Law Enforcement Park Rangers

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Anonymous Tue 27 Oct 2015 13:38:42 No.619331 Report Delete

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>>617905
Trinidad has a whole "adventure studies" program that I didn't know existed until I talked to me river guide.

How is rock climbing, kayaking and snow boarding for credits not the greatest major ever

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Anonymous Tue 27 Oct 2015 14:49:16 No.619374 Report Delete

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>>619331
I'd imagine you could do that for much cheaper. If you just want to fuck off into the woods, then you don't need post-secondary education.

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Anonymous Tue 27 Oct 2015 14:57:51 No.619380 Report Delete

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>>619374
Yeah a handful of guide cert courses would give you the same skill set and cost a lot less.

An overseas "adventure studies" college sounds like a great way to bilk American/European Trustafarians who want to "go to college" without actually going to college.

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Anonymous Tue 27 Oct 2015 16:38:51 No.619435 Report Delete

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>>619190
Bozeman has pretty much turned into little LA. It's overrated but yeah, better than those weird fucks up in Zoo town.

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Anonymous Tue 27 Oct 2015 21:12:12 No.619554 Report Delete

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>>618010
This. Went there on a basketball scholarship after touring a half dozen other Big Sky and Mountain Athletic schools.

Bozeman is a good town with a lot going on, but you can also get into the full on wilderness in pretty short order. Fuckawesome skiing in Big Sky. Drive to Yellowstone. Loads of rivers to fish in. Tons of /out/ women all over the place. Good times.

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Anonymous Wed 28 Oct 2015 04:14:27 No.619753 Report Delete

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>>617893
Ed Viesturs went to Washington State and went outing er'ry weekend (read his bio)
I'd focus on the best school for academics, though. You are going to have breaks every few months to /out/ and if you go to a good school and get a good degree you'll have all the time and money for real adventures

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