Good colleges in pacific northwest

Also, when i say close ski resorts im thinking ess than an hour, ideally a half hour from campus. Maybe thats unreasonable but i like to unwind skiing, xc and alpine and wasting 3 hours a day to get somewhere doesnt seem worth it. i love moscow idaho but am kind of ignoring that because it would be so hard to go skiing. The backpacking is great though, so that's a plus

Try clown college.

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Try clown college.

There's no good skiing near Yale.

Not PNW, but Colorado School of Mines.

A bit of a drive to the mountains, but UW is a very good school

Western Washington

Gonzaga

University of Alaska-Anchorage

Wait a couple of years and the OSU Cascades Campus in Bend will be your dream school.

Pullman? As a bonus you can xc ski to class during the winter

Northwest Elite:

Whitman University

University of Washington (26th best school in the world according to Times Higher Eduction)

Lewis and Clark University

Willamette University

Linfield College

University of Puget Sound

Not bad:

Western Washington University

Gonzaga

I don't know how these are for engineering but these are schools that anyone would be proud to have on their resume.

University of Washington is a really good school for engineering. I know it's in the city but it really is less than 1 hour from skiing. You are also 25 minutes from mountain trail running. Those times are for no traffic of course.

Washington State / U of Idaho aren't too far from mount Spokane and shwitzer. Both schools have engineering programs.

Portland state also has an engineering program and is close to mount hood.

There may be some private schools with a with engineering, a men's running program, and near by skiing.

Go to UW.

I ran, skied, and went to engineering school at both UW and WSU. This was a long time ago, so the running situation has obviously changed significantly. The running at UW is not a perfect situation. I ran there before Greg and it was a meat grinder. You could get good, but many people flamed out, and in my opinion we were not nearly as good as we could have been. Greg was a teammate, and I have neutral feelings about him. I don't really know how he is as a coach. Honestly I'd want something very different, but he might be ok for you (I know nothing about your profile as a runner).

Engineering at UW is way way better than at WSU. If you plan on a serious career in engineering (esp if it's software), you should be in Seattle. There are great opportunities there and you want to be where you can network. In Pullman you are very far from the scene, and the school (Electrical Engr) seemed to be focused on electrical power engineering. Not my cup of tea when there are very good software, networking, and cloud jobs that pay great $ in Seattle.

I never skied when I was in Pullman, because the slopes were too far away, only when I was home in the Seattle area for vacation. So that kind of answers the skiing question. The better slopes in my day were at Stevens Pass and Crystal Mountain, which I'd estimate are 2-3 hours away (depends on you exact location and the road conditions). Snoqualmie is closer but it was wimpy when I was around, perhaps they have harder slopes now.

There are trail systems not far from Seattle, but you can get in some very pleasant runs from UW if you go down the Burke Gilman Trail, through Ravenna Park, to Greenlake, and around the zoo. It was a staple run when I was there.

It's been 20+ years since I lived in Seattle, so perhaps I'm not aware of the current situation. But you should go to UW anyway, just based on the quality of their engineering program.

In ten years University of Washington will be HYPSM level, that's how quickly they're moving up college rankings. This means you can get your degree from them now and it will grow in value.

Postersabove are spot on. Uw is number one in the pnw .

On the other hand you can't be serious. How is Montana even an .Option?

a mountain school in the pnw.Your closest bet is centralWashingtonuniversity. But don't go there for engineering.

And chances are if you're from Idaho there is no way you would make the team at uw. Go to Colorado or Utah .

I hear that Bozeman is a good place. UW is kind of competitive. If you take entry-level math and sciences, you'll be in classes with hundreds of students. The intro chemistry and biology classes have 300-400 people in a lecture. And many of them are international if that means anything. It is not the best learning environment for some people. Just be prepared.

Fell in love with PNW watching Twin Peaks in the 90s - gorgeous area of the USA...lots of choices in Washington and Oregon - best of luck

University of British Columbia!!

EOT.

Why is this so confusing? Princeton is not in the northwest, and not all that close to Yale.

University of Portland.

The whole environment and close proximity to areas would seem to work with what you're looking for, and their running program has flourished over the past years recently placing their men 3rd in the NCAA XCs.

You don't have to be a stud top runner to be on the team, but you have too be a SOLID runner.

If you're looking for a smaller school, it's the way to go (about 4,500 students). It also has great academics, but it's also Roman Catholic so if you're not looking into religious schools then it's still a place to consider.

Hope that helps.

Thanks for the replies, and while i definitely haven't ruled them out yet, washington and oregon really arent my ideal places to live, id like to avoid really big cities if possible, and seattle and portland dont really fit that bill. Also i really dont care for going to a prestigious school, ive never seen it as a priority and would much rather go to a school where I can work and excel and not just fade into the masses.

Colorado school of mines is definitely a choice, but it is really expensive and scholarships are pretty rare.

U of B.C. i dont know anything about, but it seems to be in a pretty big town?

I would probably go UW if i could, but the debt would not be worth it.

If anyone has any advice on schools in colorado to go to, that would be wonderful! Thats my dream state, and i have a good SAT score and gpa, but i dont think that's enough to get a big scholarship there. Is there a good ROTC program there?

And to answer the question about Bozeman, it was a really cool place to visit and i really liked the coach, I know some people that went there through the ROTC program and are doing pretty dang well and enjoying it so i liked that. Ill most likely get it all paid for through rotc for Chemical engineering too, so it would make everything so much easier.

I guess i shouldn't really have said PNW if i'm ignoring the whole coast, sorry about that, but are there any other recommendable places in Montana, Utah , or Colorado that I could go for pretty cheap? Especially Colorado haha, thanks everybody youve been crazy helpful!