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 
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I was accepted to CU Boulder as a Political Science Major and I really want to attend too. I have the same worries as you because I don’t know how to ski either. Coming from Scottsdale Arizona I can tell you there isn’t much snow there I visited and loved the town and campus too. I don’t think that we would be outcasted/left out. The other students might even take it as a challenge and teach us.
There will be plenty of other students who either do not know how to ski or just do not care to ski during college. The opportunity is there is you want to learn on the best snow in the world, but you certainly will not be outcast or even out of the normal if you don’t.
Skiing is a very expensive activity, don’t assume anything.
@markiemasucci Don’t even think twice about the skiing! I grew up on the east coast and moved to Colorado in my early twenties. I felt the same way, when I got here, I felt like I was at home. It is not a clique. I ended up eventually attending graduate school at CU Boulder and I don’t even remember ever talking about skiing with my classmates!
There is so much to do in Boulder outside from skiing. I would bet the majority of students do not ski due to the fact that it is so expensive and most of ski areas are not that close. Who has time to spend an entire day skiing when you are studying? I do ski but honestly, I sometimes go years when I do not. The definition of who I am is not defined by whether I ski or not. Boulder is a wonderful college town and a beautiful campus with numerous activities to participate in that do not involve skiing.
I’m a sophmore at boulder and I dont skii or snowboard! its not a big deal AT ALL
eveyone is from califonia anyways so most of them try it for the first time when they come here