<p>UVM football - undefeated since 1974.</p>
<p>Bridger Bowl is actually about 30 min from Montana State U in Bozeman (not Butte), which does have an engineering program. Big Sky is 45 min away. Boze is cool little town, but it is pretty remote from anything.</p>
<p>As the mother of a 3rd year student at RIT now, I second this suggestion. And it does have a ski team.</p>
<p>Mom:</p>
<p>You mention Colby in your original post so I thought I’d provide this link to the Colby website. Colby offers a liberal arts and engineering program in collaboration with Dartmouth College. It is a dual degree program so it is five years long and entails studying at Dartmouth junior year and then again during the 5th year. Don’t know if there’s a civil engineering program and not sure how such an intensive program would work with skiing but I thought I’d pass the info along.</p>
<p>[Colby</a> College Physics Department](<a href=“http://www.colby.edu/physics/engine.html]Colby”>http://www.colby.edu/physics/engine.html)</p>
<p>McGill was mentioned a few pages back. Though in a city, skiing is easily accessible — some would say too much so! Engineering is on offer. It is easy to visit from Burlington – about 2.5 hours easy drive.</p>
<p>Overall Canadian universities admit based on academics. And their minimal requirements for US students can be accessed on their admission websites.</p>
<p>If skiing is a serious priority for your son I would skip the Boston/Cambridge schools. Wachusett Mt., about an hour from Boston, is a nice family friendly mountain, but it won’t provide any challenge for a serious skier. For that he’ll have to travel further North to NH, VT or ME. That takes skiing from a weekday/evening activity to one that requires a full day or weekend.</p>
<p>Let’s face it, NE skiing is not as good as skiing in the Rockies. I say that with a heavy heart as a New Englander. What NE does provide is a plethora of great schools from which to choose. Many small NE schools without engineering majors offer 5 year programs in conjunction with Columbia, Dartmouth, or other schools.
Here’s the list of schools offering the joint 5 year BA/BS program with Columbia.</p>
<p>[The</a> Combined Plan Program: Liberal Arts Affiliates | Columbia University Office of Undergraduate Admissions](<a href=“http://www.studentaffairs.columbia.edu/admissions/engineering/combined/affils.php]The”>http://www.studentaffairs.columbia.edu/admissions/engineering/combined/affils.php)</p>
<p>As you can see it is quite extensive. The up side is that a student who’s not 100% sure engineering is for him can in many cases have 2-2 1/2 years to decide whether to pursue engineering or whether to major in something else. As long as they keep their grades up and take the appropriate prerequisites students are guaranteed admission. The down side is that students spend an extra year in school. This may be tough on families with tight budgets.</p>
<p>Here is a list of the NCAA alpine skiing champions for the past 50 years. Dig a little on the site and you can find rankings for the past few years. You may also want to pay attention to who is hosting the championships, as the host obviously needs to have a good mountain or mountains quite nearby.</p>
<p>[NC</a> Skiing Championship History - NCAA.com](<a href=“http://www.ncaa.com/history/skiing/nc]NC”>http://www.ncaa.com/history/skiing/nc)</p>
<p>If you’re concerned about his scores you may want to consider SAT optional colleges. Here’s a list from Fairtest.org:</p>
<p>[SAT/ACT</a> Optional 4-Year Universities | FairTest](<a href=“http://fairtest.org/university/optional/state]SAT/ACT”>http://fairtest.org/university/optional/state)</p>
<p>Colorado College, Bates, Bowdoin, Colby, Middlebury and Hamilton are all SAT optional, have strong academics and are close to skiing. St. Lawrence might be a good back-up choice. CC, Colby, Hamilton and Middlebury will require alternate testing, such as APs. Bates, Bowdoin and St. Lawrence are fully test optional, meaning an applicant can choose whether to submit scores and will not be marked down for failing to do so.</p>