<p>I am a dedicated, straight A student, and want to attend a top-tier college. However, I have grown up in a major beach/surf town, and it would be very hard for me to give up surfing completely when I go to college. I have been researching good "surf colleges" extensively, but have a lot trouble finding ones that are up to par with my academic standards, and are close to any kind of waves. Some that I have found are UC Berkeley, Stanford, Bowdoin, and UCLA. I realize that attending college alone means that I will have to sacrifice a lot of time in the ocean because of the work load. Has anyone else had this problem, have any advice, know of any more suitable schools, etc.?</p>
<p>I decided that attending a school away from the coast would give me a better chance of getting a career that later in life would allow me to surf and build my life around surfing. I’m two hours away from the beach, but what’s two hours now compared to as much time as I want around surfing for the next 50 years when I’m done with school?</p>
<p>You can probs surf at Bowdoin for about the first couple weeks of school. I wouldn’t call it a surfing school by any means. </p>
<p>Endicott on the North Shore (Mass) has two school beaches, so that might be worth a look.</p>
<p>I completely agree with you connoc. That’s actually something that I have recently started to come to terms with, and I am okay with it. Out of curiosity, may I ask where you attend college? Thank you</p>
<p>I’ll be at UNC-Chapel Hill. I’m from the coast in NC, so I can surf whenever I go home anyway.</p>