Anonymous
Post 02/25/2021 18:20     Subject: Schools with an outdoorsy culture within 5-6 hours drive
New paltz:

Very nice location but many on dcum will likely turn up their noses at its reputation.
Anonymous
Post 02/25/2021 17:36     Subject: Schools with an outdoorsy culture within 5-6 hours drive
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Anonymous wrote:West Virginia University for sure

I went to WVU and there wasn't much outdoor culture. Unless you count drinking in Sunnyside and street parties to be outdoorsy.
It is a fun school. So much fun that I have to leave after 2 years because I needed to go somewhere that I could graduate!


Sunnyside isn't what it used to be. The school bought a lot of the property and created some new student apartment complexes. There's still parties, of course--but not what you remember.

Probably not. I was there when WVU beat UNLV in basketball in 1983 when UNLV was a heavily favored #1 ranked powerhouse. The ensuing revelry led to much of Sunnyside being set on fire. It's good the school bought it and cleaned it up.
Anonymous
Post 02/25/2021 17:13     Subject: Re:Schools with an outdoorsy culture within 5-6 hours drive
They may be a little far, but Middlebury and Williams.
Anonymous
Post 02/25/2021 17:07     Subject: Schools with an outdoorsy culture within 5-6 hours drive
SUNY New Paltz. Most have not heard of it. But literally like set of Gilmore Girls by Mohonk Mountain and Rocking Horse Ranch.

Really cool and hip and outdoorsy
Anonymous
Post 02/25/2021 16:39     Subject: Re:Schools with an outdoorsy culture within 5-6 hours drive
UNC Ashland
Anonymous
Post 02/25/2021 16:11     Subject: Schools with an outdoorsy culture within 5-6 hours drive
Va Tech
Anonymous
Post 02/25/2021 16:09     Subject: Schools with an outdoorsy culture within 5-6 hours drive
Anonymous wrote:UNC Asheville is kind of a commuter school. Looked at it for our DD. I let her go far away, to California and she spends all her time outside hiking, surfing, biking...I am very glad I let her go.


Is she at UCSB or UCSD?
Anonymous
Post 02/25/2021 15:45     Subject: Schools with an outdoorsy culture within 5-6 hours drive
UNC Asheville is kind of a commuter school. Looked at it for our DD. I let her go far away, to California and she spends all her time outside hiking, surfing, biking...I am very glad I let her go.
Anonymous
Post 02/24/2021 19:55     Subject: Schools with an outdoorsy culture within 5-6 hours drive
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:West Virginia University for sure

I went to WVU and there wasn't much outdoor culture. Unless you count drinking in Sunnyside and street parties to be outdoorsy.
It is a fun school. So much fun that I have to leave after 2 years because I needed to go somewhere that I could graduate!


Sunnyside isn't what it used to be. The school bought a lot of the property and created some new student apartment complexes. There's still parties, of course--but not what you remember.
Anonymous
Post 02/24/2021 18:57     Subject: Schools with an outdoorsy culture within 5-6 hours drive
Warren Wilson
Anonymous
Post 02/24/2021 18:52     Subject: Schools with an outdoorsy culture within 5-6 hours drive
Anonymous wrote:W&L has a great outdoor program.


Outing Club. Most popular extracurricular at W&L.
Anonymous
Post 02/24/2021 14:26     Subject: Schools with an outdoorsy culture within 5-6 hours drive
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Anonymous wrote:St. Lawrence in Canton NY


+1. You can go all-in with a semester in the Adirondacks living in a yurt. Don’t forget your long-johns.
If you're on the STEM side, also Clarkson. It's next door.


Quite a bit more than 6 hours though.


True, it is probably 8 from this area.
Anonymous
Post 02/24/2021 14:20     Subject: Schools with an outdoorsy culture within 5-6 hours drive
Anonymous wrote:Radford for sure. Even has a major for people who want to work in parks and recreational tourism.

https://www.radford.edu/content/cehd/home/rcpt.html

https://www.radford.edu/content/recreation/home/outdoor-programs.html


Yes! My suggestion was for RU. It’s in the New River Valley with many recreational opportunities!
Anonymous
Post 02/24/2021 14:17     Subject: Schools with an outdoorsy culture within 5-6 hours drive
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Anonymous wrote:St. Lawrence in Canton NY


+1. You can go all-in with a semester in the Adirondacks living in a yurt. Don’t forget your long-johns.
If you're on the STEM side, also Clarkson. It's next door.


Quite a bit more than 6 hours though.
Anonymous
Post 02/24/2021 14:16     Subject: Re:Schools with an outdoorsy culture within 5-6 hours drive
Emory & Henry - spend a semester hiking the AT https://www.ehc.edu/outdoor-program/semester-atrail/