RoboCheme

Please bear in mind that being on a cycling team takes a huge amount of time during the season. Not only do you have to train during the week, but you're away the whole weekend for the races. Not too much time to study.

recon445

I remember list of rankings for US Colleges' Cycling performance. Number one was Colorado State University in Ft. Collins(North of Boulder). Then, #4 or something was University of Colorado(CU) in Boulder.

But, don't let your college choice be based on something like cycling. Pick one that HAS a cycling team, has your major/academics of choice, is in your price range, and is somewhere you want to live.

I am a graduating senior this year, and I live 15 miles away from Boulder. Can you guess where I will go?

ch3n207

[QUOTE=recon445;9880536]I remember list of rankings for US Colleges' Cycling performance. Number one was Colorado State University in Ft. Collins(North of Boulder). Then, #4 or something was University of Colorado(CU) in Boulder.

But, don't let your college choice be based on something like cycling. Pick one that HAS a cycling team, has your major/academics of choice, is in your price range, and is somewhere you want to live.

I am a graduating senior this year, and I live 15 miles away from Boulder. Can you guess where I will go? [/QUOTE

Im guessing CSU.

fix

Vermont has the best cycling scene on the east coast. No question.

Caad 8

Just a few....

UC Santa Barbara

UC Irvine

UC Davis

San Diego State

Cal Poly San Luis Obispo

ch3n207

Yea i've been thinking about that. But this is cycling, I love this sport, saying that i would give up my life for it would be an understatement. So if i can get into a good collegiate cycling team ill be very determined to do the work to stay on that team.

ch3n207

Any colleges in particular that is very good you'll recommend?

Caad 8

I have a friend that cycles on a college team, sometimes he will be gone for a week for a race or tour. You have to be able to miss days or weeks of class at a time and still manage to get A's or B's on the tests.

And its not like you're on the football team where the teachers will pass you even if you fail everything.

I'd recommend California, mostly because you can train year round, no snow storms, bike friendly, good schools, good teams.

ch3n207

DAMN, weeks? and still pass? In college do you take every class everyday like in hs or are there specific days when you have math or science and etc?

mike868y

uvm

urbanknight

It depends on the school. I know the California public schools look mainly at GPA (your first 3 years since you apply before any finals in your senior year) and SAT and/or ACT scores. I know CSU had a scale, and my SAT scores allowed me acceptance with any GPA as long as I graduated. I've heard that Stanford looks carefully at extra-curricular and community service activities. However, getting into the university is different from getting into the program. I studied music, and had to audition for the music departments while waiting for my university applications to be approved.


Shouldn't be a problem majoring in business. Not sure about engineering. If he was studying a fine art or anything medical, then he'd be screwed.

jeanHTX

austin texas! UT has one of the best business schools, AND one of the best schools of engineering. standard living in here is pretty cheap, an average 2/1 apartment that's not run down can range anywhere from $650-$1k (in half, not each). a 1 bedroom can start at around $500, if you really don't want a roommate. cycling at UT is great as well (so i hear, i don't go to school there), but cycling scene in all of austin is AWESOME. also, uhm, we have cycling weather from late february to early december. and even then, our coldest days won't be too cold.

ch3n207

The amount of work you put into any sort of Medical practice in College is insane. I hear so many people decide to major in medicine when they apply to college but end up just changing their major sophomore year. Just because they have to take so many inorganic and organic science classes and they couldn't manage to pass. I hope with majoring business i would have more flexible time to train on my bike.

urbanknight

Well at CSUN, all of my business major friends seemed to have plenty of time. Unfortunately, they don't seem to have a cycling team anymore. Can anyone confirm that?

ch3n207

Actually now that i think about it. I know a previous neighbor of mine, he went to Baruch College in NYC. It's ranked one of the hardest schools to get into. It majors in business, hence why he went there. I remember him always home helping out with my homework when i was younger. So he must have had alot of time to spare.

Flatballer

I manage in Electrical Engineering, but my grades sometimes suffer (mostly just because I'm tired, not because I don't have the time).

I have a friend who does fine in Architecture, but doesn't have much time to train.

socalrider

The collegiate racing scene in California is very solid.. You get a split between racing in Nor Cal and So Cal.. But other than lots of great schools to choose from, we get amazing weather here in So Cal..

85 degrees today..

ch3n207

But most of the colleges i looked up don't really have a solid business major program unless you can think of one.

gus4osu

Put Marian University in Indianapolis on your list. They've won 12 of the last 15 (and 4 straight) National Track Championships. They're pretty impressive on the road as well. Check out the Nov. issue of Bicycling for an interesting store on a student named Adam Leibovitz who rides for Marian. I believe he finished third overall at Road Nationals.

Here's a link to their cycling site: https://www.muknights.com/sport/7/21.php

UmneyDurak

Which ones have you looked at? In California it's really is UC system schools, then some private schools. I wouldn't bother with state ones.

UD

wanders

Every time one of the threads comes up I feel it is my duty to mention Lees-McRae College in Banner Elk, NC.

urbanknight

I assume you mean Cal State? UC schools are "state" schools, too. Even still, I don't agree with this completely. It depends on your major. I'd rather major in engineering at Cal Poly SLO over any UC school out there.

bigtea

Yep...that's right...at Claremont you can do a 12 mile climb (I think it's about 3500 ft elevation gain). And it would be all uphill as soon as you left your dorm.

RoboCheme

My son was on the cycling team at UC San Diego. The team would leave for a meet Friday afternoon and not get back until Sunday night.

And it's not a matter of getting good enough grades so that you can stay in school so that you can cycle on the team. You can do that with Cs and Ds. It's whether or not you'll have enough time to do well in school. My son recognized that it was too time consuming and only rode on the team one year.

Good luck to year.

ElJamoquio

If you haven't narrowed it down better than that, I suggest a big school.