This is going to be a topic that I obviously enjoy writing about. I went to a private school in Lake Placid, NY. The school I attended was strictly for winter sport athletes. We have boys and girls hockey, figure skating, alpine skiing, Nordic skiing, Nordic combined, snowboarding, luging and bobsledding. We have had numerous skiers and Luger's in the Olympics and on the US National teams. The aspect that makes this school so unique is everyone plays a sport, and the school itself only had about 90 kids. My graduating class was 27. I know for a lot of people this concept is almost impossible to visualize. It was an amazing experience living at school with my teammates and other student athletes. The thing is I went away to school there my sophomore year, so this year in college to me is no change at all I have been away from home for hockey for roughly six years! Most freshman are a little overwhelmed, but for me its just another year, another mountain to climb, more goals to be set and friends to be made. The one thing I miss about NSA is the location of the school. Lake placid is the home of the 1932 and 1980 winter Olympics, which make the town a neat and special place.
Coming here to Cortland is a lot different. When I was looking at schools for hockey I wanted to have a bigger environment. A lot of private liberal arts schools I visited were between 2 and 3 thousand kids, I wanted a bigger atmosphere. After being at NSA this is crazy for me, I knew everyone at my school well, here I don't know even close to the student population. The size difference is insane. What I like the most about Cortland other then the cute girls, (j/k) is the fact that you see different people everyday, I recognize some, but I see a lot of new and different people.
The two experiences are completely different, and I don't think anyone here has had the size difference from high school to college that I have had, at least I hope not!
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Nordic skiing----NOW we're talkin'!
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rocher, i graduated with 41 kids so i know where you are at. i thought you went to northwoods though, but nsa is ok still, my buddy from high school went there for skiing and a couple of kids i played against last year were from there. i love lp dude, im going there when we all go home for columbus day weekend for the foilage, nothing better than placid in the fall, and it helps only being 50 mins away from my house. but i gotta disagree with you on the cute girls part, the girls here are beautiful dude, how can you say only cute remember thursday night?? or maybe you dont..mr wheeling
Dave, I think the girls are cute man, obviously, that's the best part about Cortland.
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