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Old 05-19-2008, 08:42 AM
 
Location: Spring, TX
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i love the rain, and washington is the perfect place for that. i can escape my family w/ a great excuse. COLLEGE! but i don't know how the area down there is. is it a nice area?
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Old 05-19-2008, 10:41 AM
 
Location: Washington
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i love the rain, and washington is the perfect place for that. i can escape my family w/ a great excuse. COLLEGE! but i don't know how the area down there is. is it a nice area?
Washington State University is located in Eastern Washington. The weather there is quite different than it is in the Seattle area. WSU, located in Pullman Wa., enjoys 4 seasons: Hot in the summer, snow in the winter, lots of year round sun.

Pullman is a nice little college town. It is about two hours away from Spokane.

Here is some more information on Pullman:
Pullman Washington Complete City Guide
The Daily Evergreen Online
Moscow-Pullman Daily News - Dnews.com
https://www.city-data.com/forum/idaho...mparisons.html
https://www.city-data.com/forum/washi...n-wa-like.html
https://www.city-data.com/forum/washi...t-towns-2.html
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Old 05-19-2008, 11:56 AM
 
Location: We_tside PNW (Columbia Gorge) / CO / SA TX / Thailand
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If you like rain then look into WSU - Vancouver, WA Washington State University Vancouver - Vancouver, WA

But depending on your edu choices, don't overlook Western Washington University (Bellingham)

Visit both, we've used each and had a far better edu experience at WWU. Your mileage may vary, I know plenty of successful WSU-V students.

Search this forum for each city to get a flavor of life, Bellingham is really quaint, nice, and stuff is close. You are on the coast, so beach is 5 min away (cold / inland, no waves, but nice kayaking / sailing). WWU is an older well established U in center of town and overlooking Puget Sound. Vancouver Canada is ~ 40 min away, and really nice and fun too (bring a passport). Vancouver, WA is more spread out and suburbia, and WSU-V campus is not central to city, downtown is sleepy. Portland is nearby (20 min) for social diversity, beach (cold / big waves / nice scenery) and mountains are close (1.5 hrs each way). WSU - V is a new campus on northern outskirts of city, more of a 'commuter' facility, but changing to self supporting. Both cities offer great Community Colleges for a cheaper and effective method to enter U and get a more affordable way to gain residency. Private schools don't usually charge "out-of-state" premiums, thus are probably worth looking into.

While you're in the neighborhood, check out the colleges in Portland, OR., Eugene, Corvallis... and Olympia>Seattle.

The private colleges may be a bargain with adequate endowments. I would definitely consider The University of Portland Have heard great things from staff and students. I have found final costs similar to public U. (after grants / and scholarships)

also look into Seattle Pacific University when passing through Seattle.
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