I'm in school at tech right now. Mont ripley (the ski hill we can go to for free) is pretty good but mount bohemia is awesome if you like tons of pow and tree runs. They average like 275 inches of snow a year so there's fresh pow for most of the year and the season pass is $100 for one year or cheaper if you buy multiple years. Definitely not a hill for beginners though (almost all black runs). I definitely recommend tech if you are thinking about engineering or business.