<P> Chad Danforth is Troy Bolton 's best friend and teammate . Chad is known for wearing shirts with eccentric phrases and messages on them . In the third film , those messages are all environment - friendly . In High School Musical , Chad is gearing up for the district championship basketball game and assumes Troy , also the team captain , is doing the same . However , news soon spreads around school that Troy and Gabriella Montez , a new student , have auditioned for the school musical and have been called back for the lead roles . Hoping to keep Troy 's head in the game , Chad and his teammates stage an intervention while Taylor McKessie and her friends , who want Gabriella to stay focused on the national decathlon team , do the same with Gabriella . The plan is successful , but Chad and Taylor soon realize that they hurt their close friends . After admitting their guilt , they help Troy and Gabriella make the callbacks , as well as the game and decathlon . At the end of the film , Chad asks Taylor on a date . In the second film , Chad and Taylor seem to have maintained a relationship . Hoping to save up for a car , Chad takes a job at the Lava Springs country club for the summer , alongside Troy , Gabriella , Taylor , and their friends . Chad reluctantly agrees to participate with the other employees in the Midsummer Night Talent Show at the club . His friendship with Troy also hits a wall when Troy compromises himself for luxuries at the country club . The two , however , make up . In High School Musical 3 : Senior Year , Chad is looking forward to playing basketball with Troy at the University of Albuquerque following high school graduation . He is initially upset when Troy decides to attend the University of California , Berkeley instead , but accepts the fact that he and Troy can not stay together forever . Chad also struggles with asking Taylor to prom , but finally succeeds after several tries . </P>
<P> Chad Danforth is Troy Bolton 's best friend and teammate . Chad is known for wearing shirts with eccentric phrases and messages on them . In the third film , those messages are all environment - friendly . In High School Musical , Chad is gearing up for the district championship basketball game and assumes Troy , also the team captain , is doing the same . However , news soon spreads around school that Troy and Gabriella Montez , a new student , have auditioned for the school musical and have been called back for the lead roles . Hoping to keep Troy 's head in the game , Chad and his teammates stage an intervention while Taylor McKessie and her friends , who want Gabriella to stay focused on the national decathlon team , do the same with Gabriella . The plan is successful , but Chad and Taylor soon realize that they hurt their close friends . After admitting their guilt , they help Troy and Gabriella make the callbacks , as well as the game and decathlon . At the end of the film , Chad asks Taylor on a date . In the second film , Chad and Taylor seem to have maintained a relationship . Hoping to save up for a car , Chad takes a job at the Lava Springs country club for the summer , alongside Troy , Gabriella , Taylor , and their friends . Chad reluctantly agrees to participate with the other employees in the Midsummer Night Talent Show at the club . His friendship with Troy also hits a wall when Troy compromises himself for luxuries at the country club . The two , however , make up . In High School Musical 3 : Senior Year , Chad is looking forward to playing basketball with Troy at the University of Albuquerque following high school graduation . He is initially upset when Troy decides to attend the University of California , Berkeley instead , but accepts the fact that he and Troy can not stay together forever . Chad also struggles with asking Taylor to prom , but finally succeeds after several tries . </P>
where did chad from high school musical go to college
where did chad from high school musical go to college
the University of Albuquerque
the University of Albuquerque