PSA:Have your kid go outside now to see if they really want a cold, northern college

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Anonymous wrote:So one has the option of going to college in the north among people who consider climate as secondary to education, or going to college in the south among people who limited their choice of college based on climate AND insist that other people must be stupid not to make the same choice they did. Actually not a tough decision.

Plenty of people choose Northern colleges because they want “4 seasons” or they “like to ski”, and lots of them, including you, look down on people who make different choices than they do.

There are no ski slopes in Pennsylvania Indiana Michigan Illinois Ohio. It’s just cold and grey and depressing. Kids binge drink to pass the time. The rich kids all fly out of town on the weekends and for breaks.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:So one has the option of going to college in the north among people who consider climate as secondary to education, or going to college in the south among people who limited their choice of college based on climate AND insist that other people must be stupid not to make the same choice they did. Actually not a tough decision.

Plenty of people choose Northern colleges because they want “4 seasons” or they “like to ski”, and lots of them, including you, look down on people who make different choices than they do.

+ 1 million

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So one has the option of going to college in the north among people who consider climate as secondary to education, or going to college in the south among people who limited their choice of college based on climate AND insist that other people must be stupid not to make the same choice they did. Actually not a tough decision.

Plenty of people choose Northern colleges because they want “4 seasons” or they “like to ski”, and lots of them, including you, look down on people who make different choices than they do.

There are no ski slopes in Pennsylvania Indiana Michigan Illinois Ohio. It’s just cold and grey and depressing. Kids binge drink to pass the time. The rich kids all fly out of town on the weekends and for breaks.

There are ski slopes in most of those places. Pennsylvania is full of ski area. At my DCs central PA college there were regular trips to Liberty and Roundtop. Mt Brighton in Michigan is 30 mins from Ann Arbor. All of those are small areas but good for an afternoon.

Not sure about Illinois but Ohio and Indiana have ski areas. Vail Resorts owns most of them including Brighton, Liberty, whitetail, etc.

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I ski in Michigan

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So one has the option of going to college in the north among people who consider climate as secondary to education, or going to college in the south among people who limited their choice of college based on climate AND insist that other people must be stupid not to make the same choice they did. Actually not a tough decision.

Plenty of people choose Northern colleges because they want “4 seasons” or they “like to ski”, and lots of them, including you, look down on people who make different choices than they do.

There are no ski slopes in Pennsylvania Indiana Michigan Illinois Ohio. It’s just cold and grey and depressing. Kids binge drink to pass the time. The rich kids all fly out of town on the weekends and for breaks.

No ski slopes in Pennsylvania? None in Michigan? Is there something wrong with you?

https://www.visitpa.com/article/21-ski-resorts-pennsylvania

https://www.michigan.org/article/trip-idea/co...ski-resorts-michigan

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My kid is out right now in the dark 28 Degrees for soccer practice (15 year old) and wouldn’t wear a hat or jacket. No issues with the cold.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So one has the option of going to college in the north among people who consider climate as secondary to education, or going to college in the south among people who limited their choice of college based on climate AND insist that other people must be stupid not to make the same choice they did. Actually not a tough decision.

Plenty of people choose Northern colleges because they want “4 seasons” or they “like to ski”, and lots of them, including you, look down on people who make different choices than they do.

There are no ski slopes in Pennsylvania Indiana Michigan Illinois Ohio. It’s just cold and grey and depressing. Kids binge drink to pass the time. The rich kids all fly out of town on the weekends and for breaks.

No ski slopes in Pennsylvania? None in Michigan? Is there something wrong with you?

https://www.visitpa.com/article/21-ski-resorts-pennsylvania

https://www.michigan.org/article/trip-idea/co...ski-resorts-michigan

An old landfill with snow on it over an hour rt from campus is not a “ski slope”

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So one has the option of going to college in the north among people who consider climate as secondary to education, or going to college in the south among people who limited their choice of college based on climate AND insist that other people must be stupid not to make the same choice they did. Actually not a tough decision.

Plenty of people choose Northern colleges because they want “4 seasons” or they “like to ski”, and lots of them, including you, look down on people who make different choices than they do.

There are no ski slopes in Pennsylvania Indiana Michigan Illinois Ohio. It’s just cold and grey and depressing. Kids binge drink to pass the time. The rich kids all fly out of town on the weekends and for breaks.

No ski slopes in Pennsylvania? None in Michigan? Is there something wrong with you?

https://www.visitpa.com/article/21-ski-resorts-pennsylvania

https://www.michigan.org/article/trip-idea/co...ski-resorts-michigan

An old landfill with snow on it over an hour rt from campus is not a “ski slope”

You just mentioned that there were no ski slopes in any of those states. You’re embarrassing yourself, just stop already.

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I’m one of the posters who didn’t enjoy college because of the weather. I grew up in the north and have never been skiing because again, I don’t like the cold.

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Anonymous wrote:I attended U. of Michigan for four years and I really hated it. It is too cold for me and not much to do in the winter, everything has to be indoors with the exception of skiing, ice hockey, ice fishing. The sky is always gloomy. One of my kids is attending U. of Miami and another one is attending UCLA. They love the warm weather, outdoor activities, and the women there. Women in Miami and LA are much better looking than in cold places. YMMV.

And that's the best reason to choose a college - for the women

Public flagship U is public flagship U. Kids can study the same things at Michigan and Alabama and Clemson and Georgia. Nobody in the real world puts a resume or application to the top because it has a Michigan bachelor’s. Nobody cares.

Agreed! Oxford, Cambridge, Berkeley, UCLA, Georgia Tech, West Point, Naval Academy, and Michigan are viewed the same as Alabama, just like Harvard is viewed the same as the University of Phoenix, Yale is viewed the same as DeVry, and Princeton is viewed the same as Northwestern. Agreed!

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*Northeastern, not Northwestern, sorry.

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Anonymous wrote:The particulars about any specific school matters regarding whether or not severe cold weather would be a determining factor.

Not sure that I could handle 2,000 student Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota even though it offers outstanding academics, yet I would have no difficulty attending college in cold weather locations such as Boston, Chicago, Ann Arbor, Madison, Ithaca, or Burlington, Vermont due to the student body size and the variety of numerous activities available in these non-isolated areas.

The difficulty for me would arise concerning the realities of dream schools like Middlebury College, Dartmouth College, Bowdoin College, Williams College, etc., which offer outstanding academics in a small community of high achievers, yet are located in rural, cold-weather, fairly isolated areas. Since I like to snow ski, the answer if offered an opportunity to attend any of these dream schools would be an easy yes, but I could probably not handle attending Bates, Kenyon, Carleton, unless I was a two-sport college athlete as the down time non-academic aspects are too limited and unattractive for my individual personality.

So long as one is aware of the realities of attending a small, rural, isolated, cold weather school, it is a matter of individual preference. Many are persuaded by generous financial aid or perceived prestige despite known shortcomings--and that is just part of life. Realities and decisions regarding one's options often override individual preferences. In short, specifics matter.

My DC loved their 4 years at Carleton with every fiber of their being. And turned down warmer weather schools AND one of those “dream schools” you listed to go there. To each their own.

Carleton College & St. Olaf College are located in Northfield, Minnesota. The city motto of Northfield is: "Cows, Colleges, and Contentment" (I think that they should have included another "C" word.)

Today's weather forecast for Northfield, Minnesota is: High 8 degrees and Low negative 2 degrees.

Turning down Dartmouth, Middlebury, Bowdoin, or Williams to attend Carleton College is a personal decision--and somewhat understandable due to the great academics.

Turned down Yale for Carleton. Very common.

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Anonymous wrote:Hopefully no student will be so shallow as to choose a school based solely on weather.

Nobody ever mentions the weather can make or break your day.

And dine people are actually sensitive to extreme temps and do consider that when making a choice as to where to apply to live for four years of their life. I would also consider air quality if I had bad asthma…same kind of thing.

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My kid chose Miami in part bc of the weather. He loves it.

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I grew up in Florida and went to Northwestern. It's fine. You do have to learn how to layer properly, I remember a friend from California wearing leggings and just not getting it. But just get a good coat, boots, and hat and wear tights or yoga pants under other pants, and it's fine.