WARNING before you send your child to an upper Midwest cold weather college

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I wish someone had told me how hot the southwest really was before I went to Texas A&M. I found the weather to be miserable.

Yeah I grew up in Florida and loathed it. August in Florida is like being in a sauna.

Students are not in college May-August, except in some cases welcome week at the very end of August. Just like students aren’t on campus when the northern Midwest is tolerable in the summer, they’re on campus when it’s rainy, slushy and subzero.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I wish someone had told me how hot the southwest really was before I went to Texas A&M. I found the weather to be miserable.

Yeah I grew up in Florida and loathed it. August in Florida is like being in a sauna.

Students are not in college May-August, except in some cases welcome week at the very end of August. Just like students aren’t on campus when the northern Midwest is tolerable in the summer, they’re on campus when it’s rainy, slushy and subzero.

Clearly you have not enjoyed fall, winter, or spring in the "upper Midwest". Sure am glad it never rains, snows or gets chilly in the DMV, what would people do and how would they survive? I have no idea how my kid will survive at school next Fall given the intolerable conditions. Though, since I managed to not only survive, but enjoyed it, perhaps it won't be so bad.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I may be outing myself as those who know me know my background, but I lived in both Michigan and Northern Europe and SAD is real for me. I knew that I would never move back to Michigan and ended up moving to this area. That said, not everybody is impacted by it. So you need to know your own kid. Some people love gloomy days. Everybody is different.

+1. And light therapy can be very effective. If your child has SAD and is willing to consistently use it, shorter data may not be a big issue for them.