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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think if your child enjoys the outdoors regardless of weather even in the DMV area then the Midwest could be very enjoyable.  If not, then it may not so much.  Having grown up in northern WI and also lived in Madison I can say there are lots of things to do outside regardless of weather including hiking, camping, skiing, ice skating, ice boating, ice fishing, snowmobiling and using other recreational vehicles.  It could be an eyeopener for the student to enjoy all four seasons in a different way maybe not yet experienced.  If your child is going to stay cooped up indoors from November -March then it would probably not be that enjoyable.  Learning to dress properly makes a big difference.  Plus, a lot of local students will be there to get them engaged in outdoor activities.  Or the student may study indoors like crazy during the winter months and get the best grades ever...however, schools in more moderate climates may be the better choice if going outside in the winter is a challenges bc even a walk across campus will be frigid.  Activity in the winter is the key to mitigate some of the other issues discussed.[/quote]

Burlington, Vermont, Madison, Wisconsin, Ann Arbor, Michigan, Chicago, Ithaca, New York, Minneapolis, and other cold weather schools located in or adjacent to sizable cities offer lots of activities to draw one's attention away from poor weather & drinking in a beer soaked frat basement in a small, cold weather, rural school. Two different worlds.

For those interested in a small rural cold weather school, there are some interesting options such as Middlebury College. Middlebury has lots of outdoor activities close by, is a reasonable 40 to 45 minute drive to Burlington, and is large (about 2,700 students) for an LAC. To some (including me) this might be a near perfect option.[/quote]

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