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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My daughter hates the heat and is really looking at Northeast, and upper Midwest.  She has a tendency to be lazy outside of sports and my concern is those cold/snowy winter months are tough on the kids as there is no sitting outside, picnicking, socializing outside etc...  I feel like it is a recipe for depression and loneliness.  I am trying to steer her towards some southern/western schools emphasizing she won't be there during the summer. She loves the snow but rarely skis and not sure if all these colleges up north will benifit her emotionally.

Any feedback would be great. [/quote]

I don't mean this cruelly, but you come across as VERY helicoptery with this post.  Does your daughter honestly think that it's not in the 90's in the summer in New York and New England?  Have you never heard of skiing?  Snowboarding?  Ice skating? The winter Olympics? There are a slew of cold-weather sports.  Plus all the sports normally played indoors - yoga, basketball, volleyball, swimming, etc.  Plus, do you honestly think every kid who lives somewhere that has true winters is fat and lazy?  Come on!  There are more ways to socialize than by picnicking.  Hell, I'm 41 and have only been to two picnics in my entire life.

I think you're completely wrong in the direction you're pushing her.  Kids change a lot in college. [/quote]

I am not a helicopter.  [b]My daughters grades get lower in the winter. Whether that is because of SAD, her not playing a winter sport (she plays fall/spring) or something else - but it has been obvious since 7th grade. She has had 2 bouts of mild depressions and they were both after the holidays.  She tends to hermit in the winter regardless of her so called new likeness to the colder weather. She isn't a go-getter [/b]social butterfly like my other 2 are.

I am not directing her towards or away from any college. Never said that. I asked one f'ing question about how kids from this area handle the 3-4 months of snow on the ground of a cold climate and the really short days like Boston area. I can have a mild concern, can I not? Pretty sure I know my daughter better than you so please stop assuming what I think or I am projecting my hate of winter?  Never said that as I love the winter. Ski more than my kids do and run year round. But yes, assume I have seasonal disorder and what will I be scared to go visit?   :roll:  Never once said everyone in cold climates is fat and lazy?? You are truly reaching PP. Nice try.

I appreciate the very few who have responded so far. [/quote]

You should have said all that in your OP.  The kids who go to schools where there are six months of snow on the ground handle it fine.  It's COLLEGE.  It's the most social place you can be, because you don't just go to school with your peers, but live with them too.  You get invited to things multiple times a day. I'm an introvert, I get SAD as soon as the clocks change, and went to school in Buffalo, where it's winter from late October until April. I didn't stop attending events or going out in the winter. [/quote]

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