This is the problem in general when visiting colleges. You need to a make a point to visit when the weather is bad and understand that most of the school year happens in the poor/bad conditions.

The flip side is you can visit southern schools in summer and find the weather oppressive…but a kid will only experience that weather in September and part of October.

That’s why we visited Pittsburgh and other northern schools in February.

Anonymous wrote:We are doing a tour of Pacific Northwest schools and I keep thinking I missed out! Schools are beautiful, weather is great, food is delicious, and generally friendly campus visits. I wish I had left the East Coast for college.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We are doing a tour of Pacific Northwest schools and I keep thinking I missed out! Schools are beautiful, weather is great, food is delicious, and generally friendly campus visits. I wish I had left the East Coast for college.

weather isn't "great".

The weather in the Pacific Northwest is awesome. What are you bugging about?

It depends on how much you like rain. I spent some time there and there are a couple of months in the summer where it’s pretty amazing, but the other 10 months were awful. It gets so depressing not seeing the sun and having constant cloudy skies and drizzle. The east side across the cascades is nice.

I have mild seasonal affective disorder so couldn't deal. And unfortunately there are very few compelling schools in that part of the country.

Anonymous wrote:It is awesome for three months. Then it mists and rains for 9 months straight. Bigger issue for people is the lack of light in winter.

People also fail to understand the claustrophobia that comes with the mists and rain. Beautiful vistas, natural landscapes and sky of summer are transformed into a confining world of low cloud ceilings and reduced visibility.

Anonymous wrote:It is awesome for three months. Then it mists and rains for 9 months straight. Bigger issue for people is the lack of light in winter.

I found it gorgeous and better weather than what the majority of the country has to deal with. Better than actual cold weather or humidity

Anonymous wrote:It is awesome for three months. Then it mists and rains for 9 months straight. Bigger issue for people is the lack of light in winter.

So like northern Europe but with humidity

Anonymous wrote:It is awesome for three months. Then it mists and rains for 9 months straight. Bigger issue for people is the lack of light in winter.

+1

It is awesome for three months. Then it mists and rains for 9 months straight. Bigger issue for people is the lack of light in winter.

LOL PNW native here. People visit in July or August for our one week of summer and fall in love… it’s a different story the rest of the year when people need full spectrum light treatment to ward off seasonal depression!

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We are doing a tour of Pacific Northwest schools and I keep thinking I missed out! Schools are beautiful, weather is great, food is delicious, and generally friendly campus visits. I wish I had left the East Coast for college.

weather isn't "great".

The weather in the Pacific Northwest is awesome. What are you bugging about?

Anonymous wrote:We are doing a tour of Pacific Northwest schools and I keep thinking I missed out! Schools are beautiful, weather is great, food is delicious, and generally friendly campus visits. I wish I had left the East Coast for college.

weather isn't "great".

How do you like Reed and Lewis and Clark?

Okay

We are doing a tour of Pacific Northwest schools and I keep thinking I missed out! Schools are beautiful, weather is great, food is delicious, and generally friendly campus visits. I wish I had left the East Coast for college.