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Anonymous wrote:Between the red states and the abortion free states and now, the winter weather states, all of DCUM a will be attending UMCP.

But it's gray and dreary outside today. A cold rain is on the way. Surely no college student can survive in these conditions?

I once drove from Ann Arbor to Marquette in February to hook up with a girl from U of Northern Michigan. Ann Arbor was practically tropical compared to the Upper Peninsula.

Hope you got laid.

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Anonymous wrote:Between the red states and the abortion free states and now, the winter weather states, all of DCUM a will be attending UMCP.

But it's gray and dreary outside today. A cold rain is on the way. Surely no college student can survive in these conditions?

I once drove from Ann Arbor to Marquette in February to hook up with a girl from U of Northern Michigan. Ann Arbor was practically tropical compared to the Upper Peninsula.

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Anonymous wrote:My Southern California kid goes to UChicago and I got her a SAD light; lots of sizes and types available on amazon. Non-issue but important to know about it.

There is something else, though, that I've never heard of until lately...that is Vitamin D can be (absorbed or created, not sure which) through the skin via sunlight, or in our food. However; if your body is used to the sun and absorbing it that way, it doesn't "know" how to switch to absobring from food, so kids from more sunnier climates can get a severe deficiency and need to take supplements.

(sorry I'm not more precise on this; it's from my friend, who's son who went from SoCal to upstate NY--but you get the gist )

+1. This sounds like why Judd Apatow's LA-raised daughter left Northwestern. Chicago has a lack of sunshine and the cold is on a different level.

She mostly left because she got a part in Euphoria.

She literally went on one of the late night show's and said it was because it was so cold and depressing.

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Anonymous wrote:My Southern California kid goes to UChicago and I got her a SAD light; lots of sizes and types available on amazon. Non-issue but important to know about it.

There is something else, though, that I've never heard of until lately...that is Vitamin D can be (absorbed or created, not sure which) through the skin via sunlight, or in our food. However; if your body is used to the sun and absorbing it that way, it doesn't "know" how to switch to absobring from food, so kids from more sunnier climates can get a severe deficiency and need to take supplements.

(sorry I'm not more precise on this; it's from my friend, who's son who went from SoCal to upstate NY--but you get the gist )

+1. This sounds like why Judd Apatow's LA-raised daughter left Northwestern. Chicago has a lack of sunshine and the cold is on a different level.

She mostly left because she got a part in Euphoria.

She literally went on one of the late night show's and said it was because it was so cold and depressing.

That was her mom Leslie Mann you're thinking about, not Maude herself. We know some kids at NU who knew Maude and the main reason was that she got the part in Euphoria.

I don't doubt Leslie's story, but I think she was amping it up for comedic effect. And Maude's on record for saying she liked her time at Northwestern.

Thousands of kids from California end up in the Midwest for college, and many/most love it. But I'm ultimately not sure what any of that has to do with you considering that you live in Virginia.

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Anonymous wrote:I wasn't aware that University of Michigan had a long history of kids from other states fighting over OOS spots there. I thought it was a more recent thing that happened after admissions became so much more competitive at the top schools located in places with less harsh weather.

"Right, I forgot this generation of kids are much softer than previous generations."

Michigan's been a popular school with OOS students since at least the 90s.

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Anonymous wrote:My Southern California kid goes to UChicago and I got her a SAD light; lots of sizes and types available on amazon. Non-issue but important to know about it.

There is something else, though, that I've never heard of until lately...that is Vitamin D can be (absorbed or created, not sure which) through the skin via sunlight, or in our food. However; if your body is used to the sun and absorbing it that way, it doesn't "know" how to switch to absobring from food, so kids from more sunnier climates can get a severe deficiency and need to take supplements.

(sorry I'm not more precise on this; it's from my friend, who's son who went from SoCal to upstate NY--but you get the gist )

+1. This sounds like why Judd Apatow's LA-raised daughter left Northwestern. Chicago has a lack of sunshine and the cold is on a different level.

She mostly left because she got a part in Euphoria.

She literally went on one of the late night show's and said it was because it was so cold and depressing.

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Anonymous wrote:Between the red states and the abortion free states and now, the winter weather states, all of DCUM a will be attending UMCP.

But it's gray and dreary outside today. A cold rain is on the way. Surely no college student can survive in these conditions?

I just got back from a walk by Lake Michigan & NU campus. It's sunny and 47 degrees out. NU students looked pretty happy to me.

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Anonymous wrote:Between the red states and the abortion free states and now, the winter weather states, all of DCUM a will be attending UMCP.

But it's gray and dreary outside today. A cold rain is on the way. Surely no college student can survive in these conditions?

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Anonymous wrote:Between the red states and the abortion free states and now, the winter weather states, all of DCUM a will be attending UMCP.

But it's gray and dreary outside today. A cold rain is on the way. Surely no college student can survive in these conditions?

Anonymous wrote:Who is Jim Harbaugh??? WTF are you even talking about?

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Anonymous wrote:My Michigan grad friend who is blindly super rah rah and fails to see any shortcoming with the school has never been to California or any place in the Southwest USA. Also has never once been south of Virginia. Literally does not know what she is missing in terms of sunshine and comfortable weather. Yes, many places have seasons even if their winter doesn't involve blizzards and last for almost half the year, despite what some Michiganders think. In contrast, my MI grad friends who come from warmer climates will quickly acknowledge the huge downside to living in those weather conditions, and they got the heck out of the state as soon as they graduated. For these people, the benefits of the school outweigh its downsides and these people offer a balanced view on what it's like to be a student there when asked. But others, especially those born and raised in Michigan, tend to be in some sort of cult mindset about the place and that is what I think people react to in these threads. If you can't even realize and acknowledge that the weather sucks, your opinion about what it's like to be a student there isn't really worth much.

There are people all over the world who are fine with cold weather, some of it even worse than what's in Michigan. I grew up in Ontario, and didn't mind the cold, because I enjoyed winter activities like hockey and sledding.

This will probably come as a shock to you, but not everyone shares your opinion on things like winter weather.

This. I actually don’t like hot weather and year round sunshine. It is highly overrated. There is nothing stranger to me than celebrating Thanksgiving and Christmas in 80 degree weather. No thanks! Some of us like more variation in seasons. And by the way, Midwestern summers and falls are gorgeous and perfect and beat the pants out of those same seasons in the South.

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