<p>i just got accepted to tulane. while i am very excited, i'm concerned about how to adjust to the heat and humidity of the deep south. i'm from new hampshire and i find the 50s to be a good temperature. it is 35 today and i am wearing a t-shirt, haha. i like cool air and the heat can make me irritable. is there hope for me if i move to new orleans? could i adjust to the climate?</p>
<p>has anyone else done this or is also in my predicament? any success stories? i am really worried. i don't want to move down there and be miserable all the time.</p>
<p>That’s so weird. No lie but that is kind of a big deal to me. Because being really hot can make me ****ed haha. People keep telling me how humid it is and hot and muggy and that I won’t like it. I’m from PA and i’m definitely in the same predicament as you!</p>
<p>I remember when my dad took a two year assignment in central Sumatra in the 80’s. He loved it and they were about 40 miles from the equator. I think the only hard part is going back and forth from hot and humid to air conditioned cold, but that’s me. There are plenty of schools all over the country, but IMHO New Orleans is the city I would most like to visit again and again and again.</p>
<p>colt and elizn - the first 4 weeks are pretty warm, and the last 2-3 weeks of the second semester are also. Of course they keep the buildings very cool, or at least they feel very cool by comparison. In between those dates it is really nice a lot of the time, and it can get very cold. Not so much the temperature, although it will get in the 30’s and occasionally break freezing. But it feels much colder because the air never gets dry. So today, for example, I think it was sunny and 68. Just talking temperature, the vast majority of the time it is much more moderate than really hot. The thing you really have to prepare for is that it rains a lot. You definitely need rain boots.</p>
<p>You do adjust, although hot and humid is never pleasant. But you start to notice it less after a while, and then the heat breaks until mid-late April. Then a few weeks until finals are over and you miss most of the miserable summer weather.</p>
<p>Personally I think it is the perfect situation. You are there during the NOLA temperate season, then back in New England or PA for its temperate season. Well maybe not PA so much. It can get pretty hot in Philly too.</p>
<p>^ that makes me feel better. thank you. i would be there for the summer because my grad program is accelerated, but it’s only one season out of the year, i’ll live. i went to new orleans once in july and i wasn’t suffering.</p>
<p>So funny… my daughter is there from south Florida and she has been freeezzingg!! Over winter break she bought 3 coats to take back (our coat wardrobe in south Florida is severely lacking). So as usual, fallenchemist is right - for much of the time, it’s cooler there than you think.</p>
<p>colt10 - Excellent. I don’t know all the details, but I seem to remember reading somewhere that Tulane was one of the first universities in the country to offer a degree in Social Work. Something like that. Anyway, that is outstanding. NOLA sure needs good people to help make things better! Still lots to do.</p>
<p>aww thank you!! i am really excited, i can’t wait to move there and make a difference. i’ve wanted to live in new orleans for almost ten years. i tried moving there in '05 to attend UNO, but then katrina hit and so i stayed home. being able to go back for grad school is just an amazing opportunity. i am still so much in love with the city.</p>
<p>Just curious for those sartorially savvy students - I know what the girls where for rain boots (oh so many cute options <em>sigh</em>) but what is the equivalent for guys?</p>
<p>Every building on campus is air-conditioned.</p>
<p>Being a Bay Stater, I was a little worried about the same thing. But when you think about it, life in the South is basically just moving from air-conditioned building to air-conditioned building. Think about it: you wake up in your AC’d dorm, walk five minutes to an AC’d dining hall, walk five minutes to an AC’d classroom, repeat for most every part of the day.</p>
<p>New Orleans will only be consistently HOT for the first and last month, and if your home and school are like mine and don’t have AC, early September in New Orleans might be an improvement on early September in New England…</p>
<p>Okay great thanks! Glad to hear I can wear some winter clothes atleast. And yes, PA is surprisingly HOT in the summer, I guess it’s just the humidity I’m not familiar with. But I love the rain so thats not a problem. Thanks!</p>
<p>3bysmom - I’ve never known my sons to wear anything on their feet but sneakers or flip flops or cleats. If the sneakers get wet - they pull out another pair.</p>