<p>Im a rising HS senior- I have lived in the northeast my entire life and although I havent eliminated schools in the north, I have focused on schools in the south.</p>
<p>so question: for those who go to schools in the south (virginia and lower)- was the weather important in your choice, are you outside a lot because the weather is usually nicer during the winter than in the north- anything about the climate would be good</p>
<p>for those who go to cold climate schools: do you feel like its too cold sometimes (ppl who go to say northwestern, cornell, dartmouth, carleton- any school thats in the cold a lot)
would you have rather had it be warm</p>
<p>i like the cold/warm weather but i think i might want a change of location for school</p>
<p>I grew up and went to college in New England, and it has its ups and downs. It's nice to get all four seasons, but it sucks sometimes in late fall and early spring with all the rain - which, by the way, is 100x worse than snow when it comes to living on a college campus.</p>
<p>That's kind of funny because I have found colleges that are perfect for me in the South, but I refuse to give up my four seasons and precipitation for 4 whole years. I'm sticking with the Northeast ONLY.</p>
<p>I go to school in the South (UMiami), but the weather wasn't important when I chose the school -- probably because I was already living in Florida anyways. But, I do find that I am outside a lot when I'm at school. The campus is so beautiful and the weather is so nice (after September when it's not AS humid)... it's awesome to have the ability to lay out by the pool in December as you study for your finals!</p>
<p>If you go to the south be warned, it is VERY hot (I've lived in Atlanta for 7 years and here in Memphis for 10). Memphis is not even that far south, but yesterday it was 100 degrees with a heat index of 113. That's fairly common in the summertime (although most of the time in the summer it will be anywhere from 90-95). As a result most people crank up their A/C's and try to avoid going outside around noon.</p>
<p>The good news for you is it will almost never snow. Last year we had about 3-4 days of snow, all less than 2". I don't ever remember it being colder than 25 degrees.</p>
<p>don't give up an education for warm weather. you'll regret it. Unless you're extremely weather sensitive or have seasonal depression, it just doesn't make a difference.</p>
<p>I got to school at UMiami which is prolly the warmest city (year round warm weather) of all the schools listed.
Weather is perfect. It really only sucks in August and beginning of September where its disgustingly humid (though its like that just about anywhere in the US throughout the summer). after that its nice dry cool weather in the 70's and 60's. Most ppl are out doing outdoor activities throughout the day year round. </p>
<p>I think its perfectly fine choosing a school because of weather. I personally did and dont regret it. There are plenty of top schools in the south as previous posters have mentioned (Including Ivies) where u can get top education and enviable weather.</p>