<p>I've lived in New England for the majority of my life so it's not like I'm new to snow or anything, although I have to say I don't really like it. How much would you say that the bad weather at Cornell interferes with your life?</p>
<p>It just takes longer to get around to buildings, really. Unless I got sick, I don’t think it would affect my quality of life very much, if at all.</p>
<p>I agree with the above-- you have to wake up about 10 minutes earlier, but other than that, it’s not a big deal (and I grew up in the desert). I do know people, however, who have seasonal depression disorder and obviously they feel pretty down when it’s grey for months at a time. Personally, I think the grey rainy days are the ones that suck, when it snows it pretty beautiful here.</p>
<p>Snow never bothers D…it’s the grey, overcast sameness of March and April that she thinks is a complete drag…</p>
<p>Fwiw, I’ve had friends from Florida and southern California who came to really enjoy the seasons. Reality is, there’s a lot of good memories to be made with the fall leaves, snowball fights and snow football games, and the first days of spring. </p>
<p>If you lived in New England your whole life, it’s really not any different.</p>
<p>^^^The four seasons are wonderful. Admittedly, the winter is long. But you as students have a chance to get out of it. You have appx. a month between semesters and a week off during second semester.</p>
<p>Plan to do something where it is warm. Otherwise, embrace the winter like so many students do at Cornell.</p>
<p>I went to Cornell, albeit 40 years ago. I am from Long Island. I didn’t like going to Cornell, but not because of the weather. I didn’t like it because at the time, it was like 70% men. But that has now changed. So I don’t think the weather should be a factor.
After all, the winters are cold at Harvard too, but I am sure you would not reject Harvard just for that reason.</p>
<p>I’m going to be honest, after the weather today and the general absence of central cooling on campus, I would wholeheartedly embrace the most bitter winter.</p>
<p>It was ridiculously humid yesterday. Even at night, I got sweaty far too easily. :|</p>
<p>I’m sorry, but it’s just too weird that someone on an internet forum is referring to the exact same weather as me… I just think it’s weird that Islander is only like a fourth of a mile away from where I am… I should probably stop now…</p>