Prestigious colleges with fantastic weather?

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<p>Ha ha, no redpoint, the weather in Boston and New York are quite similar. Plenty of times News York will get a snowstorm that misses Boston even.</p>

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<p>I lived in Boston and New England for my first 25 years, and Seattle for the next.</p>

<p>You’ll find that the key element that makes northwest winters dreary is lack of sunshine. Many cities, such as Boston, actually experience more annual rainfall than Seattle, but have a much higher number of sunny days, spread throughout the year.</p>

<p>P.S. New York and Boston are a few hours apart. The weather difference is negligible.</p>

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<p>“William & Mary
Duke
Wake Forest
Davidson
Vanderbilt
Emory”</p>

<p>None of those schools have “fantastic weather.”</p>

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<p>^^^^^
True, they are not Miami, Hawaii, or Phoenix, but they have mild winters, wonderful Springs and delightful Autumn. And compared to the midwest or Northeast the weather actually is fantastic. You are really splitting hairs on this one.</p>

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<p>“True, they are not Miami, Hawaii, or Phoenix”
or Southern California. Even Northern California has milder winters and overall better weather for those who crave it. Compared to those areas, all of these schools have cold winters. I’m not splitting hairs. If the OP wants “fantatic weather” coupled with high quality universities, there are very few areas in this country that qualify.</p>

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<p>B/C nobody ever moved to Va, Carolina, or Ga for its “terrible” weather.</p>

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<p>Stanford
Cal Tech
Rice
UCLA
Pomona/CMK/Harvey Mudd</p>

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<p>By prestigious, I assume the OP meant top 15 schools.</p>

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<p>Well if we’re saying “fantastic weather” and top 15 is prestigious, the only school that fits the bill truly is Caltech.</p>

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<p>Caltech, Stanford, Pomona, Harvey Mudd. That’s pretty much it for FANTASTIC weather. For great weather- Rice. For fantastic weather but not as prestigious- CMC, UCLA, USC.</p>

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Haha! That’s a very limiting list. Especially when the OP said, “I’ll narrow down my list from there.”</p>

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<p>^I’m not sure I’d consider Stanford weather “fantastic”. </p>

<p>But frankly I think “fantastic weather” and top 15 is an unnecessarily high standard. There are at least two dozen prestigious universities that also have good/great weather.</p>

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<p>UChicago, Cornell, Dartmouth, Yale</p>

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<p>Is SoCal weather fantastic if you cant breathe b/c of pollution? Just wondering.</p>

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<p>What are your scores/GPA? That will help narrow the list.</p>

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<p>Well I’ve lived right next to Duke for all my life, and here in Durham we’re very seasonal. hot in the summer, cold in the winter. Not really anything abnormal. It’s been in the 80’s and sunny this past week. Doesn’t stay amazing like cali, but its decent.</p>

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<p>@allcapella Are you kidddding me?? Stanford is like sunny 365 days a year.</p>

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<p>Originally posted by this funny guy, friedman:</p>

<p>“UChicago, Dartmouth, Cornell, and Yale all get great weather.” </p>

<p>Why, yes. Yes they do. When we toured Chicago in June, a clever student told us it was the first time all year that the patio had been clear of snow.</p>

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Not sure if this is sarcasm, but I lived in SoCal for almost all of my life. Unless you live literally right next to a factory, pollution isn’t an issue.</p>

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<p>Surprised that UC Berkeley didn’t make most of these lists. More prestigious than most of the schools mentioned and with better weather.</p>

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