<p>People will literally die of heat in the summer here without A/C.</p>
<p>Amen, Deb08!</p>
<p>truly how bad does it get? I live in 35 - 42 deg. weather in the summer... the site says it never goes above 33-34 odd (cel.) thats welcome cool to me.. but others say they ubnderplay the temp</p>
<p>Whats the REAL situation?</p>
<p>After consulting my handy temperature conversion 35-42 sounds about right, maybe a bit higher on the high end, but with humidity between 50-100%. Essentially you walk outside and you're immediately drenched with sweat that doesn't evaporate and cool you down. Air conditioning isn't so much used to cool it down as to dry the air. (Though the A/C is overused in most buildings, creating the need for a light jacket to be carried around during the summer for over cooled indoor places.)</p>
<p>However that's summer temp. Weather during the school year is generally wonderful.</p>
<p>thanks.. thats good..
For ur info, I live in Chennai which goes upto 44 is (rarely) with 90% RH or more... :D</p>
<p>My favorite perk of the Texas heat is when you leave a cold building for the lovely outdoors and your sunglasses fog up.</p>
<p>Does the housing situation vary a lot between the different colleges, ie, doubles vs. triples or quads, # of students kicked off campus?</p>
<p>Yes it does. There is also a big variety of rooms WITHIN some of the residential colleges. My daughter's rooms at Hanszen were very different freshman and soph year. The colleges vary what year you have the most chance of getting kicked off. For some colleges it is soph year, others it is junior year. It is NOT a problem and I can't emphasize enough that you shouldn't worry about this. By the time it happens, you will have lots of friends and the off-campus housing options are plentiful and good. If you REALLY are in a cold sweat at that time and want to remain on, that usually can happen if you put together a suite of people who want to remain on.</p>