<p>I am from Florida and I am worried that if I go to Cornell I'll die in the weather. Is it tolerable? Anyone from the South attending Cornell now?</p>
<p>I know lots of people who are not used to wintry conditions “back home” but they all quickly learned to cope.</p>
<p>Yeah, just make sure you have good winter gear and you should be okay.</p>
<p>I’m from South Florida and I deal fine.</p>
<p>Your body gradually gets used to it. Make sure to buy some good winter gear, though.</p>
<p>It really really wasn’t too bad this year. Only 2 legit days with snow I think.
Global warming makes our weather nicer :)</p>
<p>Haha! I’m from Maine and I’m not even used to the weather!!</p>
<p>^New York weather’s not that bad, really… Plus, it’s absolutely amazing here in the fall when all the leaves turn to all different colors:)</p>
<p>I mean Cornell isn’t just up north, it’s waaay up there. I think I will be fine though. My mom doesn’t think I should apply because I will hate the weather. </p>
<p>My dad went to Princeton, he said when he was applying to colleges, he didn’t apply to Cornell because it was too cold for him.</p>
<p>My opinion from reading my responses is that I can tolerate the weather, even if it’s not very hospitable. My issue now is convincing my parents that I can survive.</p>
<p>I am from Southern California. I am routinely known as the weakest skinned person out of all of my friends. My previous definition of cold was anything below 70 degrees. </p>
<p>I’d like to think I’m doing ok. I have to bust out coats/scarves a little earlier than everyone else, but you’ll be fine. There is always something you can do to get warmer (mittens, hats, and if it gets extreme additional layers under you coat, thicker socks, thermal underwear, etc). </p>
<p>In general I found the walk from North Campus to West Campus to be extremely bearable during what were the colder days first semester (which is pretty much the farthest I had to walk first semester). </p>
<p>Moral of the story, I don’t think it’s so bad that you shouldn’t go.</p>
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<p>The real winter comes during the second semester.</p>
<p>^Yeah, it gets colder and gloomier over here around January and Febuary, with very short days. It’s kind of depressing… still, I would love to go to Cornell next year.</p>
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<p>Somehow that makes me laugh:)</p>
<p>I’m from South Florida… and the coldest we see here is MAYBE if we’re lucky, 40. lol</p>
<p>I hope the weather is as tolerable as all of you say =]</p>
<p>do keep in mind that as Marian said, we haven’t really hit winter at Cornell yet. almost all of my winter-related memories from last year took place in the cruelly named spring semester.</p>
<p>To be honest, I think I’d much rather brave sub-zero wind chills than live in 90-degree weather.</p>
<p>It’s colder than Florida.</p>
<p>Think of it this way:
You will expand your experience and capabilities in another way- the knowledge of how to survive and thrive in a very different climate from what you are accustomed to.</p>
<p>It will toughen you up.</p>
<p>My years in Ithaca made it possible to undertake, and enjoy, my years in Chicago, afterwards.</p>
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<p>January and February have longer days than January.</p>
<p>There will typically be 3-5 days of sub-20 highs during each school year. But the cold’s not that bad if you are dressed appropriately, and plus, it allows you to do fun things like snowhshoeing and attend the chili festival</p>
<p>In my opinion, the biggest drawback to Ithaca weather is that spring doesn’t break until mid-April. It will break by late-March in Boston and New York. Hell, even in Buffalo and Rochester, it will break by the first week of April. But Ithaca is farther away from a large body of water, hence the late start.</p>
<p>wisdom86, chendrix, tigerton: where are you guys from in SoFla? I’m from Miami. I feel like I’m gonna die even though I think I can handle cool weather (which for us is in the 50s). For people from warm temps, where did you buy winter gear? I can only find light jackets and sweaters here in Miami…</p>
<p>I’m not from that south, but I bought a heavy coat in Ithaca around the end of October. It’s not that cold until around December, when average lows dip into the lower 20s.</p>
<p>just make sure you bundle up and youll be fine. if you dont have the right winter clothes, you will be cold. have a good warm parka, heavy gloves, a hat and a scarf, GOOD practical snow boots and youll survive</p>