<p>Hello,</p>
<p>I'm from California and not too used to very cold temperatures. I've had numerous people tell me that New Hampshire's winter lasts for five to six months, with the ground actually frozen. Is there anyone else who is hesitant about facing such a different climate? Are there any people from the area who could shed some light on the ease/difficulties that these conditions present?</p>
<p>Yes, it gets very cold in Hanover, but you do adapt. Hey they celebrate winter :). Right now the temperature is about 50 degrees.</p>
<p>Are there any other Californians with the same concern?</p>
<p>i am kinda concerned about it. more worried that i don't have enough warm clothes to take with me, for when iget there....looking forward to the benefits of a colder climate though, like snow!!!</p>
<p>Yeah...if you're from cali and you are concerned about clothing...go into google and search for north face...those clothes will keep you nice and toasty during the NH winter. </p>
<p>BTW, I live in chicago land...and it was in the 30's till LAST WEEK!!!</p>
<p>The D plan - Dartmouth's answer to non-skiers. I am from the west coast and had to endure the winter BUT... next winter I will be in France on a Language Study Abroad program (LSA) and Junior winter I will be taking off to study for LSAT's... thank you D plan. </p>
<p>Oh, and BTW... The winter wasn't even that bad, though, I did gain some weight from being inside most of the time. Too bad I never learned to ski...</p>
<p>As someone used to wearing mini skirts and flip flops pretty much year round, I was freaked out about the weather at first, too, when I came here. I loved winter term...granted, we had a "mild" winter with only a week or two of sub-zero temps, but even that was bearable. You dress warm and get used to it. Winter carnival, parties, sledding, parties, skiing, snowball fights, and parties more than make up for it. Sybbie is right about people celebrating winter--first snow of the year almost the entire campus rushes out to the Green and has the most amazing snowball fight. I don't think there are ever fewer than a thousand people. It's ridiculous.</p>
<p>Hi Kelsey,</p>
<p>Hope you had a nice spring break.Did you end up getting your classics study abroad choice?</p>
<p>Sybbie,
I did! I'm going to Rome in the fall...It's going to be amazing. I'm going a month early to study intensive Italian (6 hours a day) at the University for Foreigners in Perugia beforehand. Also, my break was excellent, even though it rained for most of it and the creek on our property flooded. I'm sure you enjoyed having your daughter home for break as well!</p>
<p>That's wonderful, congratulations. Ben wrote that he was going also. I
am glad that it all worked out. Yes,, it was good to have her home, but like most of you, she could not wait to get back 'home' to NH because she missed all of you.</p>
<p>I seriously think I'm going to have to get a coat when I come to Hanover.</p>
<p>Does anyone think they won't be attending because of the weather?</p>
<p>Here's the view of someone who gre up in metro Boston and metro NYC: While it is not the tundra, the winter does last a long time. But the classic New England college experience includes that---it is not a negative. We have heaters here. Learn to ski, x-country ski and enjoy New England. HAnover is not the Arctic, tho, as many make it out to be. And the fall will make you wonder why you ever considered not going there. Also, the area bounded by Phillie Hanover, Albany and Boston is very small, compared with distances you're used to in the west, and you have easy access to a lot of school/parties/people via roadtrips.</p>