<p>how bad is it in comparison to NY? is like WAY WAY colder? This is like seriously one of my main concerns right now. I heard that some students who cant adjust well to the climate actually can't study that well cuz they get sick too often. im not sure if this is true, but seriously...how horrible is the weather?</p>
<p>My husband and I met in grad school at the UR (med ctr), married and stayed in Rochester for 27 years before moving to Maryland, his home state. Now my older son is back at UR as a freshman. So we have our share of adjustments.</p>
<p>Rochester has beautiful summers and falls. Periods of high temp & humidity days are short (relative to NYC and Maryland). Falls are short, winters long and springs very short.</p>
<p>You do have to dress appropriately for winter. You will get more snow than NYC. However, upstate NY is used to snow and has the equipment for removal. It takes a lot of snow to generate a snow day for Rochester students. The snow stays as snow (mostly) through the winter and does not change easily into ice and create problems as here in MD. Most of our friends in Rochester are not native Rochesterians and they developed skills for driving in the snow, muscles for shoveling snow, fondness for winter sports, etc. Our major complaint may be that salting causes premature retirement of our vehicles and ruination of leather shoes.</p>
<p>Learn to like snow sledding, making snow angels and snowmen, hot chocolate, warmer clothing, snow boots, and lined pants.</p>
<p>No, Rochester winters are not as bad as you imagine.</p>
<p>Forgot to address your question of how much colder it is. Rochester is usually about 5-10F colder than MD. So I would say no more than that difference between Rochester and NYC.</p>
<p>hey thanx for the information :)</p>
<p>starlite:
The big problem with the weather in Rochester is not the snow (although some years it can be overwhelming). The problem with our weather is the perpetually cloudy and overcast sky. A bright sunny day is a RARE commodity here. I also think Rochester is very windy. Other than that Rochester is a great town. Be sure to get off campus if you can and go the East End and Park Ave neighborhoods for great music and food.</p>
<p>is the waether depressing? thus giving the campus a depressing feel?</p>
<p>lol i dont think the weather has that much of an effect on the students - I think the people you're with matters more and I can tell most of the people at UR are nice. </p>
<p>*Shrug, when I went there, the sun was shining, the grass ws green, and the sky was blue. =P For pictures:
<a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?p=2222476#post2222476%5B/url%5D">http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?p=2222476#post2222476</a></p>
<p><em>Ahem</em> as a statement (and a few more photos to look at)</p>
<p><a href="http://community.webshots.com/user/dltprmur/%5B/url%5D">http://community.webshots.com/user/dltprmur/</a>
Those are some random pictures I have on there. The latter pages have the annual ASME pumking launching concest. It's a loads of fun, and our engineering team is expected to hit the Drama house this year, you should enjoy that. </p>
<p>Also as a little note, I'm pretty sure (I heard from a faculty member) that we have a huge comedian performing this fall a couple of weeks after orientation. </p>
<p>As a referance, last year we had Lewis Black <em>drool</em> </p>
<p>and Dashboard confessional....annnyways. Weather..</p>
<p>I have to admit, when it's rainy and cold. It's kind of depressing at first. But when it's sunny, I would not want to be anywhere else. It is absolutely beautiful and comfortable. </p>
<p>Plus "Cold" is really relative. If you are used to it, like I am, it's actually pretty mild. We didn't go below zero this year. But if your from somewhere warm, well yeah of course it's "cold" But hey, I wore my birkenstocks all year round except for labs, night shifts, and the rare 8 inches of snow. </p>
<p>Don't worry about the weather here. </p>
<p>1) You'll get used to it, it's kind of weird, but that makes it interesting
2) yeah, we get rain and snow. But if you didn't like that sort of thing, you wouldn't have applied to a school in the temperate zone of the US
3) It's not really that cold. I mean you can put on a coat and you'll be okay for the most part. Unless your used to wearing a T-shirt (or less) all year long. Then you might want one of those coats the researchers in antartica wears.
4) It's green! and if you like fuzzy mammals we have plenty of those. Squirells, Rabbits, Groundhogs, etc. They're fun to watch as they run around. Especially teh ground hogs that live behind Gilbert. Woot. (Oh and a couple of people have pet rabbits that they let run around the campus / dorms [I don't know the animal policy, but I plan to check on that soon])
5) We're Symettrical (on the academic quad) and Asymetrical (Science buildings)! That has nothing to do with weather but it looks nice. </p>
<p>Oh and if you want nice nature pictures of glacier national park and what not. There's my link for those pictures
<a href="http://community.webshots.com/user/dltprm/%5B/url%5D">http://community.webshots.com/user/dltprm/</a></p>
<p>Enjoy and look at the pretty blue sky...ah...</p>
<p>dltprm, what is the asian population at UR? about 10%? ( I know Awakien had answered it before, but I want it to be verified by a current student) Thanks!</p>
<p>I guess it's about 10%, you can look at statistics. </p>
<p>If your wondering if you'll be able to find any? </p>
<p>Well there's plenty. We have an organization for practically all major asian groups.</p>
<p>KASA (Korean-America Students Association), CSA (chinese...), TSA (taiwanese), and ADITI (Association for the Development of Interest in The Indian sub-continent).</p>
<p>Really, plenty of Asians everywhere. about 1 in 10 sounds right. </p>
<p>If your worried about too many asians....well....I don't think that's the case either. Haha.</p>
<p>Thanks again!!! :)</p>
<p>Haha, no problem, Im me if you want.</p>
<p>Dltprm </p>
<p>if you have any more questions!</p>