<p>Just a small note to everyone that is planning to come to Cornell: the weather is terrible. Be prepared for a really, really long and cold winter. </p>
<p>It is the end of March right now and it is snowing heavily...</p>
<p>Currently snowing/sleeting at home in NJ. My hometown actually got more snow this winter than Cornell, which is not in the snowbelt.</p>
<p>Awesome. So much for returning from break to sunshine.</p>
<p>so, eurasianboy, what do you recommend?? Boston - worst this year than Ithaca ( I have an offspring in each city)? NYC? Chicago? DC?</p>
<p>Outside of the past couple of weeks, Ithaca has had a much milder winter than the rest of the northeast. It has not been affected by the coastal storms that hit DC, Philly, NYC and Boston, and since it lies below the Great Lakes snowbelt, has been relatively unaffected by that.</p>
<p>Can’t speak for the OP but I’m currently in Chicago where it has been chilly and rainy over the break, which at its worst is infinitely better than dealing with crappy Ithaca weather. IMO there’s nothing inherently wrong with the snow/slush in upstate NY, it’s just that Ithaca is managed by a confederacy of vegan hippie baboons who know nothing about snow removal, city planning, or efficient governance.</p>
<p>“a confederacy of vegan hippie baboons” sounds pretty dangerous</p>
<p>Luv vegan hippie babbons! Nice!</p>
<p>ha, I’m in NYC area, it is snowing here right now. It was a bad winter here this year, a lot of snow.</p>
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<p>we had a bunch of snow/sleet in my neighborhood last night. Was terrible to walk on.</p>
<p>This makes Rice look much better (81 degrees).</p>
<p>Whenever I’ve been to Houston it has been absurdly hot, humid and very uncomfortable.</p>
<p>I love Cornell but you I can say that you don’t go there for the weather.</p>
<p>Well, you don’t go there for the winter weather. Which is a good chunk of the school year, so yeah.</p>
<p>But FWIW I loved the weather in the spring, fall, and summer.</p>
<p>Everyone who attends should really try to stay over a summer, Ithaca is wonderful in the summer. Not just the weather, but the whole relaxed vibe of the place.</p>
<p>There is often incentive to stay as well, as Collegetown house leases run 12 months. Summer sublets are plentiful, and cheap. </p>
<p>I highly recommend it.</p>
<p>It helps a great deal to have a car there though, for the summer.</p>
<p>As I’ve posted previously, it’s not that the winters there are materially different than much of the rest of the Northern US. The difference is, you have to walk around in that weather all day. When you are exposed to that weather in New Jersey, you are mostly driving from your suburban house to your destination, and parking in the building’s parking lot. At Cornell, you are walking outside everyplace (with exceptions), at times a long way. So it’s not so much that the winter is so much worse, it’s more that you are more exposed to it. Sort of like when you’re out skiing for the day. And it is a relatively long season there too.</p>
<p>But at the end of the day, thing is: it’s great there anyway. IMO.</p>
<p>I was there last year for summer college and it was unusually hot during my stay so the dorm was a little too warm but it is beautiful there with the lake gorges and waterfalls!</p>
<p>Not that I don’t like warm weather, but I hate bright and sunny outside days.
Too much sun, imo.</p>
<p>Days where it’s bright outside, humid (not too humid), no wind (hate wind too), and no bright sun are perfect.
Any days like that!? <em>crosses fingers</em></p>
<p>As for the winter, I don’t mind. I occasionally go outside sometimes but am mostly sitting on the computer.</p>
<p>This has been a brutal winter in the northeast. But, lets face it, upstate NY has a long winter. I’ve lived here for many yrs. But we do generally have wonderfully beautiful summers and falls and even winters. We just have very short springs–maybe 2 or 3 weeks.</p>
<p>My D ('11) said, during this winter’s very heavy snow storms in NYC where she lives now, that 4 years at Cornell, as well as being an upstate native, prepared her for the storms. She found them easy to deal with!</p>
<p>Living in a country right at the tip of Equator, too much sun in your life can actually bore you to death. I would really appreciate a long cold winter, I’ve never ever experienced snow in my life, so first-time experiences would be always welcome for me.</p>
<p>P.S – Weather doesn’t really matter much for me, its all about academics and finding my fit in Cornell. :)</p>
<p>In that case, it’s not just the winter that you’ll appreciate, it’s the changing of the seasons. I’ve a friend who moved back east from San Diego because he found it boring to have the same weather all the time, he misssed the different seasons.</p>
<p>There’s a period of time in October when the leaves have all changed color, you can feel the cool brisk air in your lungs, and Ithaca is about the most beautiful place I’ve ever lived.</p>
<p>@monydad – You’re actually making me a bit more anxious about my decisions now, especially Cornell, lol, although my top choice is (no-offense) another Ivy.</p>