<p>It was 80 degrees here today. I just checked on the dartmouth website, and it said that it was 20. I think I'm going to be in for a shock. Anyway, does anyone who lives in the Northeast want to give me some suggestions for what kind of warm stuff I should bring? Wool, down, fleece etc? When does the snow usually melt?</p>
<p>Haha I need these suggestions, too.</p>
<p>Wasn't it so incredibly nice here today, theo? I do love this weather. :D</p>
<p>Ah, I was hoping it would be about wool. I love wool - wrote my application essay about it, actually.</p>
<p>It's warm and slushy here in Anchorage. Shorts weather, really.</p>
<p>Although, I may be premature. I was walking about school barefoot when we had a fire alarm. I suppose that even melting ice is cold after standing on it a few minutes.</p>
<p>Check out the thread on this in parents forum. Lots of good advice on clothes, plus where & how to buy on sale, outlets, online, etc.</p>
<p>To summarize: Normal Calif clothes, plus: rain boots for wet, & warm, dry boots for snow; jacket for wet, & jacket for cold, & a jacket for wet PLUS cold. (There are some 3 way systems with fleece, plus waterproof shell, that can be zipped together and thus cover all three jacket needs.) Also good socks, thermals, mittens, hat, scarf. </p>
<p>The key is to dress fairly normally under a few removable layers. You trudge across a 20 degree snowy campus, working up a nice glow, then wind up in a classroom where the heaters are blasting and it's 80.</p>
<p>The weather is fun, just have the warm outerwear to put on. Soggy sneakers are not comfy.</p>
<p>Kiwi, </p>
<p>did you apply to dartmouth?</p>
<p>You're the first person I've seen from Alaska...that's gotta be a boost to your applications.</p>
<p>I'm not too sure about Alaskans being underrepresented.</p>
<p>In my class, there are 14 Alaskans. By comparison, there are 8 from Indiana, 9 from Wisconsin, 4 from Iowa, 2 from Kansas, and 14 from Michigan. I'd say the most underrepresented US region at Dartmouth is the Midwest.</p>
<p>Probably because of the good state schools, but who knows..</p>
<p>Yes, I applied, but as wisconsinguy says, I'm not certain that it's a boon. I know three other people from my class applying to Dartmouth, plus, it seems, every other school I'm interested in.</p>
<p>Sigh. Well, maybe it means I'll get to go somewhere with a friend.</p>
<p>Yes, thin layers are a good idea. Layers and a hat.</p>
<p>Yeah I know/know of a few Alaskan 08s.</p>
<p>hahaha theo, i was thinking the exact same thing. i'm going to Carmel tomorrow, where it might actually be colder.</p>
<p>I'm still baffled as to how it could randomly be 63 a few days ago and now is a freezing 18 paired with a GORGEOUS, neverending fall of snow</p>
<p>"when does the snow usually melt" </p>
<p>I remember when I used to live in montreal, the snow melted in late april. I remember a year or two when we actually got huge snow storms in late march which took a while to melt. I would assume that hanover follows similar weather patterns to montreal....maybe a little less snow and slightly shorter winters than montreal</p>
<p>fountain where did you live in montreal? my family used to take us to the JAzz Fest in the summer and sking in the winter. I love montreal. It's the closest major city to d.</p>
<p>oh wow, I hadn't even thought of that. For some reason, in my mind the closest major city was always Boston, geography notwithstanding lol</p>
<p>kalidescope,</p>
<p>i lived on Pine ave--only a few blocks away from McGill, and by the general hospital...pine ave is right off of St Catherine street which, along with St Denis (where the Jazz fest was) is the major shopping/clubs/restaurants street in montreal. I remember when i first moved there i was 6 and i hated it because we were in the city and there was no yard for me or my dog to play in. But as i grew older, i realized how wonderful of a city montreal truly is--so much culture and so much fun. To this day, it is probably my favorite city to visit.</p>
<p>fountain, </p>
<p>plan on making runs to montreal for the night life...I hear all the clubs are available because the drinking age is 18, + the clubs are HOT (who wants to drink or party in Vermont for god's sake?). Got any French friends there?</p>
<p>Though I lived in Montreal and learned how to speak french, I went to school in the most english part of montreal (and at that, our school day was still taught half in english, half in french) so most of my friends' first language was english, and they learned how to speak french in school....so to answer your question, no i don't have any french friends. </p>
<p>btw Kladiscope,
where are you from?</p>
<p>the reason i didn't know any "french" people is because at my english school, french people were not allowed to attend--in fact, you could only go to my school if you had a parent who went to an english school. With that said, me and all of my friends still led a partially french existence--we would speak french in the city. Mostly everyone in montreal is bilingual so we would intertwine both in our casual speech.</p>
<p>montreal is probably the funnest city to be in in the summer---there are non stop festivals (jazz, comedy, film, french....)...its soo safe, I mean my parents let me walk around and take the subways all by myself since i was 9. Probably the most unique thing about montreal is that its truly a european city in north america.</p>
<p>fountain,</p>
<p>are you going to be our tour guide for roadtrips to Montreal on the weekends? We should get a bucket load and all go to the jazz fest at least one summer.</p>
<p>I'm from Delaware.</p>
<p>haha, yea sure i would love to...I'll take any excuse to visit montreal.</p>