<p>Two things: </p>
<p>1.) Being able to survive a climate’s weather and enjoying it are two very different things ;-). Although weather shouldn’t be a MAJOR reason to go to a particular college in most cases, the weather here certainly makes it a more enjoyable place to live.</p>
<p>2.) From your description of yourself, it sounds like you’d be a perfect fit for Tech. If you are, you’ll see that when you visit and you’ll fall in love. Don’t worry about diversity of students here–loving math and science does not make us clones of each other–and in fact, because of Caltech’s very accepting atmosphere you are more likely to see “real people” then at a place where people are pressured to fit to some set of norms.</p>