Weather...Too Cold? Location...Too Remote?

ksanyee
Fri, 26 Nov 2010 01:17:32 +0000

The weather and the location. Two huge disadvantages of Hamilton College. But it would be really difficult to come up with a third one.

Basically, you need to deal with it as you are facing a trade-off. You get a great community, beautifuuuul campus, nice students, amazing facilities, and much more if you are willing to live on a campus far from big cities and far from warm places:)
But when else would you do that if not now? Many hamilton students did live and will live in huge cities all around the world when they are out of college; so spending these four years at a completely different environment is just something extra you can experience. And apart from the fact that it’s coold, winter is also very very nice on campus. And being far from big cities means that, unlike at UCLA or Boston University, the vast majority of students and of your friends will stay on campus over the weekend so that you can study and have fun together. So even the two disadvantages have their positive sides!:)

The weather is manageable but prepare for a long winter, there is snow for 5-6 months a year! Don’t worry though; I am a current freshman here so I haven’t experienced what real winter is like here but I know quite a few people from California, Texas, and Florida, both freshmen and upperclassmen, and they all love it-just like everybody else. Your ears will not fall off:)

Hope to see you on the Hill in the future!