<p>Background: I grew up in a temperate climate and moved to the tropics while in high school. I tend to be cold even in situations that are tolerable, so I wear a few more layers than the average person. Example: today it is 25, feels like 15, and I’m wearing socks, long underwear, jeans, a tshirt, a long sleeved thermal shirt, and a sweater.</p>
<p>Required: coat (whatever you get, just make sure it’s lined), Snow boots, hat, gloves, scarf, socks (wool or not, I find that my well-insulated boots are fine with regular socks). Long sleeved shirts and layers are your friends.</p>
<p>Not required, but very useful (and for me, a lifesaver) for the colder/snowier days: long underwear, snow pants, sunglasses (snow glare is terrible), an additional pair of shoes (for when you decide to play in the snow late one night and not everything is dry by morning).</p>
<p>You can <em>usually</em> get away with not purchasing most of these things until fall break (except the coat, in my opinion), and you’ll start to figure out what is cold and COLD after about a year here.</p>