Some help needed

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Madison! Known for parties and riots.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Oh I just noticed Macalester in St. Paul! Dude you should go there and then I could show you were all the cool places are. Do you go to hardcore and emo shows in France? I'm sure you don't care about the strip clubs since French ones are no doubt far superior.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Thank you all for your advices, it's helping me a lot to make my first choices (even though the road is still long before I can come up with a top 4...). I won't go to Southern California, for one.

Climate is indeed something important to me. I tend to suffer a lot from cold, and maybe I can stand heat more easily (my Italian roots ). Though 38°C is maybe a bit too much for me, but I hope it's an extreme example. I think that eliminates a lot of universities in New England, upstate NY and Great Lakes region, which is quite a shame because a lot of these places pleased me.

Hmmmm well Minnesota in January is frequently between -30 and -15°C...

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

That's the average low. It goes below that on some days.