{"id":7807,"date":"2014-05-12T11:20:43","date_gmt":"2014-05-12T16:20:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/?p=7807"},"modified":"2019-08-12T22:42:22","modified_gmt":"2019-08-13T02:42:22","slug":"canadians-arent-built-for-the-heat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/?p=7807","title":{"rendered":"canadians aren&#8217;t built for the heat."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hello,<br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/>I will be coming to Toronto this summer for a global summer program exchange. I will be following courses at Innis but after doing some research I chose to apply for residence at University College &#8211; Whitney Hall.<br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/>One of the reasons for my exchange is to experience the real &#8216;college life&#8217; since we do not have any campuses over here The reason I chose Whitney is mainly because I read that it has one of the more social scenes, the building is really pretty and the location is great.<br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/>However, it is one of the few buildings with no A\/C. And since I will be staying in July\/August, I was wondering how big of a problem this is. I heard that it can get really hot in the summer, but I am not sure if this means that I would struggle getting any sleep or whether its just not as comfortable as other buildings. I could easily apply for another building like Morrison hall, which is only a little bit cheaper, newer and with A\/C but kinda emotionless.<br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/>Would you have any advice about this \/ know anything about Whitney Hall during the summer? Or any recommendations??Thank you for your help.<br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/>Kind regards.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014<\/p>\n<p>hey there,<\/p>\n<p>well, firstly, that&#8217;s so exciting that you&#8217;re coming on an exchange! i hope you have a magnificent time in toronto. and just remember, Niagara Falls and the CN Tower aren&#8217;t the only interesting things in the area.<\/p>\n<p>try and get time to explore the city if you can. i promise you it&#8217;s worth it. i&#8217;d recommend the harbourfront; there are always cool shows (and boat rides!!!) going on there. also the subway restaurant on Bloor Street close to campus has a really cute waiter, so&#8230;*<\/p>\n<p>secondly, you won&#8217;t perish (probably) from the heat if you have no A\/C, but it will be really, really uncomfortable. if you still can, i&#8217;d try and apply for a building that does have it. the temperatures can climb to the mid-30s Celsius, and it&#8217;s not awesome trying to study when you can feel your brain boiling inside your skull.<\/p>\n<p>if changing buildings is no longer an option, i&#8217;d highly recommend bringing <a href=\"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/elsa.gif\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">a portable fan<\/a> with you.<\/p>\n<p>hope you have a <a href=\"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/olafinsummer.gif\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">chill summer<\/a>,<\/p>\n<p>aska<\/p>\n<p>*Quality Life Tips from Aska registered trademark<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello,I will be coming to Toronto this summer for a global summer program exchange. I will be following courses at Innis but after doing some research I chose to apply for residence at University College &#8211; Whitney Hall.One of the reasons for my exchange is to experience the real &#8216;college life&#8217; since we do not have any campuses over here The reason I chose Whitney is mainly because I read that it has one of the more social scenes, the building is really pretty and the location is great.However, it is one of the few buildings with no A\/C. And since I will be staying in July\/August, I was wondering how big of a problem this is. I heard that it can get really hot in the summer, but I am not sure if this means that I would struggle getting any sleep or whether its just not as comfortable as other buildings. I could easily apply for another building like Morrison hall, which is only a little bit cheaper, newer and with A\/C but kinda emotionless.Would you have any advice about this \/ know anything about Whitney Hall during the summer? Or any recommendations??Thank you for your help.Kind regards. \u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014 hey there, well, firstly, that&#8217;s so exciting that you&#8217;re coming on an exchange! i hope you have a magnificent time in toronto. and just remember, Niagara Falls and the CN Tower aren&#8217;t the only interesting things in the area. try and get time to explore the city if you can. i promise you it&#8217;s worth it. i&#8217;d recommend the harbourfront; there are always cool shows (and boat rides!!!) going on there. also the subway restaurant on Bloor Street close to campus has a really cute waiter, so&#8230;* secondly, you won&#8217;t perish (probably) from the heat if you have no A\/C, but it will be really, really uncomfortable. if you still can, i&#8217;d try and apply for a building that does have it. the temperatures can climb to the mid-30s Celsius, and it&#8217;s not awesome trying to study when you can feel your brain boiling inside your skull. if changing buildings is no longer an option, i&#8217;d highly recommend bringing a portable fan with you. hope you have a chill summer, aska *Quality Life Tips from Aska registered trademark<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[32,178],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7807","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-residence","category-summer-abroad"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7807","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7807"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7807\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7807"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7807"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7807"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}