Making it to class in the winter sucks - it's a fact.

Whether it's snowing, rainy, windy, or sunny and 2 degrees, there is literally nothing enjoyable about trekking 1.5 miles to that one class on the other side of campus in the middle of winter. In Michigan, it's ten times worse, easily. One second it's cloudy with a chance of sunshine, the next minute the sky is pouring forth sleet in a wild rage.

And yet, even when it's freezing cold and the roads are covered in ice, you're still going to see that one person walking in shorts or mopeding ever so slowly around campus. We either don't know how to survive winter, or we know how to survive it all too well.

1. The summer-all-year-round people.

They've grown up in Michigan. Thirty degrees might as well be seventy degrees, so they wear those cargo shorts year round. A hoodie will suffice when it's raining, and they've never owned a pair of gloves. Heck, I saw someone walking to class in flip-flops last week. No shame whatsoever.

2. The courageous (but crazy) moped riders.

It's snowing and there's a solid inch of ice on the road? Meh. Bundle up, throw on a helmet and some goggles, and get going. That moped wasn't cheap, so they'll use it until the day it dies, regardless of the weather or road conditions. We're talking two coats, snow boots, face masks, reflective neon jackets, ski goggles. Anything to avoid walking to class.

3. The clueless moped riders.

Mopeding when it's 20 degrees out is FREEZING. I've done it, and I'll never do it again unless I'm covered from head to toe (which, by the way, I have now started doing). These people either don't understand this or just don't care. They don't even wear anything warm. Try going 40 miles per hour without a coat on in the dead of winter. You will die.

4. The basic white girls.

It might be pouring rain, but never fear, the white girls are here with their Vera Bradley umbrellas shielding their contoured faces and steaming cups of Starbucks. Somehow, they always arrive to class still looking perfect. Their Uggs don't even get wet! They are actual fake news. Sad!

5. The Florida visitors.

They move here for four years and then move right back to their pristine Florida beaches. They have never seen snow, so 1 inch might as well just be a whiteout that warrants a snow day. It can be a balmy 50 degrees and they're walking to class in floor length puffer jackets, hand warmers, and thick scarves. Oh, just wait till January and February, my friends. Just wait.

6. The ones who just don't even go to class.

It's too cold so they just forget about class and hole up in their dorms for the winter, hoping and praying that some kind soul will brave the frigid temps and get them notes from class. These people are the smart ones, until they get their GPA at the end of the semester.

7. The pay-to-park people.

Screw walking. Screw mopeding. But also, screw skipping class, so driving it is. Parking is $1.80 an hour, so after a full week of classes, they're $40 dollars poorer and probably still sick with that campus cold that everyone has. Never recommend.

8. The Uber-everywhere people.

They don't have a car or the motivation to just walk, so they call that kinda-sorta-definitely-creepy daytime Uber drive and spend the 12 dollars to get to and from class. They get dropped off right outside the classroom door, with not a drop of inclement weather on them.

9. The longboarders.

Honestly, these people are insane. Longboarding isn't easy. I can barely do it in the summer when it's warm and the sidewalks are completely clear and dry. That's all that needs to be said. They're crazy.

10. The bikers.

Okay, kudos to these people. Biking is exercising. They're literally exercising in below-freezing temperatures - with a backpack. They win. Everyone else loses. Also - just waiting for someone to figure out how to put snow chains on bikes (AND mopeds).

One more thing: I have yet to see anyone ever cross country ski to class. Someone please do that.