Help with So. CA College tour road trip
Nov 12th, 2008, 11:32 AM
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Magialmemories, there may be fewer applications if the economy stays in the tank. UC schools are a good bargain, but if student loans and parental assets aren't available I can see kids going the community college route as freshmen or waiting/working for a year before applying. Historical application and acceptance data may not apply to the coming year or two.
Nov 12th, 2008, 01:31 PM
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A good theory, Jean but the facts won't substantiate your good theory. UCLA, for instance, had 55,369 freshman applicants in 2008. http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla...-in-43872.aspx. The total number of freshman applicants for all of the UCs this year was over 95,000.
Nov 12th, 2008, 01:42 PM
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I hope things don't stay like this for long...
My daughter is co-enrolled at our local community college (2 classes) and it definitely is not the "experience" that she is looking for. I think we have some amazing community colleges in our state and I hope that more people consider that option.
I still haven't decided on where we are staying but will post a trip report afterwards. TTess had a very cool recommendation about Villa Graziadio
UCSD had been on the list and my sister lives near by, but the counselor at the community college told her that for a psychology major it is more science based and less for the clinical side. My daughter (at this point) wants to be a psychologist working with people so I think she took it off the list.
UCLA has always been at the top of the list but we will see which school feels like home and then get to work on making that happen.
Peaceout had great suggestions and the www.fastweb.com was a great site-thanks!
My daughter is bright and motivated-but works for those A's. I worry that she will get lost in a school like UCLA but I am sure that is just a mom thing. She wants to do the freshman dorms, the sorority and has very romantic notions about what this time in her life will be like. I am thrilled for her and excited for her adventure. I cant wait to see which schools grabs her attention and by the looks of it it's going to be a tough choice.
My daughter is co-enrolled at our local community college (2 classes) and it definitely is not the "experience" that she is looking for. I think we have some amazing community colleges in our state and I hope that more people consider that option.
I still haven't decided on where we are staying but will post a trip report afterwards. TTess had a very cool recommendation about Villa Graziadio
UCSD had been on the list and my sister lives near by, but the counselor at the community college told her that for a psychology major it is more science based and less for the clinical side. My daughter (at this point) wants to be a psychologist working with people so I think she took it off the list.
UCLA has always been at the top of the list but we will see which school feels like home and then get to work on making that happen.
Peaceout had great suggestions and the www.fastweb.com was a great site-thanks!
My daughter is bright and motivated-but works for those A's. I worry that she will get lost in a school like UCLA but I am sure that is just a mom thing. She wants to do the freshman dorms, the sorority and has very romantic notions about what this time in her life will be like. I am thrilled for her and excited for her adventure. I cant wait to see which schools grabs her attention and by the looks of it it's going to be a tough choice.
Nov 12th, 2008, 04:46 PM
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Well, presumably those 2008 applications were mailed before the bus ran off the cliff. I don't think we've seen the economy hit bottom yet, so stay tuned...
Magialmemories, as far as your daughter getting lost in a mega school like UCLA, I think that's really up to your daughter. I started out at UCLA (yikes, almost 40 years ago!) and unhappily stuck it out for 2 years before transferring to USC. I graduated from a fairly small high school and had known my classmates for 6-12 years. Most of my UCLA classes were nearly the size of my high school graduating class. For me, the leap from my high school to UCLA was too great. I also preferred the semester system at USC over the quarter system at UCLA. If I had it to do all over, I might pick Occidental, LMU, one of the Claremont Colleges or Stanford (where I had been accepted). But, no regrets. I met my husband at USC.
Magialmemories, as far as your daughter getting lost in a mega school like UCLA, I think that's really up to your daughter. I started out at UCLA (yikes, almost 40 years ago!) and unhappily stuck it out for 2 years before transferring to USC. I graduated from a fairly small high school and had known my classmates for 6-12 years. Most of my UCLA classes were nearly the size of my high school graduating class. For me, the leap from my high school to UCLA was too great. I also preferred the semester system at USC over the quarter system at UCLA. If I had it to do all over, I might pick Occidental, LMU, one of the Claremont Colleges or Stanford (where I had been accepted). But, no regrets. I met my husband at USC.
Nov 12th, 2008, 08:04 PM
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Mag - I don't agree with the counselor. Those facts would be applicable for grad school but certainly not undergrad.
As for UCLA and its size, our daughter always went to private schools. Her prep school had a very small class and I was concerned about her attending such a HUGE university since most of the grads attend private colleges. At my urging, and since I belonged to a sorority, I urged her to do the same. She rushed her freshman year. She also had a ton of friends from her dorm. These relationships carried her through just fine. She was even elected to the Panhellenic board for UCLA, worked on many committees, had a leadership role with spring sing (meeting many celebrities) and lived in the house for two years. Hey, my kid did well. Yours will too...she's an achiever. The large classes are less daunting if she works well independently. If not, then a smaller school is much more her speed.
As for UCLA and its size, our daughter always went to private schools. Her prep school had a very small class and I was concerned about her attending such a HUGE university since most of the grads attend private colleges. At my urging, and since I belonged to a sorority, I urged her to do the same. She rushed her freshman year. She also had a ton of friends from her dorm. These relationships carried her through just fine. She was even elected to the Panhellenic board for UCLA, worked on many committees, had a leadership role with spring sing (meeting many celebrities) and lived in the house for two years. Hey, my kid did well. Yours will too...she's an achiever. The large classes are less daunting if she works well independently. If not, then a smaller school is much more her speed.
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