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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I lived up and down the west coast for ~20 years. Let me plan this trip for you: Fly into Seattle and stay a few days; it's a really fun town, especially in the summer. Tour U-Dub. Then hop on I-5 (which, before becoming acquainted with 95, I thought was a miserable road). Tour UPS in Tacoma. Spend a night there if you want or just continue down to Portland. Spend a couple of days in Portland (also a great summertime town) and tour Reed and Lewis & Clark. Back on I-5. Tour Willamette in Salem and then continue to Corvallis for the overnight. Tour OSU and then head to Eugene for the overnight. Tour U of O and then break to the coast. Due west of Eugene is Florence, which is a fine coastal town, but ~45 minutes north of Florence is Newport, which is the coolest town on the Oregon Coast, especially for anyone into marine science--if you have the time, spend a little there. Then enjoy the drive down 101. Golf in Bandon if you're into that. Definitely spend a day in the Redwood National and State Parks. Continue down Highway 1 to SF. Spend a couple of days there. Check out Berkeley and Stanford, but don't fall in love. Check out Santa Clara if you're into that. Then make your way to UCSC, which is a gorgeous and wildly underrated university where OOS kids actually get admitted. Continue down 1 to San Luis Obispo and Cal Poly-SLO. Then USCB. Then whatever strikes your fancy in metro LA. Then UCSD and USD and maybe San Diego State. Maybe then break east and check out ASU and/or Arizona, or maybe just fly home. (Arizona is an underrated, fun, and accessible school; ASU has more than its fair share of knuckleheads but its honors college is truly fantastic.)[/quote]

Californian here. This is a fantastic itinerary but I have a few edits and comments:

In NorCal stop in Arcata and visit Cal Poly Humboldt.

Although the drive from Arcata down to SF on 101/1 is spectacular, consider swinging inward and visiting Cal State Chico. Then continue down 5 (sadly ugly road) and go to UC Davis.

On the way to SF consider veering over to Sonoma State (gorgeous campus, good education). While in SF also visit St. Mary’s Moraga (another little SLAC that is beloved by a lot of Californians but unknown out of California, good little school and fabulous small school sports culture, they punch way above their size). Also consider visiting SJSU.

UCSC is wildly popular in California these days and I think the days of OOS admits there are going down. But definitely visit. From UCSC go to Monterey and visit CSU Monterey Bay, a relatively new CSU that’s got a strong reputation in state. On the way south, consider a stop at CSU Channel Islands (newest CSU, I’ve never been but heard it’s nice).

In LA look at Cal Poly Pomona, which is an easier OOS admit than SLO. Consider going inland to University of Redlands (everyone I know here in CA who went there or has a kid there raves about it in a way that stands out, it’s on my radar for that reason). Visit LMU (spectacular campus) and Pepperdine (amazing campus).

Have fun!
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