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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]At the UC's, the dorm situation can be challenging.  My DD was assigned to a double room, but they put three students in the room.  This has been a common practice.  It's pretty crowded to have 3 girls in a room for 2 girls, and so that negatively impacted my DD's freshman year.

The UC development office rep specifically told me (an OOS parent) that the UC's are mean to provide social and economic mobility for California residents.  (This was a way of explaining why there were so few orientation resources for new students.)

Also, the school spirit is not as much as it could be.

Instead of paying to go OOS at a UC, I personally think you'd get more of a value attending a private college.[/quote]

Is this ucla? UC’s vary. I would only recommend ucla, Berkeley and ucsb for out of state students. I mention UCSB because it’s such a special place, and overcrowding/lack of dorms is overshadowed by the happy students, beautiful location and amenities.

I would NEVER attend Davis, UCSD, Santa Cruz or Irvine as an OOS student. Irvine is a commuter campus. UCSD is fine, but lacks cohesion and school spirit. Davis is great - for California students. [/quote]

Can you say more about Davis? We have family on the west coast and sophomore DD is drawn to Davis for a specific area of study and the location, but we keep hearing similar comments to yours and even after a visit don't fully understand why.[/quote]

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