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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Freshman year is an adjustment. My DC is a first year in NYC and wouldn't want to be anywhere else, but it's not all that was imagined. Though DC has developed a new social circle and activities, the bonds are new and tenuous and not as close as those from high school and summers.  Classes are not as interesting as the ones DC sat in on during visits. The saving grace is that DC can take a subway to get away and be in a whole different world.

Your DD is in one of the nicest parts of the world. Make music outside! Befriend the music department secretary or other staffer/non-prof. Volunteer for something in East Palo Alto. Hop Caltrans into SF regularly. Find some surfers and go down to Half Moon Bay. Climb Mt. Diablo with a bunch of seniors from Meetup. If she is like my DC, she'll pooh-pooh those ideas, but might take the gist to heart. [/quote]

I have a friend who went to Stanford and this friend shared that on the outside, it looks very Californian (free spirited, crunchy, and super cool). But beneath the surface, it was just as competitive if not more competitive than East Coast schools, and most people don't realize that until they are there.  [/quote]

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