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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My daughter applied to a ton of colleges on the [b]West Coast.[/b] She really loves it and I know she feels at home when we've been there. Obviously, I have some concerns about her being so far but I trust her and think it would be great for her to explore new environments. We've lived in Mount Kisco, Bethesda, and Villanova so that plus the adjacent cities have been her whole world. However, she's beginning to have some concerns. We have a huge, tight knit family here on the East Coast and she doesn't want to miss out. She could go anywhere from Boston to Atlanta and be surrounded by cousins and aunts and uncles and there are constant family gatherings (less so during COVID, of course) and events centered in DC or Philly. We don't know anyone in California, Oregon, or Washington and she wouldn't be able to come home for the little things. I really understand her concern and I feel it too but it is her only hesitation about moving to the west coast for school (her three top "dream" schools are all in California) and I don't want it to hold her back. How can I help her feel more comfortable? Should I? I'm proud that she loves us all but it's important to me that she live her life. [/quote]

The huge tight knit family?  If a DC goes to a west coast school and it's covid era there will not be the open hearted and fun invites to homes of west coast people for holidays.

You're mixing issues.  The family sounds like pressure but the east coast to west coast travel is no longer simple.  We used to hop flights like it was an amtrak from DC to Baltimore, Philly, NYC.  Califorinia dreaming is just fine- been here done that.  Reality hits on prices of travel and hassle for Thanksgiving and end of year.  CA -LA - ski in the am and beach in the pm.  New reality is covid 19 and major hassles just getting there.

It sounds like your DD is not mature enough to analyze the current situation and college in CA.  If the USA had dealt with covid like Australia I'd say yes.  Conditions here? No.[/quote]

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