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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My concern would be that her overwhelming desire to go to California seems to have gotten in the way of her ability to distinguish among schools in California.  Some of the schools on her list are really mediocre.  Stanford, the Claremont colleges, and USC make sense (although maybe not for the same person), but Occidental and Mount Saint Mary's don't.  Why are there no UCs on the list?

I guess my bottom line as a parent is that I won't dictate the location or type of school, but I will exercise quality control.   This is an education not a vacation we're talking about -- and DC has to make the case that the school she wants to attend is a good choice in terms of putting her on the path toward a career that will enable her to become self-supporting.[/quote]

You are clearly not familiar with Occidental. Its a really good school.[/quote]

I am.  It isn't.  Almost 80% of the students who get accepted there turn them down.  Basically, it can't compete with the UCs (except Merced, which is still a work very much in progress and in a less desirable location).  Occidental has some things going for it -- location (broadly defined and assuming access to a car), pretty campus, ability to cross-register for classes at CalTech and CalArts -- but it's just not a really good school.[/quote]

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