Anonymous
Post 12/09/2025 22:44     Subject: West Coast: Not SLAC or UCs
I'd also love to know more about all 3 schools, not from CA. How big of a deal is not having a car? Wildfires/air quality during the school year a routine issue, or infrequent?
Anonymous
Post 12/09/2025 20:07     Subject: West Coast: Not SLAC or UCs
Stanford not an option. Can you tell from the list?
Anonymous
Post 12/09/2025 20:05     Subject: West Coast: Not SLAC or UCs
Anonymous wrote:Does anyone have any thoughts on schools like Santa Clara, Loyola, and San Diego? Out East and DD wants to head west.


Not SLAC/UC: USC is only one worth the money and all the way to the west coast. Of course there is Stanford but.
Anonymous
Post 12/09/2025 20:02     Subject: West Coast: Not SLAC or UCs
Loyola?
Anonymous
Post 12/09/2025 20:00     Subject: West Coast: Not SLAC or UCs
Anonymous wrote:The other colleges on the West Coast aren't worth the money.


Santa Clara is objectively a stronger university for many subjects, particularly for tech.
Anonymous
Post 12/09/2025 20:00     Subject: West Coast: Not SLAC or UCs
Santa Clara is 1 mile from my house, a quiet campus and expensive. In-state would rather go to UCs or even San Jose state, just a couple miles from Santa Clara.
Anonymous
Post 12/09/2025 19:54     Subject: West Coast: Not SLAC or UCs
Someone said Santa Clara was a west coast BC, and when we toured it felt really regional to me. But .. BC is probably more regional than I realize.

But it's a very similar demographic
Anonymous
Post 12/09/2025 19:52     Subject: West Coast: Not SLAC or UCs
We toured Santa Clara and I liked it a lot. It’s a nice campus, though has a very different feel from East Coast schools as it is very flat and has Spanish architecture. Good size. The location is very suburban but the train to SF is across the street from the campus, it’s about 30 mins to the beach and SJ airport is very close by. Hard to say more as toured on a Saturday morning and didn’t see a single student.
Anonymous
Post 12/09/2025 19:51     Subject: West Coast: Not SLAC or UCs
The other colleges on the West Coast aren't worth the money.
Anonymous
Post 12/09/2025 19:48     Subject: West Coast: Not SLAC or UCs
Anonymous wrote:We loved loyola its the only west coast school on the list



May I ask why?
Anonymous
Post 12/09/2025 19:47     Subject: West Coast: Not SLAC or UCs
We loved loyola its the only west coast school on the list
Anonymous
Post 12/09/2025 19:10     Subject: West Coast: Not SLAC or UCs
Biology.
Anonymous
Post 12/09/2025 19:07     Subject: West Coast: Not SLAC or UCs
Dd got into santa clara and was offered maybe $15k per year merit. She went to UCLA instead. If the merit had been more i might have pushed santa clara. We never even went to see it tho we were familiar with the area.
Anonymous
Post 12/09/2025 18:44     Subject: West Coast: Not SLAC or UCs
Anonymous wrote:Does anyone have any thoughts on schools like Santa Clara, Loyola, and San Diego? Out East and DD wants to head west.


All three are solid schools. What does your DC want to study?
Anonymous
Post 12/09/2025 18:03     Subject: West Coast: Not SLAC or UCs
Does anyone have any thoughts on schools like Santa Clara, Loyola, and San Diego? Out East and DD wants to head west.