Being so close to home...

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of California - Los Angeles
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<p>For those of you that didn't leave their own area code to go to college (I know that's a Facebook group, lol), do you guys ever regret not going farther? and perhaps getting out of your "comfort zone"? I live about 30 minutes from L.A., but I'm very familiar with the Westwood area...</p>

<p>Since junior year I'd always wanted to go out of state, but things didn't turn out that way for me. Ever since the College Welcome Day I've seriously converted to Bruin-ism overnight, but sometimes I still wonder if I'll feel like I've missed out on the whole college/going really far away aspect of college. </p>

<p>I'll definitely be dorming and won't have a car, so it's not like I'll be going back home every other weekend, but I'm just worried that I'll hate being so close to my parents and living in the same area. </p>

<p>Did any of you guys have similar worries? Or are you going far away for graduate school? Or am I just being very paranoid? I suppose I could always study abroad or perhaps transfer.</p>

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<p>I probably live closer to UCLA than you, I don't think it will be too big of a problem.</p>

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<p>yeah, its not lke your parents are going to barge into your dorm room every weekend and demand that you talk to them for a few hours.</p>

<p>they know you have to go out and live on your own.....unless theyre terribly obsessive they wont bug you, im pretty sure.</p>

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<p>i'm close to LA as well. a lot of people go home on weekends, but that's basically the only difference people talk about for kids who stay close to home for college.</p>

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<p>I live about 20 minutes away from UCLA...</p>

<p>This post in the UCLA lj community might interest you:</p>

<p><a href="http://community.livejournal.com/ucla/1173180.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://community.livejournal.com/ucla/1173180.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>you know what, it'll be fine as long as u dont commute and go home all the time. also, you can keep many of your HS friends as well as make college friends. since its a general rule that many people stay in the city they grew up in. i know i will still have maybe 1/4 of my hs friends around in places like usc, oxy, lmu, claremont, cc, cal states. so you get a bit of both worlds and stil have room for new people/experiences.</p>

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<p>I'm from Long Beach and go to UCLA so I had a similar experience. I've actually found it to be an advantage. Like everyone else said, it's not like your parents will drop in everyday and you are close enough to go home whenever you need to. I'd also say that most of my friends are from out of town and it really helps to have someone from the area around when you are hanging out. It helps to have someone who generally knows the area and the streets and how people act.</p>

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<p>I'm originally from the Valley, so I was by no means far from UCLA. I found that the 405's nightmarish nature kept my family away and let me feel like I was sufficiently insulated from them. In any case, unless you commute, you won't even notice.</p>