<p>“Still, I found that it fostered a tremendous amount of learned-independence. Right after graduating she got a job and an apartment and was completely self-supporting.”</p>
<p>I agree… the practical “life lessons” my son is learning at UC are invaluable. By age 20 he’s learned how work the bureaucratic university system, make everything happen on his own, rent/live in an apartment, find/work at internships, and basically run his own life. I don’t think he’s having quite the carefree college experience of kids at private schools, but he is becoming fully capable and confident, which counts for a lot in my book.</p>