<p>Waiting mom, do not hesitate to PM Carolyn back. She is AMAZING
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<p>Thanks to all for the Cal State Reminder we live between Cal State Fullerton and Cal State Long Beach which are not options for her--too big and commuter primarily. She is going to an information session for Cal State Monterey on the 17th. HUMBOLDT---I have a BA and an MA from there---I loved it! I transferred from Chapman due to $$ and fell in love with the North Coast and the beautiful college community. I then went to Texas Tech for post grad and taught...what a change...</p>
<p>Carolyn---I haven't checked my e-mail yet I will right now...you had great input last year to all..(I'm Carolyn too)</p>
<p>Regarding $$ Private schools can be considered. We have money put aside and she has money for college that is part of an inheritance. </p>
<p>WOW EVERYONE THANK-YOU SO VERY MUCH! I am putting together a list for her to look over and then I'm sure she will hit every web site possible.</p>
<p>I second the suggestions of Humboldt and Sonoma State Colleges, but she may also want to look at some of the UCs.....UCSC, Merced, and Riverside.</p>
<p>Waiting, another vote for Humboldt & Sonoma here. My son - with great test scores and grades - went to an east coast LAC and dropped out after 2 years. He has now worked and supported himself for 3 years, and applied to Humboldt as a transfer for fall. I went online to learn more about the college my son now is going to... and my jaw dropped. Quite frankly I couldn't see all that much difference between what Humboldt offered and what he had at the LAC except the price -- $3000 instead of $30,000. And Humboldt looks prettier. (Fortunately we were never full-paying at the private college... but that's another advantage to Humbolt. My son applied for financial aid there but with his earnings he doesn't qualify for anything but a student loan -- that we REALLY DO NOT NEED.) I'm sure that there are other differences -- the classes at Humboldt are probably larger, for example. But in hindsight I really feel that it is unfortunate that we overlooked Humboldt the first time around -- it might have been a better fit.</p>
<p>granted I was at HSU a long time ago but the class sizes except for lecture style classes in the School of Natural Resources were 30ish.<br>
For housing look not just in Arcata but look into McKinleyville a few miles north (good campus shuttle). There are great little houses and small apts that are student friendly! I studied for my Master's Comps outside of my apt overlooking the Mad River and the ocean. Peaceful and fun!</p>
<p>My D has a good friend who is a freshman at Humboldt and is loving it. She says all of her classes are on the small size.
Calmom- we also know several students who have gone to Humboldt as slightly older returning students early 20's who have been very happy and easily found students in the same age bracket.</p>
<p>OP, there is an article in US News you should read called, appropriately enough, "A+ Options For 'B' Kids". See <a href="http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/college/articles/brief/06average_brief.php%5B/url%5D">http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/college/articles/brief/06average_brief.php</a></p>
<p>Thanks Mom60, it's nice to know my 23-year can go to Humboldt without feeling like an old man. Right now he's waffling between keeping his San Francisco apartment & job and attending SF State part time, or packing it all up to move to Humboldt. He doesn't like SF State, but he doesn't want to move either -- so he plans to wait until July and then see how he feels about it all.</p>
<p>I hope you are coming back permanently. You have been so generous sharing your incredible knowledge. May I ask, how did you learn so much? Was it through you children's application process or books or something else? You are an incredible wealth of knowledge.</p>
<p>Oooops...I'm still figuring this all out. My comment was directed to carolyn.</p>
<p>Waiting Mom, Pitzer jump to my mind.</p>