Road trip suggestions needed

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<p>Thank you for the reminder to think about types of schools rather than specifics - I agree with this and remember having that same feeling - that you almost learn more in the beginning by what the kid doesn’t like!</p>

<p>Chapman is a school that appeals to S, but it appeared to us that it would be out of financial range due to limited merit aid available. Anyone with info on that would be appreciated. Also - if you aren’t into film, would you feel out of place there?</p>

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<p>Ursinus is outside of Philly.</p>

<p>One thing we did I was really glad about was look at the safety first. For us that was Temple. My kid loved it – the vibrancy, the life, the urban feel. Once she loved her safety in junior year, the rest of was cake and it totally took the pressure off.</p>

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<p>Glad to hear. Go Owls! :)</p>

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<p>To get a good look at where the clusters of schools are located go to googlemaps.com and instead of entering a city just enter the word colleges. Another option is to go to collegeboard.com / students and then enter your criteria.</p>

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<p>I’d definitely look at Occidental; also maybe University of Redlands (which does have business and communications I think) and Chapman. If you won’t want to go to SoCal–look at Santa Clara, St. Mary’s, University of the Pacific-all within a day’s drive of each other or less. It might be worthwhile to point out to him that having a “business” major as an undergrad isn’t necessarily required and that many LACs have lots of students who go on to business careers or grad schools with more traditional majors. I definitely wouldn’t rule out a school without a business degree until he’s seen what kinds of campus communities he likes best.</p>

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<p>A greater San Francisco area road trip makes a lot of sense for seeing variety:</p>

<p>On the large high end academic level:
Stanford
Berkeley</p>

<p>large size public:
San Francisco State
CSU East Bay</p>

<p>Medium sized public:
UC Santa Cruz
CSU Monterey Bay</p>

<p>Medium sized private:
Univ of San Francisco (very urban)
Santa Clara (suburban)
Saint Mary’s (Suburban headed towards rural)
UOP (suburban) </p>

<p>Small private:
Menlo College </p>

<p>I’m sure I am missing a bunch - but the point is lots of choices to look at - all within a day’s drive of each other - and with lots of other fun stuff to do so that the trip does not become just one classroom/dorm/library/cafeteria after another…</p>

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<p>If you go all the way to NC, here’s another vote for Wake Forest - it has one of the best accounting programs in the country, and its other business programs are good as well.
For a crunchy feel and a safety, Appalachian State and UNC-Ashville could be seen in the same trip.</p>

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<p>Greater Los Angeles Area:</p>

<p>(Many already mentioned)</p>

<p>4 of the 5 Cs
Claremont-McKenna
Pitzer
Harvey Mudd
Pomona</p>

<p>Occidental
Pepperdine
Chapman</p>

<p>USC
UCLA</p>

<p>A wide range of sizes, environments and attitudes.</p>

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<p>Lewis and Clark near Portland is a good choice. And second on Linfield and Willamette. Whitworth in Spokane seemed very nice. This was my D’s favorite on our Trip. Here is the thread I created for that trip if its any help.</p>

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