<p>How do you guys feel about the fact that many Californians choose to also go to college here, instead of experiencing something different in another part of the country? Why do you think that is? Just to clarify, I realize that
1. Some people do go to college elsewhere.
2. Some people like to stay close to their families.</p>
<p>I am just looking for different viewpoints.</p>
<p>It's much easier to imagine the benefits of going out-of-state when an applicant is living in Nor Dak, not Nor Cal.</p>
<p>i want to stay in ca because i wnat to be far away, but not too far. it's also cheaper to stay in state. besides, CA is the best state. you're close the the beach and the slopes. =]</p>
<p>UC experience per year for CA residents: $24k or so</p>
<p>Comparable experience outside California: $45k</p>
<p>I think its pretty clear why.</p>
<p>Well, that logic only applies to state schools. Stanford, Caltech, and the Claremont colleges don't give preferential treatment to Californians (I think).</p>
<p>California has good schools. Look at how far up the UC's are in college rankings compared to say...Texas. They have a few good schools that come to mind, we have more than I can even list-UC's, Cal Poly, Stanford etc etc. And, going off what Vii said, California does have everything, which makes is important from some majors. You can't very well get a good education in marine biology in Nebraska... You can't get a good education in agriculture in Alaska (I guess I could be wrong about that, I just kinda think that snow 10 months out of the year or whatever makes growing corn a bit difficult.)</p>
<p>Two to three hours of driving from Seatte, WA can get you to Porland, OR. Two to three hours of driving in California, from San Jose can't even get you to LA, only half way. Case and point, Californians can still go far away from their parents and still remain within the state to take advantage of the resident tuition. Also, going from Nor Cal into So Cal is a different experience in it itself.</p>
<p>California has it all-- Nice beaches, nice mountains, desert. It's cheaper for us common folk to stay here and go to school, as opposed to paying nearly twice as much out of state. The universities are also, as mentioned prior, some of the best. There's almost no reason to go out of state for a great university, unless its for MIT or something, you could always go to Mudd for that, though. It's an all around well-rounded state.</p>
<p>I used to be ambitious and say that NO WAY am I going to stay in California, that I want to experience some different. I was thinking of going to Massachusetts (Wellesley :)).</p>
<p>And then I realized how much it actually costs to go out of state. And then I realized how much of a change it would be to actually go to the east. And then I realized that undergraduate is nothing (compared to graduate). And then I realized how good I have it here in California. Everyone wants to be in La Jolla. :)</p>
<p>So I decided that for undergraduate, staying in California is fine. I have bigger ambitions for post-undergrad, but I told myself, for now, small steps first.</p>
<p>P.S. I'd miss California too much too if I went east.</p>
<p>Syneria nailed it. </p>
<p>Game Over.</p>
<p>Juego terminado.</p>
<p>Syneria, you took the words right out of my mouth!</p>