<p>Yes, I agree that those life lessons are a vital part of growing up. I saw the most dramatic maturation in my oldest daughter when she went to Australia by herself between her soph and junior years of college. She learned more in those two months than she did in her two years at Stanford. However, I can't help but think the college life at UCI sounds more like what one would do in your 20's or in grad school. It's as though you just fast-forward through the "in loco parentis" of residential college life. And I can't help but worry about my daughter feeling lonely and alone in the freshmen dorms if so many students leave on the weekend.</p>