I got into my dream college ucla but im having second thoughts… my parents want me to attend ucsd which is in my town so I would be living at home. I feel like if I attend ucsd I would miss out on a college experience. However, If I go to ucla Ill have that college experience but it will be much more expensive. Plus, Ill constantly have to travel back and forth between san diego and la to visit family. Which college do you recommend because I feel so stuck!
UCLA is so different from UCSD.
We’re also local and I told my son that he needed to go away to school for that “college experience”.
I think you should go to LA because you will learn to begin to live on your own. But, I don’t pay the bills.
Get the experience of living away from home. That is part of the college experience. You won’t be driving back and forth that much - the whole point is not to be visiting family, but to be experiencing your college