<p>The reason I “saved it for the last minute” is I didn’t realize they would object to Los Angeles or San Diego and therefore never thought to ask before now.</p>
<p>Cali I’m not sure how selfish they’re being. They recently said they’re willing to get a house in Claremont or LA and move there (or anywhere close enough to keep their jobs) if I really think I can’t get successful through UCR. I think that’s a very ridiculous and extreme step to take JUST so I can “live at home.” But I think if they’re willing to move away from everything they’ve grown used to for years now, it’s not just selfishness.</p>
<p>But if they could commute from Claremont to work, I could commute from home to Claremont. But all the current students I mentioned this to advise strongly against it. It’s not just for the social experience, which I don’t care that much about, but because there’s all kinds of meetings, lectures, review sessions, etc. at night and to commute would mean coming home around midnight only to sleep and go back the next morning. This would just suck and UCR would be way more convenient and stress-free then. Kind of silly and I doubt my parents would even let me come home at midnight. My parents scoffed when I mentioned how there are club meetings at night but then I said pre-med advisement meetings as well so I don’t know what they think now.</p>