<p>I guess I would look at things differently. Even though there is no necessity or magic reason to move out, if you don’t live on campus at certain schools, such as Claremont McKenna, you will be pretty alone as a commuter. I don’t think that you’ll enjoy the school quite as much if you have to get home every night because almost everyone else will stay on campus, develop relationships, go to spontaneous late night parties etc.</p>
<p>However, if that’s the only way they’ll let you attend, I would try to attend Claremont McKenna as a commuter rather than UCR. However, I think you should really try and convince them to let you try to live on campus–you can always move back home, but I believe that you will be much happier living on campus. You seem like a very kind and good-hearted person, but maybe you should also take a little more active approach here–you’re not living in Asia or Europe and most of the best schools in the US are not commuter schools. I would really try and make my parents understand that things are different here and they will see you often if they want.</p>