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RE: No new housing

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In Reply to: RE: No new housing posted by Luminator on January 05, 2025 at 00:49:45

Your wife is 100% correct. I was lucky at one point and got into the UCLA dorms. It was a world of difference in life and education. On campus living, at least for the first two years is critical, and I won't budge from that opinion. I understand CC and commuting is necessary for some, but mine are fortunate they don't have to suffer through it. As long as they listen to me, which is not guaranteed!

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I've only been to UCLA a few times - Luminator 12:15:18 01/05/25 (1)
When I was in college, I had just a handful of friends and relatives who were going to UCLA. In the 2000s, that number would increase, especially when you throw in coworkers' kids.
During my last two years at UCSC, I did have a UCLA friend, Connie, come up, and spend the weekend with me. Her friend/roommate had a boyfriend at UCSC, so Connie accompanied her on the trip. My housemates paid rapt attention to Connie, wanted to know more about UCLA.
I could be wrong, but there was a Greyhound station on or close to the UCLA campus. That may have been the least expensive, but slowest, means of getting back to the Bay Area.
I thought that there was a bus, which went from UCLA to some Amtrak station. That was another way, to get back to the Bay.
But most just flew.
During my last two years at UCSC, my friend Pauline had a car. She was a nervous new/inexperienced driver. Her family lived in San Jose, and she was always apprehensive, about driving through Highway 17. Initially, with Pauline as the driver, we would explore local Santa Cruz, San Mateo, and Monterey coastlines. And then, as Pauline became more comfortable with the car, we would visit friends at not just Bay Area colleges, but at UC Davis, Sac State, Cal Poly SLO, and UCSB. We never did make it to UCLA.
When I stepped foot on other campuses, such as UCLA, I tried to project how well/poorly I'd do, had I attended that university.
In the 2000s, my wife had colleagues at an office in El Segundo. So the latter would take her and me around, including to UCLA.
My first two years at UCSC were in dorms. While going through that I had a love/hate relationship with dormmies. But over time, all those differences shaped me as a person, and then as an audiophile and professional.
I came back from the March 1993 Stereophile Show on a high. But then we had to prepare for that quarter's finals. My study buddy and Managerial Econ partner, Sachiko, was wrapping up our project on Odwalla. The look on her face said, "These are some of the best times of our lives, but they are coming to an end (both she and I graduated that spring), and we may never live like this again."
Regardless of which path(s) your daughter takes, because you are a wonderful parent, she will do well.

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- RE: I've only been to UCLA a few times - Sibelius 14:08:17 01/05/25 (0)
  Hey, thanks for that last comment. We've tried our best, and she's turned out pretty well, intelligent, confident (after a long struggle) and with more common sense than most of her gen. She's going to start her college life off in a much better position than either my wife or I did, no money worries, housing taken care of for at least 2 years wherever she goes, able to FOCUS on college life, rather than on commutes, or jobs, or health worries. Our goal for both of daughters was to get them off on the right feet to continue the legacy that we've been able to build without starting off with much (us that is). It's up to them now.
  
  She loved UCLA when she visited, and frankly what's not to love, it's a beautiful campus and a wonderful place to go to school. Unfortunately it's just now too competitive for everyone but the few, 4.+++, 15XX, superstars to get in to. The only UC's she's applying to are UCSB (which was party central in my day) and UCSD (San Diego is her dream). She's got the one acceptance in her pocket, so the stress level is down a bit, but there are other schools she'd rather attend, though I absolutely LOVE Chicago. She was getting pelted with literature and emails from the University of Chicago, now that would have been my dream school.

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