Jaye Lawrence ([info]wordswoman) wrote,
@ 2008-04-02 07:41:00
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Milestones
Eldest Daughter and I just made travel reservations for a California visit in early May, to make a whirlwind tour of colleges. Her interest in California schools began in the middle of a long Minnesota winter. Coincidence? I wouldn't bet on it.

There's no space in the baby book to record "Baby's First College Visit," but it still feels like a developmental milestone to me.


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[info]mmerriam
2008-04-02 04:10 pm UTC (link)
Have fun out in California. I think it's a good thing for a young adult to go to college somewhere other than their home state. It gets them out into the world, on their own, and into a different culture. They might come home afterward, but I really think leaving to go to college a long way from home is a positive thing.

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[info]wordswoman
2008-04-02 05:08 pm UTC (link)
Yes, even though the Mama Bear in me is scared of her being so far from home, I'm proud of her for being brave enough to do it.

And hey, it would give me an excuse to visit a warm state in the winter.

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[info]maggiedr
2008-04-02 05:00 pm UTC (link)
I'm going to be in LA from April 26-30th. What schools are you guys looking at?

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[info]wordswoman
2008-04-02 05:04 pm UTC (link)
Well, we probably won't get to ALL of these, but the starter:

o The Claremont consortium (Pomona, Pitzer, Claremont McKenna, etc.)
o Chapman University
o Whittier
o UC Santa Barbara (if time permits on the drive up the coast)
o UC Santa Cruz (ditto)
o University of San Francisco
o San Francisco Institute of the Arts
o UC Berkeley

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[info]lizziebelle
2008-04-02 06:17 pm UTC (link)
While reading your post, I was remembering visiting colleges with my mother. Then it dawned on me that she was the same age then that I am now, and I am horrified! How did that happen?!?!?

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[info]wordswoman
2008-04-02 07:08 pm UTC (link)
I know...it feels like life goes on fast-forward somewhere around 30.

"The innocent and the beautiful have no enemy but time." -W.B. Yeats

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