<p>@spoon: I don’t have a credit card so I need to ask them to pay the application fee. </p>
<p>@oaklandmom: I think it is more of the “emotional distance” thing, that I probably won’t be able to come home more than 2-3 times a year. Also they keep saying that I won’t have any family/etc. in California so when everyone else leaves for breaks I’ll be alone there.<br>
And it doesn’t make a whole lot of sense to me either… Earthquakes are probably just more publicized.</p>
<p>@bookworm: On paper yea but actually not really as the EA pool is much more self-selective and competitive. Hmmm is it really that much cheaper, enough to make up for the cost of 2-3 roundtrip airfees a year? That might be something good to bring up.</p>