CU Boulder vs. UMass Amherst

3mamagirls
Sat, 30 Jan 2016 18:24:25 +0000

At first my D wanted to leave CA and “experience the world.” Plus she wanted snow. So she applied to only 7 schools, with only 1 being in CA because I made her in case she changed her mind. As I mentioned, we went to CU for her safety school to make sure she liked it. We just got back from Michigan State a few days ago, and she started to get really, really nervous because we were so far from home. And let’s be honest - you can’t compare the weather in MI to CO - it won’t happen. And I am from MI so I know. Of course, going to college is not all about the weather, but I do think it counts for a person’s “happy factor” and how well they will do. It’s just sooooo much money. She “said” she is willing to make up the difference, but I don’t even know if she should do this or not.

She may change her mind once she sees it. But since it IS in the middle of nowhere, that makes both her and my husband not too happy. We knew about the town itself, but didn’t really think how realistic/unrealistic it would be to get over to Boston. Ugh. I don’t think there is any easy answer.