CU Boulder vs. UMass Amherst

insanedreamer
Sat, 30 Jan 2016 08:57:29 +0000

Tough. Honestly it’s hard to beat Boulder as a place to live (unless you don’t like outdoors/snow), and unless she really makes an effort, she probably won’t get to Boston (2 hours away) or NYC (3+ hours) often. (Of course that depends on what kind of girl she is; my daughter hasn’t gone further than 15 minutes off campus so far her freshman year - and she’s on a small campus

I’d say revisit the matter after she’s visited UMass. It’ll be hard to come to any sort of conclusion before then. If she likes UMass (most likely for reasons other than the location), then great! If she hates it, well, in my view the extra $$ would be worth a happy college experience for her (I would maybe offer to split the difference with my daughter and she what she says). Of course the financial considerations are important - as a non-wealthy parent with two college-age kids I totally relate. But it is four year of their life so in the end you want somewhere they are happy being.

Best of luck to you and your daughter!