<p>you should take her her to visit all the colleges and see which one feels right, for example, this made sound crazy but i choose UC Berkeley over Stanford, Columbia, Cornell, and UPenn. The reason why was during spring break me and my parents went to new york (We are from cali) and we toured those schools. i absolutely hated them i didnt like cold nor the environment. there is really nothing i can point out but it just didnt feel right to me. </p>
<p>so with it being down to UC Berkeley and Stanford. i went to go visit the campuses. i loved both campuses. UC Berkeley had Sather Tower, 3 amazing libraries, and those cool bear statues. As for Stanford i liked the Stanford memorial church, hoover tower, and the bronze statues. then i realized in all the excitement of getting accepted i forgot to consider that Berkeley has a semester system and Stanford has a quarter system. so there was another factor to consider. semester versus quarter. </p>
<p>so as a prospective Pre-med major i went to go visit the campuses and talk to the faculty. At Stanford they let me sit in on two lectures one on Intro bio. and the other on Biochemistry. all pretty standard and good. At Berkeley they let me sit on a genetics course and and the end of the lecture the professor had told the class why i was hear and for fiftenn minutes i had about 30 people tell me why i should go to Berkeley and then the Professor gave his opinion too. very unique experience for me. At this point i was clearly favoring Berkeley. something just “clicked” after that lecture and i knew after i walked out that door that i was going to UC Berkeley. </p>
<p>now up to this point my parents have withheld the financial aid packcages because they had insisted that i pick the school i love and money would not be a factor. so with my decision being final they revealed to me that Berkeley would cost 10k a year (Regents) and Stanford would cost 17k a year and UPenn and Columbia around 13k a year. So in the end, Berkeley was a great choice for me because i feel in love with it and a good one for my hardworking parents who have been supporting me for 18 long years.</p>
<p>Good Luck to your DD on making her decision i hope it is the best one</p>