Questions, Confusion, Geology Major

twoinanddone
Sun, 13 Sep 2015 21:42:49 +0000

I do think there are kids who want to live close to home, close to what they know, and those who want anything but what they know. My niece and nephew both went to private catholic h.s., and many of their friends went to colleges that were 1000+ miles away. And many of them returned home quickly because it really was just so different than what they were used to, their friends were all at closer schools and having a good time (as seen on Twitter and FB), friends were able to visit home more often. There were just not enough differences with the far away college and the closer colleges to make it worth it to stay away. The friends my own kids mostly stayed closer to home, so most remain in their original choice.

I’m all for going to colleges that are closer to home, but you said your daughter’s #1 choice is Texas, which isn’t close to home. If you’re on L.I., then many of the upstate NY schools are going to be a haul from your home too. If you didn’t like CSM, I don’t think you’d like Wyoming or Oregon State, and maybe not any of the other western states. Texas is also very different than the small upstate NY schools.