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My son considered 3/2, but didn’t do it. The main reason was that his first choice school accepted him; the 3/2 was a backup. But I still had concerns. The biggest concern is that I’ve heard that very few people actually follow through with the 3/2, not wanting to leave their LAC after three years and start over with new people and a new school. Now if the student has genuinely changed plans, that’s fine, but if he uses that as an excuse to settle for something else because it’s such a pain to start over, it isn’t fine. I probably would have pressured him not to pick the 3/2 option if it had come to it, for just that reason. You could always plan on five years and two degrees (or just lots of interesting LA courses) at the Univ of Portland instead.</p>
<p>Congrats on excellent options, and good luck!</p>