UCLA v. Cornell

SWHarborfan
Wed, 17 Mar 2010 03:47:49 +0000

As far as going away from home for college–living in dorms IS going away from home. It can be nice for some kids to have their family as a support system be within driving distance, not across the country. Just because you can see your family once a month, even once a week, doesn’t mean you’re immature or something. Depending on your relationship, it might mean you’re lucky. My friend’s brother goes to Cal and my friend visits him practically every weekend. They both really appreciate that they are able to visit so much. If you don’t really want to go away from where you live, then don’t. You can always move for grad/law school, etc… There’s this feeling on the west coast where we want to go EAST. It’s just sort of a mythical place… but it can wait…

here, here–very intelligently put.