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<p>So according to this quote of yours, cost isn’t relevant. </p>
<p>If someone comes to UCLA or UC in general from oos or from outside of the US, I need to see the ability of his/her parents to pay, almost similar to the perception of full-sticker price of $55,000/year for most people being translated over a couple places to the left for your parents, similar to their paying $550/year – or in other words, their having great cash-flow income, instead of their having all their equity based on the value of their house, the latter, like a lot of Californians. (I’m not sure if I’m entirely happy with how I wrote this, but I hope you understand my point.)</p>
<p>So the relevant thing left is, how do the lifestyles at the two u’s sound to you? I would imagine that there are a good amount of Northeasterners as yourself who do attend UCLA from oos, as seen in one of the [students](<a href=“http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qrkxj96bjoM”>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qrkxj96bjoM</a>) in this youtube video. I’m sure a lot of them as possibly yourself come to LA to experience the year-around balmy weather. If you could see yourself, too, as possibly wanting to settle in CA, this could further cement your choice.</p>
<p>I would, though, if I were you, go over the cost of attendance with your parents again, to see if everything would be a go. Any possible hangup in unaccounted cost would blow things up.</p>