<p>@churchmusicmom And I can convince myself the opposite. She is progressive (kind of very liberal, actually) dislike obvious middle-class pretensions and religion-on-sleeve stuff, so she really is coastal material. She really could be a prominent academician, author, or scientist; this has been pointed out repeatedly to her / us. I think matriculating in New York could be best for her. She needs to be challenged intellectually and she lives to challenge assumptions. </p>