tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4730869259900917297.post6092777178549723602..comments2023-10-22T09:01:46.580-05:00Comments on From L.A. to LA: Off to the EastShoshanahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15707241263291051104noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4730869259900917297.post-26222988434208721112009-06-16T17:07:16.785-05:002009-06-16T17:07:16.785-05:00I've been lazy at blogging lately...oops. Lov...I've been lazy at blogging lately...oops. Loved this post though...I always wondered about your cute title! I went to school at Oregon State. The decision to avoid any debt crushed me a little deep down. I worked my tail off in HS to go to a Cal school, and I settled. Funny thing is I ended up in CA anyway! Will be a better blogger from now on!FashionHunterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07533465228350762905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4730869259900917297.post-80441082782908136192009-06-05T09:52:18.487-05:002009-06-05T09:52:18.487-05:00I went to a school that was only 30 minutes from m...I went to a school that was only 30 minutes from my hometown. Sometimes I wished I would have gone further away but I wanted a school instate for the tuition and I knew I wanted to go to a big university so that didn't leave too many options for me. <br />I'm very happy with my education and love my college, but I'm glad I finally experienced moving far away from home after college!<br />Good for you for being brave enough to move across country! It's hard!Amber @ A Little Pink in the Cornfieldshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06898255649481697297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4730869259900917297.post-38497755883531455952009-06-04T20:32:41.231-05:002009-06-04T20:32:41.231-05:00I only applied to California schools because I was...I only applied to California schools because I was just too afraid to pack up a move across country. I dreamed of going somewhere far away, like New York, and even considered Ithaca College for a while, which was very random, but I ended up just applying to a handful of UC schools, Pepperdine and Westmont. I got into most of the UC's, except Berkeley and UCLA, and Westmont. but not Pepperdine! I didn't do early decision and so I got wait listed. that's right. so sad. So I accepted Westmont's offer and even enrolled and just a month before the semester was about to start I called up the admissions office and told them, nevermind! let me tell you, my parents were not thrilled. but I just felt like it wasn't the right fit for me. (oh, btw, I had stayed on the Pepperdine waiting list through all this...). I ended up going to a community college my first semester (which made my parents mad because around here, people that go to that community college tend to not graduate or take 6 years to do so...) BUT then I got accepted for the spring at Pepperdine. yay! so that's how that went.<br /><br />woah, that was a long comment. but you asked! :)<br /><br />thanks for sharing your story, at least the first part anyway!Carissa Thilgenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17461334542105430269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4730869259900917297.post-37035423792289117482009-06-04T11:05:29.366-05:002009-06-04T11:05:29.366-05:00I haven't visited the southern part of the US ...I haven't visited the southern part of the US yet so whenever you talk about, you just really make me want to just book a plane ticket!! Can't wait to hear more! :)Anaishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06224896416031363566noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4730869259900917297.post-32253570589875608622009-06-03T22:48:41.761-05:002009-06-03T22:48:41.761-05:00Hi, I found you via 20sb!
I always thought I woul...Hi, I found you via 20sb! <br />I always thought I would stay on the West Coast because it's just who I am, but by my senior year I HAD to leave Oregon or I was going to go stir crazy! I actually found my tiny liberal arts college that nobody had/has ever heard of in a magazine :) <br />The recruited me hard and treated me like a person and not a number. I went off of gut instinct, paid my deposit in September of my senior year, and that was history! <br />I moved to Iowa for college and it was culture shock, but in a good way. I'm back in CA now, but it's still fun to think of the process of getting where I am.<br />Can't wait to hear the rest of your story!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4730869259900917297.post-87088881296148524652009-06-03T22:22:45.996-05:002009-06-03T22:22:45.996-05:00I stayed in NY due to a jerk boyfriend at the time...I stayed in NY due to a jerk boyfriend at the time who only wanted me to commute to school so he could control me better. Luckily I wound up loving my school, broke up with the loser before first semester even started, and then became an RA so I lived on campus for free for the next three years. Thankfully it all worked out, but if I had to go back, I may have gone away instead. Cest la vie!Lacey Beanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12295262934122471371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4730869259900917297.post-39778879323282750212009-06-03T20:59:02.951-05:002009-06-03T20:59:02.951-05:00There's only two state colleges in Oregon and ...There's only two state colleges in Oregon and one didn't have the degree in what I wanted....so I chose the other one and it turned out great! I didn't want to go out of state and pay that much in tuition and i was also a little weary of moving too far away from the safety and security of my friends and family. All in all, I made the right decision and I'm so happy to be graduating! yay!Andreahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13582042278092732898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4730869259900917297.post-26706551865238374082009-06-03T20:08:36.093-05:002009-06-03T20:08:36.093-05:00I don't really know where different states are...I don't really know where different states are in the U.S. so when you say East and West it helps me :P haha.<br /><br />Anyways, I have always been on the WEST coast of Canada, I've never even travelled East. The first college I went to was only three hours from my hometown and that was because it was a good college and close to home, I wasn't ready to move far away yet. Now, I've moved across the province and I'm about 12 hours away from home and the reason for that is because it was the only school in B.C, and one of only two in western Canada for that matter, that offered a journalism degree!<br /><br />Looking forward to hearing the rest of your story :-)Amberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05185652640389232120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4730869259900917297.post-41238299620189357792009-06-03T20:03:47.068-05:002009-06-03T20:03:47.068-05:00I'm totally left in suspense! I wanna know wha...I'm totally left in suspense! I wanna know what liberal arts school you went to in Maryland! I have family up there and would spend my entire summers there. I'm wondering if it's one of the ones I know!!!!Crazy Shenanigans-JMOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03494603714481735184noreply@blogger.com