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Originally Posted by KDCat
Michigan is an awesome school. If she wants the far away experience, she should could do a semester abroad. I didn't do a semester abroad and I regret it.
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I think that going to a major university and living in the dorms DOES give you the "going far away to college" experience.
For years I under-appreciated UCLA because I thought it was too close to home to give me the experience I wanted. I was totally wrong. Once I was in the dorms, living with kids from all over the state (and one or two from other states), being on my own, meeting people with such a variety of experiences, it was like I was living on a different planet from my parents.
As for finances, there's always taking a part-time and summer job. I had a job throughout college, and I had sisters who used their summer jobs to pay for their sorority dues. This is kind of random, but I was a waitress right after college, and I wish that I had started in a restaurant my freshman year. I had a great above-minimum wage campus job that gave me good experience, but waitressing can pay A LOT more, and it was much more flexible than my campus job.