College Visits with a Granddaughter
@DeborahDiane (40054)
Laguna Woods, California
April 21, 2017 10:10pm CST
The last two Saturdays in April, I will be going on college visits with my third oldest granddaughter, who is a junior in high school. Our oldest granddaughter graduated a year ago from Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles; our second oldest granddaughter is a senior at Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo. Now it is time for our third oldest granddaughter to decide which college she will attend.
This granddaughter is good at math and would like to be a teacher. Two colleges in our area have excellent programs for education ... the University of California in Irvine and Cal State University in Fullerton. We are going to visit both of them over the next two Saturdays. I always love it when one of our grandkids is going to a college near us. It means we get to see them more often!
My oldest grandson, who is just finishing up 8th grade, may go with us, although he is hesitant. The other day he said to me, "Nana, I think I need to get ready for high school, before I worry about college." (LOL)
Whether or not our grandson tags along, it will be fun to go on these college visits. When our daughters were growing up, we visited dozens of colleges while they were deciding which schools they wanted to attend. About five years ago, I also went on college visits with my two oldest granddaughters.
I think I could be a college advisor, I've visited so many of them, coast-to-coast ... every place from Harvard, MIT and Columbia to University of Texas and many small private colleges!
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@DeborahDiane (40054)
• Laguna Woods, California
23 Apr 17
@sallypup - I am very blessed that my grandchildren want to be involved in their activities, including their college visits. It makes me feel needed!
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@chrissbergstrom (10767)
• Banks, Oregon
22 Apr 17
That should be fun enjoy quality time with her
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@DeborahDiane (40054)
• Laguna Woods, California
23 Apr 17
We went today, and it was a lot of fun. Our grandson came along and, by the end of the day, both grandkids said that UCI was definitely on the list of places where they will want to apply for college. Yay!
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@DeborahDiane (40054)
• Laguna Woods, California
24 Apr 17
@Lupita234 - I think our granddaughter will really enjoy going to college.
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@Shavkat (137214)
• Philippines
23 Apr 17
@DeborahDiane That seems so fun, my friend.
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@DeborahDiane (40054)
• Laguna Woods, California
23 Apr 17
@Shavkat - Yes, doing today's college visit was a fun way to bond with my granddaughter. We went to Starbucks afterwards!
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@Shavkat (137214)
• Philippines
25 Apr 17
@Lupita234 I agree. It is the best moment.
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@LadyDuck (458073)
• Switzerland
23 Apr 17
@DeborahDiane I hope she can be among those who are accepted. Good luck.
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@DeborahDiane (40054)
• Laguna Woods, California
24 Apr 17
@LadyDuck - Thank you! She will not be able to apply until December, but at least now she knows where she wants to apply. We will visit more colleges, too.
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@DeborahDiane (40054)
• Laguna Woods, California
23 Apr 17
@LadyDuck - I am hoping that she ends up at a college near us, too. At the very least, I hope she stays in Southern California. Then we will be able to see her regularly. She loved today's visit to UCI and said she plans to apply there ... although they accept less than 10% of their applicants.
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@DianneN (246725)
• United States
25 Apr 17
My grandchildren have years to go before they begin to look at colleges. However, I loved it when we went looking at them with our son's, too. We visited Stanford and UCLA out your way, Johns Hopkins, Yale, Harvard, Brown, Dartmouth, Cornell, Hamilton, Tufts, U. Of Michigan, and a few others. We had such fun weekends away together.
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@DeborahDiane (40054)
• Laguna Woods, California
25 Apr 17
I agree that looking at colleges is interesting and a lot of fun. Over the years, with different daughters and granddaughters, we looked at Harvard, Duke, Columbia, Yale, Princeton, MIT (where one of our son-in-laws did his post doc), Washington & Lee (which one of our daughters attended), U of Texas (which one of our daughters attended), Loyola Marymount (where a granddaughter went) and various public and private university campuses in California where a couple of daughters and one granddaughter went. We also visited a number of other colleges in other states. I never fail to learn something new, and I think it is great for our children and grandchildren to visit a variety of campuses before making a final decision.
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@DeborahDiane (40054)
• Laguna Woods, California
29 Apr 17
@DianneN - We're visiting another college tomorrow. I think she is really enjoying this adventure ... and I'm enjoying spending the time with her. 
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@DianneN (246725)
• United States
28 Apr 17
@DeborahDiane Those were fun days for us, too. I wish your granddaughter the best of luck in making an excellent choice.
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@Gabugs (1895)
• United States
25 May 17
@DeborahDiane How wonderful that you have visited several colleges. Our eldest granddaughter joined UCLA last year. She got admissions to several colleges including Rice University and UPenn. She also got full scholarship at Rutgers. However, we dissuaded her from going far on the East Coast. She will soon be coming home in the hols.
We wish your grandchildren great success in their academic years ahead.
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@DeborahDiane (40054)
• Laguna Woods, California
25 May 17
@Gabugs - Congratulations to your granddaughter! We visited UCLA with one of our older granddaugters six years ago. She ended up attending and graduating from Loyola Marymount, and loved her years in Los Angeles ... although now is back living and working in the Napa Valley, where she grew up. Your granddaughter sounds very bright!
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@DeborahDiane (40054)
• Laguna Woods, California
25 May 17
@Gabugs - You are so right that our grandchildren are our cherished treasures. I love spending time with them!
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@Gabugs (1895)
• United States
25 May 17
@DeborahDiane Thank You dear. She wants to be a Pediatrician. Let's see.
Napa Valley is lovely place to be raised. Good Luck to all your grandchildren. They are our cherished treasures.
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@Hatley (163781)
• Garden Grove, California
9 May 17
Tose are really great ideas see what the colleges are like ten make u ones mine.,I graduated from U of Cal at Irvine when i was 45 took two years as I had the first two at Orange coast cllege loved c boh places I have a BA in
?English
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@DeborahDiane (40054)
• Laguna Woods, California
9 May 17
@Hatley - I hope our granddaughter gets into University of CA at Irvine. She lives near that campus and it would be the best solution for her. She could live at home and go to school
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@DeborahDiane (40054)
• Laguna Woods, California
24 Apr 17
@just4him - You are absolutely right that it is always fun to spend time with grandchildren, no matter what we are doing !
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@kobesbuddy (74553)
• East Tawas, Michigan
18 Nov 17
My daughter and her family lived in Irvine, for two years! Chad was in the Marines, at the time.
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@DeborahDiane (40054)
• Laguna Woods, California
18 Nov 17
@kobesbuddy - I hope they enjoyed Irvine. Our daughter and her kids seen very happy there!
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@DeborahDiane (40054)
• Laguna Woods, California
27 May 17
@spaceseed - We love our grandchildren very much ... all 7 of them.
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