[quote=bearishgurl](…)You can’t (…)use your unknown-as-yet ability to “choice” as criteria as to whether to consider a particular area to purchase/live in. [/quote]
Why not? I am considering just very few different areas that are within reasonable commute,plus we like the neighborhoods, houses, etc in general; why not let the “choice” make the decision?
[quote=bearishgurl](…)YOUR KIDS WILL BE HAPPY WHEREVER THEY GO TO SCHOOL!! (…) It is actually EASIER to get accepted into the UC system in schools where there are more “lower-scoring” or ESL students because the UC system accepts a top percentage of graduates FROM EACH SCHOOL.
(…) No matter where your child attends school, it will be all UP TO HIM/HER to excel in school.
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I agree that is easier to be in top x% of not that great of a school (but a decent one still), than in an extremely competitve school (especially if your child is not that competitive/ambitious/studious/driven). I am trying to make a compromise here. UC schools would be just fine. It doesn’t have to be LJ or Del Mar. LJ just is most convenient for commute.UC is too expensive for us, for what we want.