[joec]

A lot of really interesting “good old time” comments here. I went and did the whole dorm/freshman/sophomore thing before living off campus in the apartments and DO agree that you can never make that time up as you get older and I really enjoyed it. If I didn’t get to experience that, I know I would have regretted it. Reason being is you only get to be 18 once and as you get older, you are less likely to goof off, waste time, screw around. Going to JC and transferring would probably (for me at least) give me better grades, but school would have been just all business and I wouldn’t replace my own experience even with more financial success. There are no guarantees either way.

After I graduated and started working, I went back to visit a friend after being out of school for about 2 years and your view of life/college is already so different. I was so mindful of my time being wasted instead of just enjoying the experience.

In the dorms, there was always someone to chat/hang out with and waste time and have fun. You’ll be working for the next 50 years of your life so those young years of your life really does go by once. I was also in a single dorm room about 200 sqft with 2 other guys with community baths (not co-ed yet) on the floor…

Downside for me were those 2 years were probably horrible for my grades, but I would consider them some of the happiest times in my life being independent and responsibility free (no kids, mortgage, single, etc) and since I went away for college, having total freedom and grow up.

In terms of graduating in 4 years, that’s incredibly hard for engineering majors in the UC system due to full classes as well as half of the students in class failing and having to retake courses (at least back then and I’d assume it’s even worse now).

A lot of my upper division engr classes were curved and with the tests so hard, 50% of the class got a C- or lower so that means retake the course to graduate or switch majors (which a ton of people did during my time there).

You pretty much also have your whole class schedule made up in the back of the engr major guide so you didn’t have a lot of room to take something else if you couldn’t get in.

I agree that going to school in middle/high school with very driven/competitive students really helps you since I had a dorm-mate who studied in Hong Kong and he was an econ major, but had no trouble doing all my Physics homework since he did it all before at his high school. That would make college a ton easier. My high school is now rated a 5 in Greatschools so I’d probably do better in college if I did everything in HS already.

[joec]

A lot of really interesting “good old time” comments here. I went and did the whole dorm/freshman/sophomore thing before living off campus in the apartments and DO agree that you can never make that time up as you get older and I really enjoyed it. If I didn’t get to experience that, I know I would have regretted it. Reason being is you only get to be 18 once and as you get older, you are less likely to goof off, waste time, screw around. Going to JC and transferring would probably (for me at least) give me better grades, but school would have been just all business and I wouldn’t replace my own experience even with more financial success. There are no guarantees either way.

After I graduated and started working, I went back to visit a friend after being out of school for about 2 years and your view of life/college is already so different. I was so mindful of my time being wasted instead of just enjoying the experience.

In the dorms, there was always someone to chat/hang out with and waste time and have fun. You’ll be working for the next 50 years of your life so those young years of your life really does go by once. I was also in a single dorm room about 200 sqft with 2 other guys with community baths (not co-ed yet) on the floor…

Downside for me were those 2 years were probably horrible for my grades, but I would consider them some of the happiest times in my life being independent and responsibility free (no kids, mortgage, single, etc) and since I went away for college, having total freedom and grow up.

In terms of graduating in 4 years, that’s incredibly hard for engineering majors in the UC system due to full classes as well as half of the students in class failing and having to retake courses (at least back then and I’d assume it’s even worse now).

A lot of my upper division engr classes were curved and with the tests so hard, 50% of the class got a C- or lower so that means retake the course to graduate or switch majors (which a ton of people did during my time there).

You pretty much also have your whole class schedule made up in the back of the engr major guide so you didn’t have a lot of room to take something else if you couldn’t get in.

I agree that going to school in middle/high school with very driven/competitive students really helps you since I had a dorm-mate who studied in Hong Kong and he was an econ major, but had no trouble doing all my Physics homework since he did it all before at his high school. That would make college a ton easier. My high school is now rated a 5 in Greatschools so I’d probably do better in college if I did everything in HS already.

[joec]

A lot of really interesting “good old time” comments here. I went and did the whole dorm/freshman/sophomore thing before living off campus in the apartments and DO agree that you can never make that time up as you get older and I really enjoyed it. If I didn’t get to experience that, I know I would have regretted it. Reason being is you only get to be 18 once and as you get older, you are less likely to goof off, waste time, screw around. Going to JC and transferring would probably (for me at least) give me better grades, but school would have been just all business and I wouldn’t replace my own experience even with more financial success. There are no guarantees either way.

After I graduated and started working, I went back to visit a friend after being out of school for about 2 years and your view of life/college is already so different. I was so mindful of my time being wasted instead of just enjoying the experience.

In the dorms, there was always someone to chat/hang out with and waste time and have fun. You’ll be working for the next 50 years of your life so those young years of your life really does go by once. I was also in a single dorm room about 200 sqft with 2 other guys with community baths (not co-ed yet) on the floor…

Downside for me were those 2 years were probably horrible for my grades, but I would consider them some of the happiest times in my life being independent and responsibility free (no kids, mortgage, single, etc) and since I went away for college, having total freedom and grow up.

In terms of graduating in 4 years, that’s incredibly hard for engineering majors in the UC system due to full classes as well as half of the students in class failing and having to retake courses (at least back then and I’d assume it’s even worse now).

A lot of my upper division engr classes were curved and with the tests so hard, 50% of the class got a C- or lower so that means retake the course to graduate or switch majors (which a ton of people did during my time there).

You pretty much also have your whole class schedule made up in the back of the engr major guide so you didn’t have a lot of room to take something else if you couldn’t get in.

I agree that going to school in middle/high school with very driven/competitive students really helps you since I had a dorm-mate who studied in Hong Kong and he was an econ major, but had no trouble doing all my Physics homework since he did it all before at his high school. That would make college a ton easier. My high school is now rated a 5 in Greatschools so I’d probably do better in college if I did everything in HS already.

[joec]

[quote=SkyRanchOwner]Here is also another recent resale listing for a Crestview home:

http://www.sdlookup.com/MLS-100048117-5036_Sevilla_St_Santee_CA_92071

Let’s see where this one closes too.[/quote]

This one sold back in July 2008 for 600k…On my 4/10/2008 price list, this was listed back then for 690k. I wonder why they had to sell…Listed price is not too different from what they paid, but with say a 5% sales commission, they’re off 41k already. Add it their 50k in upgrades (maybe not really what they paid due to sales incentives initially), they loss close to 100k. Pretty painful and people should not have bought if they weren’t going to stay for the longer term.

Maybe the current owners are dual income doctors and can afford to take the hit…

[joec]

[quote=SkyRanchOwner]Here is also another recent resale listing for a Crestview home:

http://www.sdlookup.com/MLS-100048117-5036_Sevilla_St_Santee_CA_92071

Let’s see where this one closes too.[/quote]

This one sold back in July 2008 for 600k…On my 4/10/2008 price list, this was listed back then for 690k. I wonder why they had to sell…Listed price is not too different from what they paid, but with say a 5% sales commission, they’re off 41k already. Add it their 50k in upgrades (maybe not really what they paid due to sales incentives initially), they loss close to 100k. Pretty painful and people should not have bought if they weren’t going to stay for the longer term.

Maybe the current owners are dual income doctors and can afford to take the hit…

[joec]

[quote=SkyRanchOwner]Here is also another recent resale listing for a Crestview home:

http://www.sdlookup.com/MLS-100048117-5036_Sevilla_St_Santee_CA_92071

Let’s see where this one closes too.[/quote]

This one sold back in July 2008 for 600k…On my 4/10/2008 price list, this was listed back then for 690k. I wonder why they had to sell…Listed price is not too different from what they paid, but with say a 5% sales commission, they’re off 41k already. Add it their 50k in upgrades (maybe not really what they paid due to sales incentives initially), they loss close to 100k. Pretty painful and people should not have bought if they weren’t going to stay for the longer term.

Maybe the current owners are dual income doctors and can afford to take the hit…

[joec]

[quote=SkyRanchOwner]Here is also another recent resale listing for a Crestview home:

http://www.sdlookup.com/MLS-100048117-5036_Sevilla_St_Santee_CA_92071

Let’s see where this one closes too.[/quote]

This one sold back in July 2008 for 600k…On my 4/10/2008 price list, this was listed back then for 690k. I wonder why they had to sell…Listed price is not too different from what they paid, but with say a 5% sales commission, they’re off 41k already. Add it their 50k in upgrades (maybe not really what they paid due to sales incentives initially), they loss close to 100k. Pretty painful and people should not have bought if they weren’t going to stay for the longer term.

Maybe the current owners are dual income doctors and can afford to take the hit…

[joec]

[quote=SkyRanchOwner]Here is also another recent resale listing for a Crestview home:

http://www.sdlookup.com/MLS-100048117-5036_Sevilla_St_Santee_CA_92071

Let’s see where this one closes too.[/quote]

This one sold back in July 2008 for 600k…On my 4/10/2008 price list, this was listed back then for 690k. I wonder why they had to sell…Listed price is not too different from what they paid, but with say a 5% sales commission, they’re off 41k already. Add it their 50k in upgrades (maybe not really what they paid due to sales incentives initially), they loss close to 100k. Pretty painful and people should not have bought if they weren’t going to stay for the longer term.

Maybe the current owners are dual income doctors and can afford to take the hit…

[joec]

I’ve said it before as many others here, but you don’t have to hit the absolute bottom. In the end, a house is a place to live and unlike a stock or bond, you have to live somewhere. Buying a place and being able to move on with your life and spend all the extra time not spent searching for a home is wonderful!

I’d just worry less about overpaying and focus on things like how long you plan to stay there? What’s the mortgage compared to renting a comparable property? I think after the tax deduction, the numbers probably aren’t as bad as people make it out to be, especially where you’re looking.

It’s probably harder to actually find a place you’d want to live in.

[joec]

I’ve said it before as many others here, but you don’t have to hit the absolute bottom. In the end, a house is a place to live and unlike a stock or bond, you have to live somewhere. Buying a place and being able to move on with your life and spend all the extra time not spent searching for a home is wonderful!

I’d just worry less about overpaying and focus on things like how long you plan to stay there? What’s the mortgage compared to renting a comparable property? I think after the tax deduction, the numbers probably aren’t as bad as people make it out to be, especially where you’re looking.

It’s probably harder to actually find a place you’d want to live in.

[joec]

I’ve said it before as many others here, but you don’t have to hit the absolute bottom. In the end, a house is a place to live and unlike a stock or bond, you have to live somewhere. Buying a place and being able to move on with your life and spend all the extra time not spent searching for a home is wonderful!

I’d just worry less about overpaying and focus on things like how long you plan to stay there? What’s the mortgage compared to renting a comparable property? I think after the tax deduction, the numbers probably aren’t as bad as people make it out to be, especially where you’re looking.

It’s probably harder to actually find a place you’d want to live in.

[joec]

I’ve said it before as many others here, but you don’t have to hit the absolute bottom. In the end, a house is a place to live and unlike a stock or bond, you have to live somewhere. Buying a place and being able to move on with your life and spend all the extra time not spent searching for a home is wonderful!

I’d just worry less about overpaying and focus on things like how long you plan to stay there? What’s the mortgage compared to renting a comparable property? I think after the tax deduction, the numbers probably aren’t as bad as people make it out to be, especially where you’re looking.

It’s probably harder to actually find a place you’d want to live in.

[joec]

I’ve said it before as many others here, but you don’t have to hit the absolute bottom. In the end, a house is a place to live and unlike a stock or bond, you have to live somewhere. Buying a place and being able to move on with your life and spend all the extra time not spent searching for a home is wonderful!

I’d just worry less about overpaying and focus on things like how long you plan to stay there? What’s the mortgage compared to renting a comparable property? I think after the tax deduction, the numbers probably aren’t as bad as people make it out to be, especially where you’re looking.

It’s probably harder to actually find a place you’d want to live in.

[joec]

On the topic of food, is there a good Dim Sum place in SD with a discount during weekdays? Compared to SF, LA or Silicon Valley, Dim Sum is mighty expensive and lacking here…

[joec]

On the topic of food, is there a good Dim Sum place in SD with a discount during weekdays? Compared to SF, LA or Silicon Valley, Dim Sum is mighty expensive and lacking here…

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