[RWebb]

the UO strategy is to get as many Calif. kids in as possible and charge them out of state tutition (they are also usually better students than the in staters)

- she can room with others & waitress or be a barista, like the hundreds of others doing the same thing - maybe not in Eugene, but somewhere cheaper & fun - the coast for example, or PDX if she is a fan of Portlandia ("It's where young people go to retire")

if she is fixated on UO, then she can move here - live for a year (or you or her mom can), then get in state tuition

as in other states, the voters do not seem to think that education is worth their tax dollars, so students have to pay more & more of the cost of their education

this is the big factor driving up tuition costs

your other option is to call admissions and beg