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Los Altos Rec's College Tour 2012

One bus. Five days. Eight colleges. Thirty-three participants. So much learned.

How did some kids spend their spring break? 

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Tamara Oskoui of the  staff shared pictures on Twitter (@LosAltosTeens) as 33 participants hopped on a chartered bus and wended their way down the coast to Southern California colleges to check out eight of them: California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo, CSU-Dominguez Hills, UC-Santa Barbara, UC-Los Angeles, University of Southern California, UC-Irvine, CSU-San Diego, and UC-San Diego.

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They walked, they listened. They shopped. 

They went to Disneyland. And on the bus, they compared the pros and the cons of the schools they just saw. 

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They all came back Friday night. Ride along here through the photo gallery and read the observations, or check out the longer running commentary on Twitter, in 140 words or less, on each Tweet. You'll find more Twitpics there.


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