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Kelly and his family traveled to Irvine, California so he could tour the university and decide if it was one of the schools he would apply to. Although the trip seemed like a formality of sorts to Kelly because was already sure he wanted to apply to the UC Irvine he certainly didn’t mind taking the trip there. His younger sister Sarah was also interested in touring the campus though she wouldn’t be applying to schools for another year and was thinking about a few on the east coast. It seemed to be that Sarah wanted to get as far a way as possible, though she was just attracted to the schools and cities on the eastern coast of the country.

Kelly, Sarah and their parents arrived at one of the hotels Irvine and were immediately impressed with the city. One of the statistical pieces of information his parents had learned prior to their visit is that Irvine is frequently considered to be one of the safest cities in the nation to live in. The father reminded Kelly of this as they headed out to look at the university. Kelly was impressed though he was much more concerned with the actual school. He was planning to major in biology with a focus on microbiology and immunology. The science schools at UCI had strong reputations and when the reached the campus Kelly directed his family straight toward these buildings. His parents loved the campus and Kelly loved the program. That was enough for him to announce he would be applying there.

They also visited Old Town Irvine while they were in town and enjoyed the historic feel and touring some of the old buildings. They visited the Irvine Hotel that dates from around 1914 and also the general store and a blacksmith shop. Sarah was more impressed with the city and enjoyed visiting it much more than she let on, though she was secretly thinking she would like to apply there too. Her problem was how to present this to Kelly whom she did not think would want his littler sister at the same school he went to. Although, she reasoned that since she would be a foreign language major they would rarely, if ever have to see each other.