Why do so many kids attend public schools out of state?

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Anonymous wrote:The mindset of the OP is the exact reason students choose to go out of state, if they can. They value broadening one's horizons.

Op here. I think people are misunderstanding what I meant. I don’t understand why anyone would go to a mediocre public school and pay out of state tuition for a mediocre school. I would pick a better private school out of state vs a mediocre public school.

I got multiple answers. That may have been their best option. The cost of OOS public is still lower than cost of private. The OOS public may be larger and attractive. OOS public may have more majors and options.

I was wondering why one would pick a large public and pay OOS tuition. I didn’t realize some people want to go to a school with 50,000 students.

Thanks for confirming you are indeed a troll.

I was genuinely curious and got several answers on why one would choose an OOS public.

I grew up in an affluent suburb and was part of the AP/honors crowd. Everyone sought the ivy, Stanford, mit, Carnegie Mellon, Cooper union, Amherst, Swarthmore, nyu, tufts, Wellesley, etc type schools.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:If you are in VA, most probably could not get into UVA, especially if they are in NOVA. They may or may not have gotten into WM. WM is a great school but expensive for an in state school and somewhat quirky/bookish. It might not be a fit for everyone. They were probably waitlisted at VA Tech because their scores were too HIGH!

We have two out of state and both got enough merit where it was significantly cheaper than WM. A tad more than VA Tech.

Neither applied to UVA

One got into WM, one did not (waitlist). The one who got into WM was adamant about not going there and would have gone to JMU before WM (which we would have been ok with).

Both were waitlisted at VA Tech with gpa and test scores significantly higher than the 50% mark for VA Tech. We do not know what VA Tech is doing with admissions but know of students that got into schools like UF, ND, Carnegie Mellon, GA Tech, Fordham, Villanova, BC that got waitlisted at VA Tech.

We looked at a lot of schools, including PSU and Clemson. We were really close to pulling the trigger on Clemson. The suggestion that you are slumming it to head out of state at one of those schools is ignorant. PSU main campus and Clemson will both have lower acceptance rates than VA TECH for the class of 2026. PSU is the flagship school for a bigger state with nationally recognized programs. Both have a better campus and sports than VA Tech. WM is great but not a fir for everyone.

We have two more and they will both be applying PSU and Clemson. We think they will apply to UVA but they have already said WM and VA Tech are out. WM is too small and they have no desire to play the admissions game with VA Tech.

Op here. I was curious why one would pick a public out of state vs a private out of state? Did your kids not apply to any private universities?

I am from NY and many kids went to private colleges in the Northeast. You normally wouldn’t choose public unless you couldn’t afford the better private.

Thank you OP for confirming that NY is indeed the most parochial place on earth.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The mindset of the OP is the exact reason students choose to go out of state, if they can. They value broadening one's horizons.

Op here. I think people are misunderstanding what I meant. I don’t understand why anyone would go to a mediocre public school and pay out of state tuition for a mediocre school. I would pick a better private school out of state vs a mediocre public school.

I got multiple answers. That may have been their best option. The cost of OOS public is still lower than cost of private. The OOS public may be larger and attractive. OOS public may have more majors and options.

I was wondering why one would pick a large public and pay OOS tuition. I didn’t realize some people want to go to a school with 50,000 students.

Thanks for confirming you are indeed a troll.

I was genuinely curious and got several answers on why one would choose an OOS public.

I grew up in an affluent suburb and was part of the AP/honors crowd. Everyone sought the ivy, Stanford, mit, Carnegie Mellon, Cooper union, Amherst, Swarthmore, nyu, tufts, Wellesley, etc type schools.

Lol
I just can’t with how stupid this is.

[Anonymous]

OP - I can see where you're coming from. Growing up in California and moving to the DC area the high percentage of OOS public future attendees was very surprising. I guess because of the strong and vast UC and CSU system, I never considered even applying to an OOS public.

But now schools like Pitt and Univ. Delaware will be on my DD's list!

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We can only put oos schools on the possibles list that have programs that bring tuition down to incredibly close to in state. Like within $1-2k.

Which puts a school like Northern Illinois onto the list

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Well, maybe they want to experience a different part of this vast country? Merit money and/or honors college are also big incentives.

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Anonymous wrote:To be fair, as soon as the horrible scotus decision comes down, half the states in this country are no longer places I will send my daughters to school. Damn shame, because there were a couple schools we were interested in.

Or sons.

well, I only have daughters

But people should definitely consider what all these new laws that are about to come to pass mean for their sons, as well

just a quick follow up-Teen Vogue is apparently working on a story about families in the midst of the college search and what these coming laws mean going forward

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:To be fair, as soon as the horrible scotus decision comes down, half the states in this country are no longer places I will send my daughters to school. Damn shame, because there were a couple schools we were interested in.

Or sons.

well, I only have daughters

But people should definitely consider what all these new laws that are about to come to pass mean for their sons, as well

just a quick follow up-Teen Vogue is apparently working on a story about families in the midst of the college search and what these coming laws mean going forward

I'm sure that will be well balanced non-partisan article, I'm waiting with baited breath!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:To be fair, as soon as the horrible scotus decision comes down, half the states in this country are no longer places I will send my daughters to school. Damn shame, because there were a couple schools we were interested in.

Or sons.

well, I only have daughters

But people should definitely consider what all these new laws that are about to come to pass mean for their sons, as well

just a quick follow up-Teen Vogue is apparently working on a story about families in the midst of the college search and what these coming laws mean going forward

I'm sure that will be well balanced non-partisan article, I'm waiting with baited breath!

like you read teen vogue anyway

[Anonymous]

My child doesn't want to stay in-state. He wants to go away to college. PA has a decent OOS tuition for their public universities. They have his intended major. They aren't too far away from home but far enough.

Lots of reasons.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:To be fair, as soon as the horrible scotus decision comes down, half the states in this country are no longer places I will send my daughters to school. Damn shame, because there were a couple schools we were interested in.

Or sons.

well, I only have daughters

But people should definitely consider what all these new laws that are about to come to pass mean for their sons, as well

just a quick follow up-Teen Vogue is apparently working on a story about families in the midst of the college search and what these coming laws mean going forward

I'm sure that will be well balanced non-partisan article, I'm waiting with baited breath!

like you read teen vogue anyway

That's not the point especially when it is a publication influencing the mind of a teenager.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:To be fair, as soon as the horrible scotus decision comes down, half the states in this country are no longer places I will send my daughters to school. Damn shame, because there were a couple schools we were interested in.

Or sons.

well, I only have daughters

But people should definitely consider what all these new laws that are about to come to pass mean for their sons, as well

just a quick follow up-Teen Vogue is apparently working on a story about families in the midst of the college search and what these coming laws mean going forward

I'm sure that will be well balanced non-partisan article, I'm waiting with baited breath!

like you read teen vogue anyway

That's not the point especially when it is a publication influencing the mind of a teenager.

Hope they share the facts on how sh1tty life will be for women in women-hating states.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My child doesn't want to stay in-state. He wants to go away to college. PA has a decent OOS tuition for their public universities. They have his intended major. They aren't too far away from home but far enough.

Lots of reasons.

which ones are you considering?

We are looking at Slippery Rock, but also have IUP and West Chester on the list

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP - I can see where you're coming from. Growing up in California and moving to the DC area the high percentage of OOS public future attendees was very surprising. I guess because of the strong and vast UC and CSU system, I never considered even applying to an OOS public.

But now schools like Pitt and Univ. Delaware will be on my DD's list!

Huh. Maybe it depends on where and CA, and when you graduated from high school...I think as the UCs have gotten so very competitive a lot of CA students look to OOS schools- and the CSUs aren't appealing to many students for a variety reasons. But I graduated from a public HS in San Diego County in 2007, so pretty recently probably compared to many on this forum, and I remember a LOT of my classmates going to U of Arizona, ASU, U of Utah, CU Boulder/CSU, Oregon...and a number to flagships like Wisconsin and Michigan.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The mindset of the OP is the exact reason students choose to go out of state, if they can. They value broadening one's horizons.

Op here. I think people are misunderstanding what I meant. I don’t understand why anyone would go to a mediocre public school and pay out of state tuition for a mediocre school. I would pick a better private school out of state vs a mediocre public school.

I got multiple answers. That may have been their best option. The cost of OOS public is still lower than cost of private. The OOS public may be larger and attractive. OOS public may have more majors and options.

I was wondering why one would pick a large public and pay OOS tuition. I didn’t realize some people want to go to a school with 50,000 students.

Thanks for confirming you are indeed a troll.

I was genuinely curious and got several answers on why one would choose an OOS public.

I grew up in an affluent suburb and was part of the AP/honors crowd. Everyone sought the ivy, Stanford, mit, Carnegie Mellon, Cooper union, Amherst, Swarthmore, nyu, tufts, Wellesley, etc type schools.

Lol
I just can’t with how stupid this is.

Not to mention Cooper Union is not a school that PP's "affluent suburb" crowd would have sought out. That's a school that smart, lower middle class kids in Brooklyn and Queens seek out.

Be that as it may, the AP/honors crowds in DC-area schools look at a wider range of schools.