My friend actually moved to the Midwest for college admissions purposes

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Anonymous wrote:Will this really help? She’s raised her kids in a suburb outside out Minneapolis because -1- it’s much cheaper than the east coast yet not so culturally different and -2- she thinks it will help the kids go to good colleges. They attend a good public school — maybe top 30 in the state. This family could live anywhere in the country. Is this a smart strategy?

I wonder if I also know this person.....we know of a similar family that was all in on Big3. Moved temporarily and ended up staying. I wouldn't be surprised if this played into it.

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Anonymous wrote:I think she'll find that in Minneapolis, like the rest of the country, they worry a lot less about college and focus more time enjoying a full life. and THAT is good for college admissions.

these DMV kids all look the same!!

Op here : this is absolutely the case and something she often mentions. The dream for the other smart kids at this high school is to go to St Olaf and maybe Carleton. Their families wouldn’t want even their kids to go farther than Wisconsin — the northeast is simply not on their radar, though these are comfortable professional families. But my friend’s kid is focused on the east coast ivies.

Does she realize this means her kids' highschool is going to be on the "unknown" or "less proven" list of schools for Ivy schools? There's a fine balance between being out of luck in DC because you go to a Big 3 where smart kids with legacy parents are dime a dozen and going to a school that lacks prior history of students so that Ivy can feel confident in the school quality behind the grades.

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Another level of crazy if that was the motivation for that move.

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Is the hs ranked 30th in the state of Minnesota really all that good?

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This is the dumbest thing I have heard of in a long time.

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Anonymous wrote:I mean, you can only be a resident of one state so it’s not like moving to the Midwest generally opens up a bunch of college opportunities in other Midwest states (they’ll still be OOS for anything not in MN).

Actually they will also be considered in-state for Wisconsin, N Dakota and S Dakota.

GTFO! North or South Dakota?!! Winning the lottery tight there