Plain State Universities

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Anonymous wrote:I have 2 friends who went to KU and now their kids are going there (as out-of-staters). I loved it when I visited. My kids are also considering KU. We are in Silver Spring now.

Last summer Dh and I were in Wichita and we were seated in a restaurant next to a table of women. The tables were close and we couldn't help but overhear their conversation. One woman was talking about her daughter who would be starting KU , and how all the freshmen dorms were full and her daughter would be living in an off campus apartment. From the woman's description, it was a common problem that year (this year's freshmen.)
On campus housing for freshman year is important to me/my kid, if it is to you/your kids too that might be something to look into and make sure to stay on top of any housing deadlines.

We already paid the housing deposit. KU was very clear that we needed to do that by Dec 1.

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Anonymous wrote:My son (current high school senior) was accepted to Oklahoma and has been offered a generous scholarship. He will hear from his first choice school in mid January, but if he does not get in there we plan to visit Oklahoma. He's also been accepted at a few other schools.

Which one? OSU or OU?

I’m reading what you said as “Oklahoma” or OU. But I wanted to check because I have a lot of knowledge about OSU

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My son (current high school senior) was accepted to Oklahoma and has been offered a generous scholarship. He will hear from his first choice school in mid January, but if he does not get in there we plan to visit Oklahoma. He's also been accepted at a few other schools.

Which one? OSU or OU?

I’m reading what you said as “Oklahoma” or OU. But I wanted to check because I have a lot of knowledge about OSU

Sorry, OU. The one in Norman.

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Many smart Texas kids can't get in in-state anymore. UT requires over a 4.0 which many kids from the smaller private schools cannot attain due to grade deflation and the way private schools' grade. TAMU requires a 3.6/3.7 and is super competitive. Texas Tech is far away from most Central TX/North TX students (and it's in the middle of nowhere), and Texas State is known as a party school, which not every kid wants. Most TX public school kids are used to large classes and don't want to attend a smaller in-state college. I understand why kids who can't afford Baylor/SMU/TCU and can't get into an in-state flagship want to go to Oklahoma/Arkansas.

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Anonymous wrote:I think it should be Plains states, not plain states. University of Iowa is a Great Plains state school.

No, it is not. Iowa is not the Great Plains and physically Iowa City looks nothing like the Plains.

Midwest, yes. Plains, no

People get confused about that.

Missouri, Iowa and Illinois are the Midwest.

Michigan, Wisconsin, etc are the upper Midwest.

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Anonymous wrote: Many smart Texas kids can't get in in-state anymore. UT requires over a 4.0 which many kids from the smaller private schools cannot attain due to grade deflation and the way private schools' grade. TAMU requires a 3.6/3.7 and is super competitive. Texas Tech is far away from most Central TX/North TX students (and it's in the middle of nowhere), and Texas State is known as a party school, which not every kid wants. Most TX public school kids are used to large classes and don't want to attend a smaller in-state college. I understand why kids who can't afford Baylor/SMU/TCU and can't get into an in-state flagship want to go to Oklahoma/Arkansas.

Sounds very similar to Virginia students that can't get in to VT, UVA, and W&M going to Alabama, UTK, Georgia, etc.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My son (current high school senior) was accepted to Oklahoma and has been offered a generous scholarship. He will hear from his first choice school in mid January, but if he does not get in there we plan to visit Oklahoma. He's also been accepted at a few other schools.

Which one? OSU or OU?

I’m reading what you said as “Oklahoma” or OU. But I wanted to check because I have a lot of knowledge about OSU

Sorry, OU. The one in Norman.

The more liberal....if he comes, dependent upon his major, tell him to connect with Obama's friend - George Kaiser - in Tulsa. Y'all will thank me.

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Anonymous wrote:I think it should be Plains states, not plain states. University of Iowa is a Great Plains state school.

No, it is not. Iowa is not the Great Plains and physically Iowa City looks nothing like the Plains.

Midwest, yes. Plains, no

+1 But well worth looking into. Iowa City is a great college town and Iowa is a terrific school.

The whole area is beautiful, and U of Iowa scores well in the rankings of "happiest students." I agree -- it's a terrific school with a lot to offer. DC and I visited as DC plans to apply to the Iowa Writers' Workshop. Unfortunately, it's very difficult to get in, but we loved the area.

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Anonymous wrote:We have lived up and down that part of the country.

People are sooo nice in those states. Texas in particular is amazing, culturally, food, entertainment, etc.

I personally am not a big fan of Oklahoma or Kansas, simply because I don't like the geography. But the people are great. My preference geographically would be Texas, Missouri (particularly the St Louis side down I-44 to Springfield), or Arkansas. The Ozark foothills are lovely.

People-wise though, you cannot beat those in the middle of the country

Look at University of Missouri- Columbia, University of Missouri-Rolla (engineering or geology type stuff) or Southwest Missouri State for some good Missouri state university options. K State and KU are both good schools too.

Agree. Friendly and kind people, good restaurants, and great shopping. We were very impressed by Creighton and found downtown Omaha surprisingly liberal. Also liked U of Nebraska and U of Kansas. DC plans to apply to Creighton next year.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think it should be Plains states, not plain states. University of Iowa is a Great Plains state school.

No, it is not. Iowa is not the Great Plains and physically Iowa City looks nothing like the Plains.

Midwest, yes. Plains, no

+1 But well worth looking into. Iowa City is a great college town and Iowa is a terrific school.

The whole area is beautiful, and U of Iowa scores well in the rankings of "happiest students." I agree -- it's a terrific school with a lot to offer. DC and I visited as DC plans to apply to the Iowa Writers' Workshop. Unfortunately, it's very difficult to get in, but we loved the area.

Acceptance into the Iowa Writers' Workshop was 2.7% in 2017 and is probably much lower now. Entry into many of the MFA programs in creative writing is insanely competitive.

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The Plains States have lots of really good SLACs like Carleton, Grinnell, Macalester, St. Olaf, Gustavus Adolphus, Luther, etc. I was surprised by how much I liked them all.

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Anonymous wrote:The Plains States have lots of really good SLACs like Carleton, Grinnell, Macalester, St. Olaf, Gustavus Adolphus, Luther, etc. I was surprised by how much I liked them all.

Some of those are too woke, but Gustavus is way underrated.

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Anonymous wrote:My child is seriously considering Kansas (KU). We loved it when we visited.

Kansas State University has a quite of few professors who attended Yale, Harvard, MITT, and University of Michigan.

Given the academia job market, even sub-flagship publics have tons of hypsm professors

our HS has teachers from MIT, and we are not at a wealthy public.

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Anonymous wrote:The Plains States have lots of really good SLACs like Carleton, Grinnell, Macalester, St. Olaf, Gustavus Adolphus, Luther, etc. I was surprised by how much I liked them all.

These schools are in the Midwest.