Why are Northern Kids Flocking to Southern Universities?

[Anonymous]

State school is state school. As long as it’s an R1 and has Greek life and a decent football team, go wherever you get the best deal. UMD and Tech are high school 2.0 for DMV kids. Tap out of state scholarships and broaden your horizons.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:State school is state school. As long as it’s an R1 and has Greek life and a decent football team, go wherever you get the best deal. UMD and Tech are high school 2.0 for DMV kids. Tap out of state scholarships and broaden your horizons.

You must be old. Today, the only people who say that are those who don’t have the stats to apply or those who were rejected. UMD College park has 41,000 students; Virginia Tech has 36,000. An entire public high school class could get lost I. Those numbers. Fwiw my UVA kid never saw his high school colleagues once they matriculated

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:State school is state school. As long as it’s an R1 and has Greek life and a decent football team, go wherever you get the best deal. UMD and Tech are high school 2.0 for DMV kids. Tap out of state scholarships and broaden your horizons.

You must be old. Today, the only people who say that are those who don’t have the stats to apply or those who were rejected. UMD College park has 41,000 students; Virginia Tech has 36,000. An entire public high school class could get lost I. Those numbers. Fwiw my UVA kid never saw his high school colleagues once they matriculated

That's not standard experience. Commuter students have very different experiences than students who go out of their local bubble.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Cold weather is depressing and the Midwest economy and population has been slowly dying for decades. Why go to college in a place 99% of your classmates are going to immediately move 1000 miles away from?

The Midwest and the northeast near great lakes and lakes have one critical thing that other locations will eventually lack....water. climate migration will be from south to north, drought to water.

Yep

Bullish on upstate New York, UP Michigan.

Perhaps when southerners and westerners scramble in 50 years as climate/water refugees to the north, we don’t let them in.

You have no idea what you’re talking about. Southwest/Mountain West/Texas? Maybe. But because of population growth, not climate change (at least not in our lifetimes).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Ok so I will pick on Alabama. It’s ranked 147, has almost 40k undergraduate students, and seems to be mostly known for its football team. Even if my daughter got a full ride, no thank you. I don’t want her to be just a number and the party school Greek life is not a draw for her at all. It’s truly the last place in this country I would recommend for her. Although she’s a junior, I’m encouraging her to find a school with strong academics (isn’t that the priority?) and a stimulating environment with students who go to college to work hard and make friends and get involved with clubs, etc. She will buy some warm clothes if that school ends up being in a colder climate. The world is competitive. Strive to get into a college that is academically challenging and this will help in the long run with professional opportunities and networking.

Ok?

Where did so many people on this forum get the impression that Alabama (which wasn’t even mentioned in the original article, as far as I can recall) is the only university in the South?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:LOL. Smart northern kids are not doing this. This is a cope by parents of kids settling for a second-rate college.

It's funny how most of the "smart kids" in my DC's school would pick Duke over many of the Ivies. Guess we should let them know they're making a second-rate choice though!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:LOL. Smart northern kids are not doing this. This is a cope by parents of kids settling for a second-rate college.

Arrogant and ignorant. Not a great combination.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Cold weather is depressing and the Midwest economy and population has been slowly dying for decades. Why go to college in a place 99% of your classmates are going to immediately move 1000 miles away from?

The Midwest and the northeast near great lakes and lakes have one critical thing that other locations will eventually lack....water. climate migration will be from south to north, drought to water.

Yep

Bullish on upstate New York, UP Michigan.

Perhaps when southerners and westerners scramble in 50 years as climate/water refugees to the north, we don’t let them in.

You have no idea what you’re talking about. Southwest/Mountain West/Texas? Maybe. But because of population growth, not climate change (at least not in our lifetimes).

NP--It's tough to know if climate change will change the weather enough in 50 years for people to move because of that, but there will absolutely be people moving out of these areas due to water issues by then, and probably sooner. An enormous WORLD migration is already starting due to water issues--it's not going to be pretty.

[Anonymous]

In this ranking that includes student satisfaction...

https://lesshighschoolstress.com/blog/6/

...Vanderbilt and Emory are ahead of all Ivies except for Penn. Miami beat out Michigan. And Florida and Texas are ahead of Dartmouth and Harvard.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:State school is state school. As long as it’s an R1 and has Greek life and a decent football team, go wherever you get the best deal. UMD and Tech are high school 2.0 for DMV kids. Tap out of state scholarships and broaden your horizons.

You must be old. Today, the only people who say that are those who don’t have the stats to apply or those who were rejected. UMD College park has 41,000 students; Virginia Tech has 36,000. An entire public high school class could get lost I. Those numbers. Fwiw my UVA kid never saw his high school colleagues once they matriculated

You must be old and think kids go find themselves in the nearest state school and everyone makes all new friends. Not these days. Kids stay connected to the same group of high school friends. Thank social media, smartphones, group chats, and online gaming (boys). If you’re local and tried to make all new friends you’d seem like a weirdo. You’re stuck with the high school group unless you go out of state.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Cold weather is depressing and the Midwest economy and population has been slowly dying for decades. Why go to college in a place 99% of your classmates are going to immediately move 1000 miles away from?

The Midwest and the northeast near great lakes and lakes have one critical thing that other locations will eventually lack....water. climate migration will be from south to north, drought to water.

Yep

Bullish on upstate New York, UP Michigan.

Perhaps when southerners and westerners scramble in 50 years as climate/water refugees to the north, we don’t let them in.

College is 4 years for most students. Why are you worried about what will happen in 50 years? Do you know that many people who stayed in the same state as they attended for college?

You have no idea what you’re talking about. Southwest/Mountain West/Texas? Maybe. But because of population growth, not climate change (at least not in our lifetimes).

NP--It's tough to know if climate change will change the weather enough in 50 years for people to move because of that, but there will absolutely be people moving out of these areas due to water issues by then, and probably sooner. An enormous WORLD migration is already starting due to water issues--it's not going to be pretty.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:State school is state school. As long as it’s an R1 and has Greek life and a decent football team, go wherever you get the best deal. UMD and Tech are high school 2.0 for DMV kids. Tap out of state scholarships and broaden your horizons.

You must be old. Today, the only people who say that are those who don’t have the stats to apply or those who were rejected. UMD College park has 41,000 students; Virginia Tech has 36,000. An entire public high school class could get lost I. Those numbers. Fwiw my UVA kid never saw his high school colleagues once they matriculated

That's not standard experience. Commuter students have very different experiences than students who go out of their local bubble.

Who on earth in DMV could commute to Blacksburg??

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:State school is state school. As long as it’s an R1 and has Greek life and a decent football team, go wherever you get the best deal. UMD and Tech are high school 2.0 for DMV kids. Tap out of state scholarships and broaden your horizons.

You must be old. Today, the only people who say that are those who don’t have the stats to apply or those who were rejected. UMD College park has 41,000 students; Virginia Tech has 36,000. An entire public high school class could get lost I. Those numbers. Fwiw my UVA kid never saw his high school colleagues once they matriculated

You must be old and think kids go find themselves in the nearest state school and everyone makes all new friends. Not these days. Kids stay connected to the same group of high school friends. Thank social media, smartphones, group chats, and online gaming (boys). If you’re local and tried to make all new friends you’d seem like a weirdo. You’re stuck with the high school group unless you go out of state.

Since you claim high school students stay closely connected at college via online platforms, why would this be any different if one went to college OOS? And with so many state schools to choose from, at least in VA, why would someone think kids staying in state wind up at the same college as their close high school friends who also stay in state?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Cold weather is depressing and the Midwest economy and population has been slowly dying for decades. Why go to college in a place 99% of your classmates are going to immediately move 1000 miles away from?

The Midwest and the northeast near great lakes and lakes have one critical thing that other locations will eventually lack....water. climate migration will be from south to north, drought to water.

Yep

Bullish on upstate New York, UP Michigan.

Perhaps when southerners and westerners scramble in 50 years as climate/water refugees to the north, we don’t let them in.

Rust belt is so great you’re spamming a regional forum you don’t live in?

Spam? The conditions described that would develop from the global warming have largely arrived as predicted, ahead of schedule. The droughts, floods, fires, sea rise and temps are all here and intensifying. But just shrug your shoulders if you wish...and teach your kids to do the same. That is a great plan.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:State school is state school. As long as it’s an R1 and has Greek life and a decent football team, go wherever you get the best deal. UMD and Tech are high school 2.0 for DMV kids. Tap out of state scholarships and broaden your horizons.

Says someone who has never gone to either school and has no clue.