State schools where it doesn’t suck to be OOS

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Anonymous wrote:DC’s friend is miserable at Wisconsin. Rushed and said they were told OOS rich kids from the East Coast not welcome. DC is at Berkeley and it’s very accepting of OOS students.

Maybe they just didn’t like her.

Yes- I was in-state at Wisconsin and now my daughter is OOS. Greek life at Wisconsin is VERY OOS dominated. Just not super popular among Wisconsinsites with the exception of maybe a few Milwaukee suburbs/private schools.

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Purdue has a lot of OOS kids but most of them are in engineering or CS.

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UofSC. There are some small circles of "Charleston Blue Bloods" but the majority of the school is geographically diverse and there is plenty to do.

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UF is particularly welcoming to OOS. I don't know why exactly, but in general I found people in Gainesville very friendly.

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Anonymous wrote:UofSC. There are some small circles of "Charleston Blue Bloods" but the majority of the school is geographically diverse and there is plenty to do.

I’ve heard that school is tough socially if you don’t go Greek or don’t join the Christian groups.

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Anywhere with at least a third oos students,

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DC is OOS at UT Austin. UT Austin is mandated to be 90% in state and 10% OOS. He did not have any issues making friends. However, on the parents Facebook groups, there were OOS kids who had problems. They blamed it on being OOS and Texas having so many fellow students arriving from one HS. There were also in state students who had problems with roommates, etc, so I don’t know.

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Anonymous wrote:You will do fine as long as you aren’t a typical East Coast douche who thinks everybody wants to constantly hear about where you came from & how much better the bagels/pizza/corned beef sandwiches are back in Boston/NYC/Philly/DC.

This was every New Yorker when I attended UF.

Yes, Florida does not have a bagel-making history like NYC. We know. We know.

Very much a NY thing to do. I've never heard people from DC doing this the same in other regions.

Temple U was very accepting of OOS students. Most people I knew were from OOS (NJ/NY/DC/VA/MD in particular).

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My DD initially was focused on going to an OOS state school. In the end she was really worried that the place she liked the most would be a back up for the in-state students (who are 80%) were compelled to attend bc of cost. I think this was in part bc she was offered honors/merit at our in state school and felt this way herself but really wanted to go away. She wound up at a private school which wasn’t what she had originally planned.

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Anonymous wrote:Delaware! The majority of kids are out of state.

But aren’t they all from Jersey and PA?

Majority NY, NJ, PA, and MD. https://www.collegefactual.com/colleges/university-of-delaware/student-life/diversity/chart-geographic-breakdown.html

There are a lot of NJ students everywhere because it has a ton of high performing students and fewer state school options.

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Anonymous wrote:UofSC. There are some small circles of "Charleston Blue Bloods" but the majority of the school is geographically diverse and there is plenty to do.

gross

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Anonymous wrote:DC’s friend is miserable at Wisconsin. Rushed and said they were told OOS rich kids from the East Coast not welcome. DC is at Berkeley and it’s very accepting of OOS students.

DS's friend is having the complete opposite experience.

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Michigan State.

DS had no problem at all making friends. Probably 75% were OOS and 25% in state. They were very good with orientation, etc.

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Anonymous wrote:My DD initially was focused on going to an OOS state school. In the end she was really worried that the place she liked the most would be a back up for the in-state students (who are 80%) were compelled to attend bc of cost. I think this was in part bc she was offered honors/merit at our in state school and felt this way herself but really wanted to go away. She wound up at a private school which wasn’t what she had originally planned.

Thanks for that! It’s hard to find a private with the large public rah rah feel.

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Anonymous wrote:Cry me a river. You’re making a choice to be a fish out of water. There were no doubt public colleges in your state/region that you turned up your nose at. Stop pretending like you’re better than the “local kids” not from the hyper competitive DC area.

This. If you are even asking this question, you should just go private.

This is OP. The whole reason I’m asking is because I want my DC to blend in with the in-state students and not be an obnoxious outsider.

I know of students who genuinely wanted to learn about and embrace the new part of the country but then were disappointed by how separated the students seemed or by how empty the campus got on weekends.

It is a *state institution.* Kids will live at home or go home over the weekend. Kids who knew each other in HS will hang out. Kids from a totally different state will be outsiders.

If your kid does not want to be an outsider choose a local school or a private school. Or just get some perspective.

NP. This is classic dcum. OP asks a question. PP doesn't answer it, but instead lectures OP on how her perspective is wrong.

And, also, PP is not entirely accurate. There are many flagships in which students live primarily on campus and don't go home on weekends.

Since state schools admit students from OOS, OP is asking a fair question. If you don't want to answer it, scroll on.

OP, mine consider Pitt and UVM. Didn't see campuses in person but kmow a lot of OOS apply and attend, so those should be good bets for blending.