Moving for in-state tuition - where?

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Anonymous wrote:It is very expensive to live anywhere in California you would want to live.

Do you know if your kids will be good students? My kid got enough merit aid from some state flagships to make it as cheap as UVA.

Not true. I lived near Sacramento for years and it was much cheaper than living here.

Please reread the bolded.

You’re right. No one wants to live in Sacramento. Thanks for imparting your brilliance in us!

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Anonymous wrote:Look into the NC Promise; this is the route we are taking this year.

But it’s NORTH CAROLINA. It’s like walking back into the 1950’s.

While I generally hate North Carolina (not trying to offend anyone), I really LOVED Asheville. So wonderful! Maybe you could look there?

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Anonymous wrote:Florida.

Many options, cheap real estate. Super cheap tuition.

+1. Lots of good options in Florida.

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I don't know if this was recommended, but I'd suggest NY. Not NYC, but assuming you can do cold weather, I'd move upstate somewhere. I believe the SUNY schools are good choices. There is an in-state tuition at some of the colleges at Cornell. Instate tuition is cheap and I believe there is a discussion/decision about providing free in-state tuition for NY residents.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm from California, and would never move back there. The UC system is a mess - with impacted majors you pretty much have to assume 5 years to graduate. And that's IF you can even get into a UC school. They're soo hard to get into; there's a reason hoards of kids from CA end up at U of AZ, Oregon, Washington state schools, etc. Also, it's absurdly expensive and the public K-12 system has various woes. Maybe if you're super rich it would be an option...but then again if you're super rich, you wouldn't be uprooting your family for in-state tuition!

I second (third?) North Carolina. Lots of options in terms of colleges and amazing quality of life (and reasonable COL). Texas and Georgia also have great public universities and good QOL/COL. I'm not a huge fan of Florida but the public college options are excellent. Virginia, obviously, has great choices although I'm not sure if you'd consider that warm.

UCs are relatively inexpensive for in-state residents and they offer lot of merit based aid for in-state residents. My kid was OOS at Berkeley and was able to graduate in 3 years.