State schools where it doesn’t suck to be OOS

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DC is OOS at Purdue. With the OOS and international, it’s over 50% OOS. A large contingent are from the Midwest. In engineering, students are from all over the country, not just the Midwest.

Purdue has Boiler Gold Rush as an orientation that runs the week before classes start. Many students participate and meet new friends.

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Even if schools have a low % of oos, that’s not necessarily a bad thing. It can make oos students different & interesting. The key is to be polite regarding the local customs & attitudes, & not fight against them. So, don’t go to U of Oklahoma & tell everybody that football is stupid. Don’t go to Iowa & tell everybody that farmers are idiots.

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Anonymous wrote:UMD has been great for my kid from VA. Does that count?

Not if your kid is from Arlington/Alexandria/Fairfax.

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Anonymous wrote:Wisco is like 50% OOS. Michigan has a high percentage, too. Just gotta deal with those cold ass gray winters.

Stop trying to make "Wisco" happen.

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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.

You should have seen the NY/NJ kids the one time it snowed in Tallahassee. The Florida kids were losing their minds over a few flakes (I knew several who had never actually seen snow), and the northerners were very pointedly, with exaggerated patience, explaining that this wasn't actually snow.

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Anonymous wrote:Wisco is like 50% OOS. Michigan has a high percentage, too. Just gotta deal with those cold ass gray winters.

Stop trying to make "Wisco" happen.

Pretty sure they're just trolling you at this point.

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Anonymous wrote:UMD has been great for my kid from VA. Does that count?

Not if your kid is from Arlington/Alexandria/Fairfax.

Please say more.

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Anonymous wrote:Wisco is like 50% OOS. Michigan has a high percentage, too. Just gotta deal with those cold ass gray winters.

Stop trying to make "Wisco" happen.

Oh, it’s happening alright!

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Anonymous wrote:UMD has been great for my kid from VA. Does that count?

Not if your kid is from Arlington/Alexandria/Fairfax.

Oh well. He didn't know anyone prior to attending...?

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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. What are you talking about? You actually think that kids who attend state schools either live at home or go home on the weekends? And only hang out with people from high school? Do you generally make up nonsense like this?

[Anonymous]

VT is about 40% OOS, making it a great place for OOS students. My (in-state) DC has lots of friends, including roommates, from states all over the US.

https://research.schev.edu/enrollment/e19_report.asp

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Minnesota

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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. What are you talking about? You actually think that kids who attend state schools either live at home or go home on the weekends? And only hang out with people from high school? Do you generally make up nonsense like this?

Haha most state schools are in smaller cities and towns so even the in state kids who go there probably are coming from hours away and therefore are not likely going home every weekend.

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Anonymous wrote:University of Florida - there are always so many things happening on the weekends that most kids stuck around.

It’s also over 80 percent in state students.

True- but those in state students are staying on campus on the weekends instead of going home.

A huge percentage of UF students are from south florida. Miami is a 5 hr drive away from UF. So not that surprising that those students stay on campus on weekends. Most other Florida kids at UF are from Tampa and Orlando, each 2 hrs from Gainesville. Florida’s a big state. If course most students aren’t going home on weekends regularly.

UF grad here that was OOS in early aughts. Literally no one went home on the weekends.

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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. What are you talking about? You actually think that kids who attend state schools either live at home or go home on the weekends? And only hang out with people from high school? Do you generally make up nonsense like this?

Haha most state schools are in smaller cities and towns so even the in state kids who go there probably are coming from hours away and therefore are not likely going home every weekend.

The closest one to us requires 3-years of on-campus housing. It's not a commuter school even if you live down the street.