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[quote=Anonymous]For this region:   Indiana/Bloomington, Colorado/Boulder, Arizona, Iowa, Oregon, New Hampshire.   All are good state flagships, with solid programs, attractive campuses, nice towns, and a mix of in-state and OOS students.   And each has an acceptance rate above 79% (... because some students don't have a serious shot at Harvard or UCLA or maybe even College Park).  As a native Californian, it's surprised me how quickly people in this region (who aren't resource-constrained) are prepared to write off those fine state flagships based on either their stereotyped image of the state (despite university towns usually being political anomalies, wherever they're located), or the duration of the plane ride, or the assumption that a high acceptance rate must automatically mean sub-par education quality.   And they instead start adjusting their sights to lesser state schools (esp in the mid-Atlantic or South), or to second-tier/regional campuses, or to financially weak SLACs -- all located within a state or two of DC.   Californians think nothing of traveling a time zone or more away for college - why is that here in the DMV people seem to think that's something you'd only ever do for a "T20" school? [/quote]

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