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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]“ Sure they’re cheaper but the idea of a school where 75% of students come from a single state seems entirely unappealing.”

Especially if that state is one of the tiny ones in the northeastern part of this country. [/quote]

Not sure that matters[/quote]

Of course it matters.  Texas and California are both huge states with large populations.  There is a much larger diversity of students  at their state flagships than someone attending the University of Rhode Island. [/quote]

I attended URI and never ran into high school friends. 15,000 students at URI, 800 at my high school, maybe 5% got into the school and attended.[/quote]

PP here: and 800 was entire HS, 200 in my class in which 10 were admitted and accepted[/quote]

Feel better, or were your feelings spared?
That’s because you can drive 25 miles or less and be in a different state. That’s the point. [/quote]

This is nonsense.  I am so happy I live in Mass now, as I don’t miss the “pointedness” of DC, or lack thereof[/quote]

My comment was in response to the poster who stated that a school which had 75% of its students from one state was unappealing.  The URI is 56% instate, which is unusually high for an average public university.  California is huge. 85% of UCLA is instate.   There is much, much more diversity at UCLA than there is at URI or any state school in the northeast. [/quote]

Diversity of what, high school friends?  Fact is - and back on topic - that state schools aren’t necessarily extensions of high schools.  For some it’s a blue proposition (just because it’s further away and costs more doesn’t make it the best choice), for others it’s about flexibility, for others it’s about options after undergrad, etc.[/quote]

So you agree with the statement, “Sure they’re cheaper but the idea of a school where 75% of students come from a single state seems entirely unappealing..”[/quote]

No.[/quote]

Thanks got confirming that you never read why I commented in the first place. [/quote][/quote]

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