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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There are a lot of states where going OOS is a big upgrade over the in-state schools. It just depends what your options are.[/quote]

Is that perception or reality? [/quote]

For some states it is perception, but for some it is absolutely reality. There are plenty of states with middling flagships and plenty of other states with great ones which would be an upgrade.[/quote]

Well most of us posting here are probably from coastal states which arguably all have good publics

I’m not sure how I would ‘absolutely’ know that UVA or U Michigan, lets say bc those are trendy OOS schools where I live, would be so much better than UMD or Rutgers in NJ.

Is that ‘absolutely reality’? On what basis? [/quote]

+1.  THIS.  Kid got into “ better ranked” OOS schools but went to our instate UMD.   Difficult to justify the additional cost.  [/quote]

Of course, but it’s harder to get into UMD than many other flagships. The question for many Marylanders is not UMD versus UVA or Michigan but Towson or UMBC versus a MUCH better ranked OOS. [/quote]

+1. As per the old saying, location, location, location.

We are in VA and our child chose UVA over U Mich. Equal no brainers are VT, W&M over OOS publics. Even JMU/GMU/VCU are very attractive when compared to OOS publics or higher ranked in-state privates like W&L or U Richmond.

However, in MD the in-state choices fall off dramatically after UMDCP, so the apprehension regarding Towson or UMBC is completely understandable.  The extra cost of OOS publics is the surcharge for getting the higher ranking/prestige.  Given this perceived value gap, and the face that some OOS publics are better propositions than privates (Pitt or Loyola MD?  W&M or St. John's Annapolis?  Penn State or Syracuse? YMMV) and in most cases have more available slots, it is understandable why some families tighten their belts and pay for the OOS publics.

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