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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]One of my kids went to an OOS flagship that was about the same price (due to merit aid) & lower ranked than the comparable in-state option.

The biggest advantages of leaving the state was being exposed to a different part of the country & meeting a whole new group of friends (nobody from kid’s high school attended the OOS school). If kid had stayed in-state, would have been an hour from home & would have hung out with same friends as in  high school.

Only a fraction of what you learn in college is in the classroom. While in-state publics often “get the job done,” going OOS can foster more personal growth. [/quote]
I think this is a really good reason, and it does make sense if you can get aid such that the coa is about the same or less as attending in state.

Otherwise, for most people, going oos to not a flagship/higher ranked school than the in state without any aid makes no financial sense.

DCUM skews wealthy, so a lot of posters don't realize that the vast majority of people in this country cannot afford the high oos coa without any aid.

The only people I know who send their kids to an oos public are those who are umc, and that goes for DC area and CA where I'm originally from.  The majority of people in this country are not umc, and they don't get that much FA.  That is why in state flagships are so popular.[/quote]

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