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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My kid is in the process of choosing which colleges to apply to and I'm actively encouraging her to apply to Florida colleges. She's not going to get into an Ivy, but will be competitive for state schools and Florida colleges have excellent connections with businesses that enable students to get lucrative internships and grads to be easily recruited into good jobs. Also, the south (particularly Florida, Texas, Tennessee, and Georgia) is much more primed for economic growth than the north, and while you can leave college and move anywhere, it can be easier if you start college in your target area. We moved south in part for this reason, to profit from the regional growth and also to move our kids to a more stable educational/cultural environment. [/quote]

As someone who lives in the south (North Carolina) and whose child goes to college in Florida, my children cannot wait to leave. The laws are moving backwards here. There is nothing stable about their educational and cultural environment.

My soon-to-be Florida graduate is only looking for jobs up North and my second child is in college up north and her roommate (also from the south) couldn't wait to leave the south either.

Much of the growth in the south over the last 20 years was due to low cost of entry. That will change soon. Look at the cost of living in the Raleigh, Charlotte, Nashville, Florida, etc. People are starting to flee. [/quote]

That's what makes this country so great.  Choices... You and your kids choose one way, pp and her kids choose a different way.  
You find a school that values what you value and provides the education you believe is essential.  [/quote]

very good point! and what if your child doesn't value what is going on in those states? you still willing to push them there? Just about any half decent public or private university is going to have connections (to some extent). I have people in my extended family, as well as friends that went to colleges in the regions that supposedly have more connections and opportunities than others. some struggled to get jobs and some did [b]not[/b] struggle. the ones that did not struggle had one thing in common--they hustled for their opportunities. They were involved in campus/community organizations and started getting connected to alumni in their freshman year (not junior year) etc. My point is--regardless of where students go to school we should be encouraging them to hustle and have a career-oriented mindset from day #1. If that happens they will succeed anywhere. [/quote]

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