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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If your dc knows for sure they want to attend a public university in-state, they don't need to apply anywhere else. There will be a public in-state university that will accept them. Make sure there are safeties on the list.[/quote]

Our issue is he is not quite good enough for his 1st choice to be a target (it's possible he will get in, but it's a reach-ish school), target he is good for, but not thrilled about. Safeties he is not thrilled about. So unless he gets into his reach preferred school, he will be disappointed to some extent. So I am wondering if we need to find some merit, more exciting options out of state or doable big schools out of state.[/quote]

It depends why he is staying in state.  If cost is a factor and he doesn’t want to go far, it would be better to apply in-state to a range of colleges and see where he gets in and evaluate from there.  He might get a spring admission to his 1st choice (if that’s a possibility) or can consider starting at community college or from one of the other in-state colleges  and seek a transfer to his 1st choice.

If he is looking for big state school experience and he is willing to go further away and/or you can afford more than the in-state cost, give a budget, geographic distance and if sports program is important and people can make suggestions. In my experience, my kid that wanted a big state school experience had to be willing to look a little further and a tier down in prestige from our state flagship to have a good chance of getting accepted OOS with with enough merit to get the cost a little closer to in-state tuition.  … and closer meant a 15K tuition difference rather than a  30K tuition difference. [/quote]

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