Reply to Tell me your OOS public colleges you truly liked

Forum Index » College and University Discussion

Reply to "Tell me your OOS public colleges you truly liked "

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't know... I generally find OOS public is a dumb idea unless you are talking Berkeley and other schools at that level. [/quote]

In some ways I agree, but I suspect for a very different reason. I agree that there are plenty of fantastic OOS public universities. But, in this area, I think in-state options are at least as good in nearly every area. In most cases, it would be hard to justify paying much more to go OOS, unless admission to flagship is an issue (which is a valid concern), or even IS tuition is too high for a very high stat kid who might be able to get serious merit elsewhere. [/quote]

There are OOS schools that it costs cheaper than in state, when offered merit scholarships. Virginia in-states are no where near urban areas and UMCP is the only decent in-state option and it is in thugville, has moldy dorms, and cost of off-campus housing is outrageous.

There are so many really nice OOS options in urban areas (Arizona State, UCLA, Minnesota, Washington, Pitt,  UT Austin, CUNY Barnard) nd many in areas with places you would want to visit on weekends. This generation wants more to do than the typical frat party vibe all weekend in the boonies. Having urban areas, culture, weekend trip options, etc... is really nice. And going to another area f the country is a positive. [/quote]

Moldy dorms are found on other campuses as well.  Cost of off-campus housing in any city will be high.  You don't think UCLA has expensive off-campus housing?  Students live 4 to a bedroom there in and around Westwood (at least this was the case about 15 yrs ago). It is somewhat of a commuter school but a great school so you deal with these things.[/quote]

LA is one of the largest cities in the country

College Park is a shit town[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics