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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My son is a rising junior--current stats 3.7 UW GPA  1380 SAT, but I guess that could change over the next year.   We are in VA.    Looking at costs, it appears that for some of the out of state  flagships, he would qualify for some decent scholarships assuming he maintains (or raises) his current gpa.   I'm specifically looking at schools like Kanas University, University of Oklahoma, University of Alabama, etc.  Looking at our in state public universities--I know with those stats he won't get into UVA, William and Mary, or Virginia Tech.  It also appears like the cost for some of the other in states (ODU, Longwood, Christopher Newport etc.) would be about the same as the out of state flag ships with scholarships.

From a reputation/future opportunity perspective, is he better off looking at these large out of state schools?    
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I’m a parent-age person from the Midwest.

I don’t have any recent experience with the University of Kansas, but people in the Midwest think of it as being a wonderful school. Maybe a rung down from UVa, UNC, the University of Texas and Michigan, and half a rung down from Ohio State, the University of Wisconsin and the University of Indiana.

My sense is that the University of Iowa is at the same level as KU, and that the University of Oklahoma, the University of Missouri and the University of Alabama are about half a rung below KU and Iowa.

KU is in a cute, liberal, cosmopolitan town that’s a short drive from Kansas City. Conservative kids can certainly find their people there, but my feeling is that it’s probably comparable to Virginia Tech, in terms of politics, and a much more liberal place than most Midwestern or deep South state universities.

For students who know they’ll stay in Virginia, going to a place like Old Dominion or James Madison might work better, but, all other things being equal, KU or the University of Iowa would probably be a better choice for students who could end up living outside the Mid-Atlantic region. [/quote]

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