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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OOS have a tougher time getting into these schools because they have caps on how many they can take. [/quote]

I am shocked this isn't the primary discussion of this thread. For students from these states, these schools all remain solid safeties for good students and reasonable reaches for middling students. Which, frankly, is what a state flagship is for.

The reason people freak out about this is that it used to be the opposite -- it used to be almost easier to get into state flagships as an OOS student, especially if a well-resourced kid from the DMV with good grades/scores (not stellar, just solid) because these schools welcomed people willing to pay OOS rates. It helped subsidize programs. But as the overall number of college apps has exploded, schools have had to cap OOS admissions, which means the experience is the opposite -- instead of being easier to get into a state flagship from OOS because you pay full freight, it's now harder because you are competing against so many other OOS students and there are only so many spots.

It's frustrating to families from states like VA and MD where their own state flagships have become very competitive due to that same boost in applications, and are therefore hoping to grab that old OOS edge in another state. But it doesn't exist anymore. There are just too many kids with great stats applying to college, and applying more widely, and to many UMC and wealthy families willing to pay extra and to fund travel to far flung flagships in the hopes of getting a school with some kind of name brand.[/quote]

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