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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]PP, you do not get in state tuition at any public college or university. For participating public schools, you get 10K per year for tuition towards the out-of state cost. In some cases this is close to in-state tuition, but at a school like Michigan, you're still stuck with a 30K tuition bill.[/quote]

$30k to Michigan a school with worldwide alumni, great academics and rich NCAA tradition (which increases alumni camaraderie) is worth more than $50k to Grinnell or other middling school. [/quote]

I didn't go to Grinnell, but my Grinnell friends would fight you on this one.  Not everyone wants to go to a school with 40,000 students. [/quote]

Grinnell's no middling school - it's a top 20 LAC(I didn't go there BTW).  SAT scores (middle 50%) for Grinnell are 1220-1470.  SAT scores for #28 Michigan are 1200-1400 (a conversion of their reported 27-31 ACT scores for the middle 50%). And believe or not some people are not drawn to Division I sports and Greek life. The student to faculty ratio and Grinnell is 9:1. Average alumni giving rate at Michigan is 15% while at Grinnell it is 41%.

I'm not saying that Michigan isn't a great school.  It clearly is.  But there are also great LACs that have terrific academics, wonderful placement rates at top graduate schools, superlative and life-long career counseling and small student-to-teacher ratios that can result in fantastic internship opportunities/contacts.[/quote]

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