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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The peer group one year behind DD is applying for college now.  Between DD’s year and this year, there are several kids I know from moderately liberal families who are attending or are applying to SEC/Southern ACC schools for sun and fun, sports and Greek, good academics, reasonable cost. Alabama and UGA seem very popular, plus GT, NC State and Clemson engineering and CS. (UNC also, but it’s an almost impossible admit).  App State in NC is fun without the sun and also popular. Red states (or purple for NC) per se aren’t scaring them away.

But, these families are steering clear of FL state colleges (and would normally have considered U of FL/ Miami a few years ago) because of concerns over what DeSantis did at New College and because he is acively directing policy, eliminating tenure, limiting what can be taught Etc. And faculty are starting to leave U of FL over DeSantis’s policies.

But, the big concern is not only what things look like in 2024, but where U if FL will be 3-5 years from now if DeSantis keeps interfering with the FL State college system or if Matt Gaetz runs for governor.  And what the ROI will look like in 5-10 years if he continues to make social and academic policy at U FL and Miami.

These are parents who are pretty savvy about college admissions.

My kids looked at smaller schools. But FL state schools would concern me. My personal opinion is that governors should be more hands off with state colleges and let the Board of Governors do their jobs. State colleges should have stability and make decisions are free from politics and the culture wars as possible.  It isn’t good for a college to have big policy changes every 4 years as administrations come and go.  Not a Youngkin fan, but I’m very glad he hasn’t pulled a DeSantis with VA state colleges. VA has excellent state colleges and I will begrudgingly give him credit for not fixing what isn’t broken.  DeSantis is actively breaking things. Maybe you like the direction he’s going. But if DeSantis can make huge changes on things like majors and classes feared and tenure, so can the next Governor.

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Maybe PP and I know the same people, but this describes exactly what I'm seeing among our DMV friends. Southern schools, yes, but not in Florida.

Also hearing of reluctance by girls to apply to schools in states with draconian abortion policies.[/quote]
What high school girls take abortion policy into account when they’re applying to college? If it’s that much in the fore front of their mind, teach them about birth control. Further, these out of staters would just come home if they needed an abortion. So, it’s mostly just political. People in this area look down upon Florida and these are the people who come up with these silly reasons why not to go to college in Florida - as if they were even considering it in the first place. [/quote]
You know that birth control is not foolproof, right?   For me, I would not want to give my money to a state that doesn't care about my DD's health.

[b]I also look down on FL because the weather is awful, IMO.  The humidity and mosquitos.  Awful. And it's not just in the summer. [/b]

-dp[/quote]

I look down on the DC area because of the weather.  It's freakin cold as shit up there and icy and windy and grey and ugly and I hate it.  In the summer it's hot and humid and there are mosquitos.  Spring and Fall are okay but Florida is nice like that about 8 months a year and the rest is totally tolerable to me and not that much hotter than DC in the summer.

Lots of people who look down on FL are okay with it if they want to go to Disney World or have a beach vacation, they'll come down here then.  I'm the same way with DC, I don't go up there at all from November to April but after that I don't mind a quick trip to visit my family.[/quote]

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