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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Have you considered OOS auto merit awards?

Oklahoma

http://www.ou.edu/admissions/affordability/scholarships.html

Alabama

https://afford.ua.edu/scholarships/out-of-state-freshman/

Arizona (The Arizona Tuition Award)

https://financialaid.arizona.edu/2025-2026-terms-and-conditions

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lol why would you send your kid to college in Oklahoma instead of JMU? you people have truly lost the plot. [/quote]

Because Oklahoma’s merit makes COA competitive while also offering more programs, sports, etc.  So it’s an option for some who want to go OOS - oh and it’s higher ranked than JMU (132 vs 148).[/quote]

[b]That’s the point - it’s demented to put so much store in going out of state [/b]and on rankings like that. [/quote]

"Demented" seems a bit extreme.   
Some people WANT a change of scenery.    Going to  a school where 40 other kids from your class, plus dozens of others that you know from church, out of school ECs, etc.  isn't what everyone wants.[/quote]

DP.  My kids attend two of the VA in-state schools and in no way are there "40 other kids" from their class.  There are maybe 5-10 from their high school - and they never, ever see any of them.  [/quote]

NP here - 40 other kids was an exaggeration but you could be pushing 30 at VCU and JMU from each large NoVa high school. VT has 20 from many NoVA high schools.

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Yes … so? THIS IS A GOOD THING.It means the state taxpayer-funded higher education is working as it should. [/quote]

If you read the thread, you'd know it wasn't about that. It was about people not wanting to relive experiences[b] with people from high school.[/quote][/b]

They are idiots who have never toured these schools. One moron in sophomore year of high school says as a put down (because their parents are entitled idiots and not current with higher ed in America) "oh, I don't want to go to X Va school because it's High School 2.0". and the listener sophomore repeats it without thinking, looking at figures or even touring. My kids went to UVA and GMU and never saw high school friends. Same at the Cal, Texas, Michigan and Wisconsin juggernauts. It doesn't hapoen but the myth is perpetuated by the children of the entitled who somehow think large, cost advantageous public universities are beneath them.[/quote]

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