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Anonymous wrote:One, plus service academies (we needed in-state for financial reasons, not actual geographic requirements/preferences).

Want to add, I don't really recommend applying OOS to dream schools if you can't afford them or really can't have your child away for whatever reason. You don't want to put them in a situation where they're accepted somewhere they want to attend and can't.

My ds's dream school is in-state, but it's a reach. In state safeties and targets he is not thrilled with, just ok.

What state? You won't give yourself away, I promise.

Florida

Rachel! I had a feeling it was you...

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Anonymous wrote:One, plus service academies (we needed in-state for financial reasons, not actual geographic requirements/preferences).

Want to add, I don't really recommend applying OOS to dream schools if you can't afford them or really can't have your child away for whatever reason. You don't want to put them in a situation where they're accepted somewhere they want to attend and can't.

My ds's dream school is in-state, but it's a reach. In state safeties and targets he is not thrilled with, just ok.

What state? You won't give yourself away, I promise.

Florida

If it is a financial focus for in-state there are quite a few out of state state schools that are good for merit. UVM, University of South Carolina, WVU. Some of them require amazing stats, some don't.

DD is in VA. She’s applying to most of the in-state publics and 1 or 2 privates. Only 1 OOS school - DH’s alma mater - which nowadays would require hefty merit aid if accepted.

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Anonymous wrote:One, plus service academies (we needed in-state for financial reasons, not actual geographic requirements/preferences).

Want to add, I don't really recommend applying OOS to dream schools if you can't afford them or really can't have your child away for whatever reason. You don't want to put them in a situation where they're accepted somewhere they want to attend and can't.

Why not? My kid will be applying to a few dream schools they know it’s unlikely they’ll be accepted into and unable to afford. But they want to anyway, and I am fine with it. Kids are not as fragile as you imagine.

Bizarre take.

Our DC did two of each (in- and out-of-state). Both OOS were generous with merit and brought their COA (generally) inline with VA in-state. All four were either targets or safeties and DC would've been content with any of them.

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Anonymous wrote:One, plus service academies (we needed in-state for financial reasons, not actual geographic requirements/preferences).

Want to add, I don't really recommend applying OOS to dream schools if you can't afford them or really can't have your child away for whatever reason. You don't want to put them in a situation where they're accepted somewhere they want to attend and can't.

Why not? My kid will be applying to a few dream schools they know it’s unlikely they’ll be accepted into and unable to afford. But they want to anyway, and I am fine with it. Kids are not as fragile as you imagine.

There are options out there that might give merit and such. I assume you are either talking UVA/W&M/VT or UMD. Expand horizons a little if he doesn't like other options.

I actually really liked Radford and ODU as options. Our best tour was the one we did last year at ODU. Granted, my kid didn't have a prayer at the top schools, but VA has a pretty diverse set of "other schools" JMU was actually MY second choice 30 years ago from OOS ;P

If finances are the issue, chase some merit.

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Anonymous wrote:One, plus service academies (we needed in-state for financial reasons, not actual geographic requirements/preferences).

Want to add, I don't really recommend applying OOS to dream schools if you can't afford them or really can't have your child away for whatever reason. You don't want to put them in a situation where they're accepted somewhere they want to attend and can't.

My ds's dream school is in-state, but it's a reach. In state safeties and targets he is not thrilled with, just ok.

What state? You won't give yourself away, I promise.

Anonymous wrote:If your dc knows for sure they want to attend a public university in-state, they don't need to apply anywhere else. There will be a public in-state university that will accept them. Make sure there are safeties on the list.

Our issue is he is not quite good enough for his 1st choice to be a target (it's possible he will get in, but it's a reach-ish school), target he is good for, but not thrilled about. Safeties he is not thrilled about. So unless he gets into his reach preferred school, he will be disappointed to some extent. So I am wondering if we need to find some merit, more exciting options out of state or doable big schools out of state.

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Anonymous wrote:One, plus service academies (we needed in-state for financial reasons, not actual geographic requirements/preferences).

Want to add, I don't really recommend applying OOS to dream schools if you can't afford them or really can't have your child away for whatever reason. You don't want to put them in a situation where they're accepted somewhere they want to attend and can't.

My ds's dream school is in-state, but it's a reach. In state safeties and targets he is not thrilled with, just ok.

Anonymous wrote:One, plus service academies (we needed in-state for financial reasons, not actual geographic requirements/preferences).

Want to add, I don't really recommend applying OOS to dream schools if you can't afford them or really can't have your child away for whatever reason. You don't want to put them in a situation where they're accepted somewhere they want to attend and can't.

One, plus service academies (we needed in-state for financial reasons, not actual geographic requirements/preferences).

If your dc knows for sure they want to attend a public university in-state, they don't need to apply anywhere else. There will be a public in-state university that will accept them. Make sure there are safeties on the list.

how many non in-state colleges is your dc applying to?