Anonymous wrote:Im poster above. I’m steering dc 2 away from pricey OOS publics. I’ll let dc 2 apply to a few but personally I haven’t liked paying $$$ for a state school in another state. Of course if dc 1 had gotten great merit aid etc by calculation might be different, but most of the ‘selective’ OOS publics my dc targeted don’t give much merit aid.

Because many state schools are just the same thing. There really isn't that much difference between many of them. If my kid wants a large state U experience, then they will apply OOS to some that are known for offering great merit. Otherwise, you do instate and/or private schools that offer good merit
But most 25K+ undergrad schools are not worth $75-80K

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Anonymous wrote:We only have UMD, good school but not great so not much of a choice.

MD has many more than just UMD.

Yes, but it's not the same as VA. And if your kid wants engineering, MD really only has UMD and maybe UMBC, but it's not the same as a typical 4 year campus.

But if non-engineering, yes there are many choices

Don’t sleep on Towson. It’s becoming increasingly popular, especially with its strong internship opportunities. My brother graduated with a finance degree from Towson, landed a great internship at T. Rowe Price while still in school, and now he’s a one of the heads at a top investment management firm. My friend went there too—he’s currently the CTO of a publicly traded company. Of course, these are just personal examples, but I’ve seen a lot of Towson grads go on to do big things. It also has more of that typical college feel than UMBC, although UMBC is also a great choice.

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Anonymous wrote:I would but DD did not get accepted so sending to a nearby state and they’re offering merit that comes in at instate rate. Don’t forget instates are very competitive and not everyone gets in.

But did your DD only apply to one? MD has many state schools and it’s hard to imagine getting rejected at all of them and still being accepted at an OOS.

We’re new to this but our DD is going to an in state over the pricier OOS options. Even with merit aid the price over four years was about $35k more for OOS. We visited and then made a list of pros and cons for all of them and couldn’t figure out a good reason to spend that extra $35k. So she chose one of her in state options.

Everyone’s financial situation is different and I’m not here to comment on yours. But for a lot of people an extra $35k in total spread across four years isn’t a dealbreaker.

That extra $35K is typically per year (so Times 4). But yes, for many of us, it's not an issue and we have it saved to pay

Agreed, but in this case they implied it was the total for the four years due to merit aid.

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Anonymous wrote:I would but DD did not get accepted so sending to a nearby state and they’re offering merit that comes in at instate rate. Don’t forget instates are very competitive and not everyone gets in.

But did your DD only apply to one? MD has many state schools and it’s hard to imagine getting rejected at all of them and still being accepted at an OOS.

We’re new to this but our DD is going to an in state over the pricier OOS options. Even with merit aid the price over four years was about $35k more for OOS. We visited and then made a list of pros and cons for all of them and couldn’t figure out a good reason to spend that extra $35k. So she chose one of her in state options.

Everyone’s financial situation is different and I’m not here to comment on yours. But for a lot of people an extra $35k in total spread across four years isn’t a dealbreaker.

That extra $35K is typically per year (so Times 4). But yes, for many of us, it's not an issue and we have it saved to pay

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Anonymous wrote:We only have UMD, good school but not great so not much of a choice.

MD has many more than just UMD.

Yes, but it's not the same as VA. And if your kid wants engineering, MD really only has UMD and maybe UMBC, but it's not the same as a typical 4 year campus.

But if non-engineering, yes there are many choices

Anonymous wrote:Well, DC parents don’t have much choice. If I lived in VA, I would send the kids in state. You have great options! I was faculty at one of the big VA universities and dealt extensively with another big VA university; there is little difference between the undergraduates at both schools despite what DCUM says.

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The "2nd tier of VA state schools" are very good and by default of UVA and VaTEch and W&M being so challenging to gain admissions have many top students attending.
While yes, Radford or Longwood might be different than UVA in its student population, the 2nd tiered ones are not.

Also, Radford (if you want nursing or education) and Longwood (if you want education) are excellent choices and you will have some top students who choose it because they get merit and know what they want in college and choose a great program for that.

Anonymous wrote:I would but DD did not get accepted so sending to a nearby state and they’re offering merit that comes in at instate rate. Don’t forget instates are very competitive and not everyone gets in.

This reminds me that I have two friends with a total of three kids at state schools that are out of state. In all the cases, the students received the equivalent of in-state tuition.

Others will think Wisconsin and Michigan, for example, are worth the high prices.

One family I know had a child who receives scholarships to attend out of state.

If you attend U of SC from OOS and have high grades, they grant you in-state tuition.

I don't know anyone expressing regret.

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Anonymous wrote:I wonder if we'll regret paying for OOS. DC applied to business programs, was not admitted to UMCP. Their options are Towson or OOS public. Kid really doesn't want to attend Towson. The difference is like $25k vs $55k. Received a little merit both in-state and OOS.

Yeah the issue for MD residents is that IMO there's a steep drop-off after UMD, and UMD is selective now. Is Towson the 2nd best in-state school in MD? I'm not sure which other school it would be if not.. UMBC?

But I can definitely see it making sense to pay for Pitt, Ohio State, Penn State, U Kentucky, U Indiana, etc etc instead of going to Towson.

I would not for Kentucky.

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Anonymous wrote:Also, I don't believe you aren't going to get many people who will actually admit they paid crazy amounts of money so their kids didn't have to go to their in-state school. People gotta justify the money spent and won't admit they made a mistake.

I don’t see how paying for OOS when you could have gone in-state for less is any different than paying for UVA when you could have gone to VCU for less. There’s always a cheaper school somewhere. In fact for high-stats kids, there’s almost always a full ride somewhere.

This, especially the bold.

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Anonymous wrote:My kid is a senior at an OOS university and I've not regetted it at all.

I have had to develop a thick skin however, as people will sometimes express that they would never do such a thing in my presence. And then they realize where my kid goes and try to explain/justify/backtrack.

Love this.

Why? I mean, they might have a point

Or they might not. Plus it’s weirdly provincial to tell someone whose kid is out of state that you would never do such a thing. So, good for PP.

No- with merit OOS is close to in-state $. In fact, college will not cost us anymore than high school tuition. DC will still have plenty of money if they opt for and DC will still have plenty of money if they opt for a graduate program. And they have a great program for DC’s field of study.

This is a weird question as Mich, UNC, UVA and Wisconsin have the highest amount of applications in this area clearly aren’t safe ok with the OOS tuition as these schools are full of students from MD, DC and VA.

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Anonymous wrote:My kid is a senior at an OOS university and I've not regetted it at all.

I have had to develop a thick skin however, as people will sometimes express that they would never do such a thing in my presence. And then they realize where my kid goes and try to explain/justify/backtrack.

Love this.

Why? I mean, they might have a point

Anonymous wrote:My kid is a senior at an OOS university and I've not regetted it at all.

I have had to develop a thick skin however, as people will sometimes express that they would never do such a thing in my presence. And then they realize where my kid goes and try to explain/justify/backtrack.

Love this.