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Anonymous wrote:Look into the NC Promise; this is the route we are taking this year.

But it’s NORTH CAROLINA. It’s like walking back into the 1950’s.

Please share with us your experience in spending an extended amount of time there that would support this assertion.

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Anonymous wrote:Look into the NC Promise; this is the route we are taking this year.

But it’s NORTH CAROLINA. It’s like walking back into the 1950’s.

True but there are some great areas that aren’t. Plus DC just sucks. Congested. Angry people, diverse but no one is neighborly. Keep up with the Jones’s mentality. Just a stressful overpriced area to live.

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Anonymous wrote:Not California- impacted majors mentioned by pp mean your child has to compete for most majors- even ones like English and Economics. Ridiculous!
Wisconsin or Minnesota have great flagships and overall good quality of life- Madison and Minneapolis. Tx or NC if you prefer the south.

The only problem with Minnesota and Wisconsin is that while their flagships are great, there really is only one school with *any* sort of national prominence. At least with Florida you have UF and FSU (plus UCF and USF are sort of rising), Texas has A&M, UT, Texas Tech, NC has NC State and UNC, Georgia has GT and UGA, Virginia has William and Mary, VT, and UVA...

WI and MN have tuition reciprocity!

True. But I wouldn’t necessarily count on that staying around.

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Anonymous wrote:Look into the NC Promise; this is the route we are taking this year.

But it’s NORTH CAROLINA. It’s like walking back into the 1950’s.

Well, I live in the Research triangle which is one of the most highly educated, high tech areas in the country. It’s extremely diverse with loads of Fortune 500 companies and cutting edge research (hence ...the research triangle). I love it here.

If you move to WI or MN, at least the winters might harden up your pansy ass.

Virginia

Anonymous wrote:Look into the NC Promise; this is the route we are taking this year.

But it’s NORTH CAROLINA. It’s like walking back into the 1950’s.

Michigan

Look into the NC Promise; this is the route we are taking this year.

Florida.

Many options, cheap real estate. Super cheap tuition.

Anonymous wrote:Do a news search for the NC general assembly every week for a month or two before you make your decision.

Is this in response to my post? I get what you're saying about the GA, but you really have to think about what's going on here. Meaning--NC has a history dixiecrats, meaning we had dems who weren't liberal hence we ended up with the like of Jesse Helms in the past ( dixies who either abstained from voting or went repub, hence ushering him into office). Then we have the issue of political gerrymandering, (decades old) to keep the old guard in place by using district maps to dilute the minorty & liberal vote--overturned by NC Supreme Court, redistrcting currently in action. We also had good old HB2 which has been overturned. We are the South. We have a nasty history, some of which isn't very far away. But by let me say, it would serve you well to see that we are evolving. I'm a Black American and proud to raise my child here and feel certain that anyone who values diversity, opportunity,hard work and merit will feel the same.

I'm stepping off of my soapbox to say we have Duke, Chapel Hill, State and many more that are awesome. Look a little deeper than the headlines. I can't imagine you (previous poster) are in research triangle or Charlotte and feel you are in backwater because they are very liberal.

I'm in the same boat, OP. I'm from California but have been in DC for 6 years. Considering where we will have to move to have a chance at in-state tuition. I wouldn't move back to Ca for some of the reasons mentioned. There are cheaper places to live in parts of .CA but near many if the UCs housing can be pricey. I hope you find the right fit.

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Anonymous wrote:Not California- impacted majors mentioned by pp mean your child has to compete for most majors- even ones like English and Economics. Ridiculous!
Wisconsin or Minnesota have great flagships and overall good quality of life- Madison and Minneapolis. Tx or NC if you prefer the south.

The only problem with Minnesota and Wisconsin is that while their flagships are great, there really is only one school with *any* sort of national prominence. At least with Florida you have UF and FSU (plus UCF and USF are sort of rising), Texas has A&M, UT, Texas Tech, NC has NC State and UNC, Georgia has GT and UGA, Virginia has William and Mary, VT, and UVA...

WI and MN have tuition reciprocity!

Anonymous wrote:Not California- impacted majors mentioned by pp mean your child has to compete for most majors- even ones like English and Economics. Ridiculous!
Wisconsin or Minnesota have great flagships and overall good quality of life- Madison and Minneapolis. Tx or NC if you prefer the south.

The only problem with Minnesota and Wisconsin is that while their flagships are great, there really is only one school with *any* sort of national prominence. At least with Florida you have UF and FSU (plus UCF and USF are sort of rising), Texas has A&M, UT, Texas Tech, NC has NC State and UNC, Georgia has GT and UGA, Virginia has William and Mary, VT, and UVA...

Do a news search for the NC general assembly every week for a month or two before you make your decision.