Anonymous wrote:Yes, the schools are located in the city, but how much of college life is spent off campus. I was in city schools for both undergrad and grad school and experienced a very satisfying social life, but it was almost entirely in the immediate vicinity of campus.

Your choice. Some people are a bit more adventurous.

Yes, the schools are located in the city, but how much of college life is spent off campus. I was in city schools for both undergrad and grad school and experienced a very satisfying social life, but it was almost entirely in the immediate vicinity of campus.

University of Minnesota is pretty close to the heart of Minneapolis. Plenty of big corporation headquarters there. Pitt is in a neighborhood of Pittsburgh called Oakland. Both schools have great transportation to get you to the heart of the downtown area easily. Northeastern is about a mile or so from the heart of central Boston.

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Anonymous wrote:How much "city" do you need? Even schools like UW Madison that are located in cities are isolated from the surrounding town. Georgetown Univ is also isolated from Washington. I'm not sure any school offers a "real life" experience.

UW Madison is in the heart of Madison.

And NYU and Pitt and U South Carolina and GWU and Northeastern and Coumbia and Penn and U Texas Ausin and lots more are actually in the city if that's what you mean by "real life."

Anonymous wrote:How much "city" do you need? Even schools like UW Madison that are located in cities are isolated from the surrounding town. Georgetown Univ is also isolated from Washington. I'm not sure any school offers a "real life" experience.

UW Madison is in the heart of Madison.

Every kids is different. I'll give my kids my advice, but will pay for them to go to a college of their choice, to the fullest extent that I can -- if I can't cover costs they will have to borrow. I mean: i will be very candid if I think they are heading in the wrong direction, and very strongly urge them to think again. But I don't think "forcing" a kid to go somewhere they dont want to go leads to college success. They grow up and have to start making their own decisions (and their own mistakes). I knew a lot of kids in college whose parents pushed them into going/told them what they could and couldn't major in and so on. They tended either to do poorly, or act out, or were just depressed.

So... as a VA resident, my wallet hopes my kids go in-state. But if that's not what they want, it's their decision to make at the end of the day.

^^^ you can get a job and have a life near your alma mater go to games , events, be with fellow alumni , network and enjoy your school for a lifetime.

How much "city" do you need? Even schools like UW Madison that are located in cities are isolated from the surrounding town. Georgetown Univ is also isolated from Washington. I'm not sure any school offers a "real life" experience.