Anonymous
Post 03/26/2025 17:09     Subject: Anyone regret sending their dc to an OOS college and paying $$$ prices for a state school?
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.
Anonymous
Post 03/26/2025 17:03     Subject: Re:Anyone regret sending their dc to an OOS college and paying $$$ prices for a state school?
Anonymous wrote:
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.


We had heard for business Towson was better and for STEM UMBC was better. We will likely let them attend the OOS, but it's not an automatic green light given the uncertain federal jobs and funding landscape.
Anonymous
Post 03/26/2025 17:02     Subject: Re:Anyone regret sending their dc to an OOS college and paying $$$ prices for a state school?
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.
Anonymous
Post 03/26/2025 16:15     Subject: Re:Anyone regret sending their dc to an OOS college and paying $$$ prices for a state school?
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.
Anonymous
Post 03/26/2025 15:52     Subject: Anyone regret sending their dc to an OOS college and paying $$$ prices for a state school?
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.


This is very true. And clear by some of the responses. Some, not all.
Anonymous
Post 03/26/2025 15:45     Subject: Anyone regret sending their dc to an OOS college and paying $$$ prices for a state school?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Depends on your finances and what your in-state and out-of-state options are.

Thats profound, but think OP was looking for posters with personal experience.


Lol. Smh with some posters. Why do they post??
Anonymous
Post 03/26/2025 15:24     Subject: Anyone regret sending their dc to an OOS college and paying $$$ prices for a state school?
Anonymous wrote:Depends on your finances and what your in-state and out-of-state options are.

Thats profound, but think OP was looking for posters with personal experience.
Anonymous
Post 03/26/2025 15:22     Subject: Anyone regret sending their dc to an OOS college and paying $$$ prices for a state school?
Depends on your finances and what your in-state and out-of-state options are.
Anonymous
Post 03/26/2025 15:08     Subject: Re:Anyone regret sending their dc to an OOS college and paying $$$ prices for a state school?
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.

depends on the oos college.

https://www.collegetransitions.com/dataverse/median-starting-salaries-business-administration/

Not a complete list as it is compiled by the Dept of Ed based on those who got any kind of fed FA/loan, but it's one data point.
Anonymous
Post 03/26/2025 15:03     Subject: Re:Anyone regret sending their dc to an OOS college and paying $$$ prices for a state school?
I wonder if we'll regret paying for OOS. DC applied to business programs, was not admitted to UMCP. Their options are Towson or OOS public. Kid really doesn't want to attend Towson. The difference is like $25k vs $55k. Received a little merit both in-state and OOS.
Anonymous
Post 03/26/2025 13:26     Subject: Anyone regret sending their dc to an OOS college and paying $$$ prices for a state school?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:About 40-80% of college students change their major at least once - given that type of statistic how can people say 'choice of major' matters when choosing a school?


Because this statistic, which is wildly unspecific, means that 20-60% of kids don’t change their major.


Check your math


The math is correct.


Hmmm
Anonymous
Post 03/26/2025 13:10     Subject: Anyone regret sending their dc to an OOS college and paying $$$ prices for a state school?
Anonymous wrote:
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.


This comment shows why this thread has been silly from the start. There are clearly a lot of people just fishing for validation of their in-state only approach and whose priors are “OOS=dumb and wrong.”

dp... other than a handful of publics (Cal, UCLA) based on major (GAtech for engineering)... most oos publics are not worth the cost in terms of ROI.

Of course, if you care about things other than ROI, then sure. But, from a purely ROI perspective, most oos publics aren't worth it due to the high cost.
Anonymous
Post 03/26/2025 13:09     Subject: Anyone regret sending their dc to an OOS college and paying $$$ prices for a state school?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:About 40-80% of college students change their major at least once - given that type of statistic how can people say 'choice of major' matters when choosing a school?


Because this statistic, which is wildly unspecific, means that 20-60% of kids don’t change their major.


Check your math


The math is correct.
Anonymous
Post 03/26/2025 13:00     Subject: Anyone regret sending their dc to an OOS college and paying $$$ prices for a state school?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:About 40-80% of college students change their major at least once - given that type of statistic how can people say 'choice of major' matters when choosing a school?


Because this statistic, which is wildly unspecific, means that 20-60% of kids don’t change their major.


Check your math
Anonymous
Post 03/26/2025 13:00     Subject: Anyone regret sending their dc to an OOS college and paying $$$ prices for a state school?
Anonymous wrote:If you go to a school that doesn’t offer engineering then you have a 100% chance of not majoring in engineering. That’s why.


Huh?