Why pick an OOS State school?

@trackmbe3 -

<<you may="" choose="" an="" oos="" state="" school="" when="" your="" child="" is="" a="" top="" student="" but="" you="" don’t="" qualify="" for="" any="" need-based="" aid="" and="" can’t="" afford="" to="" spend="" upwards="" of="" $50,000="" per="" year="" elite="" private="" school.="" gets="" offered="" large="" merit="" ($15,000="" based="" on="" national="" buckeye="" plus="" additional="" smaller="" scholarship)="" attend="" highly="" ranked="" program="" (like="" the="" fisher="" college="" business)="" at="" flagship–like="" ohio="" university,="" which="" has="" much="" lower="" sticker-price="" tuition="" than="" schools="" more="" offer="" in-state="" (suny)="" options="">>

EXACTLY!!! Why does a top student qualify for merit money OOS, but not IS??? Still have not figured that out. In our case it was much cheaper to go to a school in Ohio that here in Colorado.