Advice on talking about Out-Of-State options

MidwestMom2Kids_1
Tue, 21 Jul 2009 16:03:17 +0000

For us, living near Cleveland Ohio, Pittsburgh PA colleges (Pitt, Carnegie Mellon, Duquesne) are closer than Miami University or OU or Dayton or Cincinnati, so if I wanted my kids to be somewhere close, I would like the Pittsburgh schools.

Bemidji State, near my home town in Northern Minnesota, has a lower sticker price even for an out of state student, than in state prices at Ohio State or the other state schools here, so if I wanted my kids at an inexpensive school, I would choose Bemidji, even though it is far away. (Seriously: if a kid enjoys the outdoors - especially lakes and winter sports - and wants to major in, say, American Indian Studies, Bemidji State is a great option.)

Is it that they want you close to home? or that they think your in state public(s) are so good and so reasonably priced you shouldn’t even consider other schools? or what?