B Student in an A+ High School

2collegewego
Fri, 27 Mar 2009 10:39:58 +0000

Riggo,

The economy may or may not affect state schools the way you think. First, some state schools want to attract oos students because it puts them on the map as national schools. (UMd-CP is an example of this. On another thread, I was told by a parent that their admissions office says it doesn’t even give preference to instate.) But also, there’s additional revenue in accepting oos students and there may be fewer oos applicants because of the economy. So go ahead and apply. You are certainly in the ballpark for all of those schools. Many years ago, I took classes at both GMU and VCU and I have nothing but good things to say about the accessible teachers, small classes and friendly kids. There are a lot of colleges that would be happy to have you-- not just oos publics but even some flagships, as several of us posted in this thread.