<p>I am aware of the program you mentioned, and my child is interested in atmospheric science. There is only a handful of programs that are actually part of the agreement with Arkansas. The University of Oklahoma, while technically part of the geographic footprint, does not participate. We live in a border county to Missouri, but none of the Missouri schools will grant reduced tuition to Arkansas residents, even though we live closer to many of their schools than our own state schools. We are considering Louisiana Monroe, completely because of their scholarship offers and the reduced tuition aspect. But it is hardly our dream school.</p>
<p>This is not a “woe is me” post, but some of the people in this thread were quite flippant about the problem and seem to assume that the rest of the country resembles their state or regional situation and that people should just go to their state schools and stop complaining. It’s not that simple for some of us though.</p>