<p>Yes–to be specific–going to school in a state that has a vet school is not sufficient–she must actually establish residency in that state. You will need to find out what she needs to do–a permanent address vs a dorm address, length of residency requirement, filing a tax return, voter registration, etc. Make sure you understand exactly what is required.</p>
<p>Katie93mom, you might also take a look at Birminhgam-Southern and Spring Hill, a Jesuit college. They are smaller and generally well regarded. Not sure how they are with the sciences.</p>
<p>Thanks for the added schools to look at in the south!!<br>
Okay…I am going to make myself look crazy…but I realize that my daughter just going to undergrad in a state doesn’t make her a resident…here is the “crazy” part…i plan to move the the state that she goes to undergrad in so she will be a resident by the time the 3 or 4 years of undergrad are complete…It’s not totally obsessive…We are both ready for a move…and the south is apppealing to us both, and have just been waiting for her to grad HS…She won’t live with me…she will be in a dorm/sorority but I will be in the same state/city…</p>
<p>Hold up on the “in-state” grad school thing. If your home state does not have a vet school, it’s very likely they have an agreement with a state that does - and your D would be able to attend that other state’s vet school for in-state prices (assuming she is admitted, of course).</p>
<p>My cousin’s D went to UGA for vet school and paid in-state tuition, although she is from SC and graduated from Clemson.</p>
<p>This also sometimes works for specific undergrad majors - for instance MA and ME have agreements on some majors. Kids from MA can go to UMaine for in-state tuition if they are majoring in forestry - because UMaine offers it but UMass doesn’t.</p>
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<p>Yea, HI has an agreement for dentistry with some schools, including UCLA. A friend’s S is attending dentistry school there, paying in-state tuition because we don’t have a dental school. It’s VERY competitive to get the acceptance & scholarship so you can pay instate tuition tho, so hope the kid’s grades & ECs are stellar.</p>
<p>Yes…I think all vet schools have a few (although very few…single digits usually!) slots for OOS…
We actually have a vet school in our current state…but D won’t consider it…plus, she (and I !) are ready for a move!
Cost of instate vs out of state really doesn’t figure in much…just the advantage you have being an instate applicant…(although with the very few vet school spots even available each year it is still extremely difficult to get accepted and a huge honor as any vet school applicants will tell you!)
Right now I want to focus on finding an undergrad school where
she will be happy and feel a “fit”…while having a vet school instate…While I see some rankings for vet schools, I mostly see that there are so few (28) that they are all really considered equal (unless you talk to grads of each school!!!)</p>
<p>Auburn has an outstanding vet school and as a contract arrangement with Kentucky, fyi.</p>
<p>^^^ I believe there is a similar arangement for Maryland residents getting a boost for Virginia Tech Vet as a neighbor state.</p>
<p>Katie93mom - Doesn’t Penn have a 7-year combined undergrad-grad Vet program. Would she want to attend penn?</p>
<p>Northwestern.
Beautiful campus people say.
Huh? Not for us, having spent time in Southern and Northern California.
It seemed bland and austere.</p>
<p>crossed off NYU (too big), Barnard (too small), Swarthmore (too small) after visiting.</p>
<p>katie93mom, look at UNC Ashville for undergraduate (public LAC) and NC State vet school. But, I would caution changing all your lives around for the possibility that your D will want to go to vet school after undergrad. Don’t 90% undergraduates typically change their major?</p>
<p>Northwestern is beautiful in the summer and fall!! If you visited in the winter or early spring it can be a bit dreary (as can all of the Chicagoland area) (I’m just biased because I went there!) but my D also crossed it off the list early on.
GLalum…no worries on her changing her mind…she has wanted this since she could speak and has never wavered (unlike me who went off to college with no idea of what I wanted to do with my life!)She put up a huge fit when I even mentioned a “back-up” career…</p>
<p>katie there is also UA Birmingham (UAB) in alabama, gives great merit aid. More of an urban campus, not the traditional. VERY strong in the sciences, alot of research opportunities for undergrad. Has multiple honors programs like sci/tech. </p>
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<p>if you are into rankings, it is now a Tier 1 school</p>
<p>feel free to pm if you want more info</p>
<p>Thanks for the suggestion…I’m not sure it is a great fit as she prefers a traditional “campus” feel not the bigger urban type campus…(reason Rice (not big at all, but right in an urban area with no "campusy"feel fro my D) and NYU (big and non-campusy) were crossed off her list! Then again…we both thought Vandy would be a perfect fit and she says no after visiting…??? Kids…</p>
<p>katie, I’m not sure what your D considers a campus-y feel, but I sure thought Rice qualified! I agree NYU does not. Nor does George Washington. Nor does Bard (for entirely different reasons) - it feels like cabins in the woods to this family!</p>
<p>Rice has a gorgeous campus!! There is an adage that they have more trees than students on campus. Did she visit?? <a href=“http://www.google.com/images?hl=en&gbv=2&tbm=isch&q=rice+university+campus&revid=258591311&sa=X&ei=ne-aTa3IPJOftweW-IDJBw&ved=0CDMQ1QIoAA&biw=1071&bih=720[/url]”>http://www.google.com/images?hl=en&gbv=2&tbm=isch&q=rice+university+campus&revid=258591311&sa=X&ei=ne-aTa3IPJOftweW-IDJBw&ved=0CDMQ1QIoAA&biw=1071&bih=720</a></p>
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<p>Any chance we could get back to the OP and talk in general about college visits and “Colleges you/child crossed off the list after visiting” ?</p>
<p>Katie if you start your own thread, you will get responses from people that don’t read this thread and can help you with your specifics.</p>
<p>Son #1 crossed off Franklin and Marshall because of lack of diversity in the student population. He liked Ursinus’ diversity much more, and applied there, but after an overnight visit decided it was too small for him. Also loved James Madison University. Tour guide at JMU was excellent! He obviously loved the school. He knew everyone in every office, department and building we visited, and maybe more importantly, everyone knew Jared, as well. (Even 3 and a half years later, I still remember that tour guide’s name!) Son loved the University of Maryland the moment he walked onto the campus. That is where he ended up going, but JMU was a close second. (Applied to Ursinus, JMU, Penn State, St. Mary’s College of Maryland and U-Md. Was accepted at all of them.)</p>
<p>Son #2 liked every college he looked at, but loved UNC Chapel Hill. It was his top choice. Applied to UNC, Wake Forest, Vanderbilt, Villanova, U-Md, UVA, College of William and Mary, Rice, Stanford and 2 Ivys. Rejected by the Ivys and Stanford. Waitlisted at Rice. Accepted by the rest. Will probably attend UNC in the fall. (Visiting there next week, just to be sure before sending in the deposit.)</p>
<p>Getting this thread back on track – again it is funny how different kids get different vibes from schools. In stark contrast to Katie93’s d’s impression, Rice is high on my daughter’s list precisely because of its campus-y feel. The schools she has liked have all had very defined entrances that set the school off from the surrounding community, have not had cross traffic from city streets and have minimal car traffic on campus, have beautiful landscaping and have been communities unto themselves – Rice met all those criteria and had the kinds of intellectually engaged students she was looking for – thus it went to the top of the list with Duke and Wake Forest.</p>