<p>Hanna it is also true in the midwest. Most kids stay in the midwest and go to public universities. At my kid’s high school, which is a highly rated public high school 85-90% stay in the midwest (mostly public schools) and most of the rest go to out of the region public schools. It is mainly in the Northeast that they obsess over the private universities/Ivys. And I say this having gone to one of those privates and having a son at one of the Ivys. </p>