<p>Wow Zapfino. That is interesting. Kind of like the bind U of Michigan is up against. They are considering becoming private. But again, if you have a kid who doesn’t want to go to a school of 40k students…Miami is a good state school option. And if you can earn Honors placement, it is better than just good. I love the Big 10. I’m a Big 10 grad, myself. I look at Chicago a little differently than the rest of the midwest. As the midwests only “real” Big City, it acts a lot more like the Big Cities on the coasts. There is a lot of REALLY big money there and the smart kids from REALLY big money still go to the big name schools. Indy functions much differently corporately, politically, socially, economically than Chicago. I’m not knocking Chicago. I love Chicago. I go there a lot. But culturally, Chicago is “Big City”. Most of the midwest is “not so much”. You can be a partner and do really well in an Indy law firm (and have a much lower cost of living) as an IU grad. If you look at our “big” firms (Ice Miller/B&T) you find some elite school folks, but many many top state school grads. As I said…people have significant regional differences. My kids want to stay in Indiana…probably Hamilton County…and in our neck of the woods, Miami is a very well regarded school. And at a 10K discount…it is also very affordable. And if they do well in Honors programming, they can most likely go to a perfectly acceptable grad school and have a very successful career…for a real bargain.</p>