Far From Home

MYOS1634
Thu, 10 Sep 2015 20:58:52 +0000

When you’re a college student, you no longer “go home” as often; you make your own “home” on campus. Whether you live 6 or 12 hours away, you won’t go back often outside of major holidays and breaks. If you found colleges you like and they’re far away, good for you! Now, check the net price calculators: applying to colleges further away tends to help you with national colleges (LACs or research universities) if they’re private because you bring geographical diversity. If the college practices preferential packaging, it may even mean more financial aid.
However, applying out of state to a public university tends to be costly, unless they have specific merit scholarships you qualify for (and not all universitivies do).