For a Math major, Wash U in St.Louis or UNC?

[Colm]

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@Alexandre

This is not the case only at public universities. Some private universities, like Cornell … have large in-state populations and OOS and international students at those schools feel the same effect.

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<p>Alexandre, just to clarify a bit: Cornell’s incoming class of 2009 was comprised of 29% in-state students, 54% out-of-state, and 17% international. When you consider that the lions-share of in-state students attend the three (out of seven) undergrad contract colleges, then it becomes apparent that Cornell’s in-state demographic is surprisingly small – particularly for a school that is physically located right in the middle of a large state. So, the students at Cornell are in a more diverse demographic setting than even top state schools like Michigan, UNC, and Cal.</p>