For my youngest, her criteria was: 1-2 hours from home, not huge, not in a city, where she wasn’tthe biggest fish in the pond but the pond was of good quality.
Colleges far away have the following issues:
- if public, the OOS cost is more
- Travel costs
- Travel time/inconvienence
- If you need help, farther away from your parents. My youngest got a kidney infection this year and I was easily able to travel to stay with her in the hospital.
What are your criteria?