<p>My daughter is an OOS freshman at UNC. She chose UNC over our state flagship (with a scholarship) and an ivy, as well as a number of other schools. UNC has a better program in her field and is an overall better school than our state flagship. And we just weren’t willing to pay for the ivy, given that UNC was just as good in her field, and costs much less. I think our feelings on cost might have been different if the economy hadn’t tanked. (My husband is an alumnus of the ivy our daughter was considering.) While this is just one family’s experience, it is an example of what eadad was talking about.</p>