<p>To the OP, the above post from itsv is spot on and what I was trying to say, but she said it better. Here in Ohio we are friendly and laid back. And as itsv pointed out, the instate students want to meet OOS students. My DD who is going to OSU in the fall, refused to go to one of the dorms on campus because many of the kids from her high school were housing there, kids she had known since she was 6 yrs old, and and she very much wants to meet students from other parts of the country and world.</p>
<p>I have a degree from OSU as do two of my siblings. We always had OOS OSU students come to Thanksgiving, Christmas, Easter. It was a given and we looked forward to it. Now my DD has one OOS student dorm mate and I am already hoping this student will be coming home with my daughter for the holidays if she wishes.</p>