<p>Well, I don't know about parents and bragging rights. The only reason this topic was raised here, is because the OP made some rather disparaging remarks about the academic quality (loosely based on SAT scores) between in-state vs out-of-state.</p>
<p>As stated before, I agree that SAT scores are not the be-all and end-all of a person; that admissions committees tend to look at more than the SAT score; and that no one ever talks about SAT scores once you're out of high school.</p>
<p>That said, I was intrigued by tyr's post #39 and thought that the following information, (dated September 2005 and based on the 2005 freshmen class), was interesting and illuminating. To repeat tyr's statements, "Based on these numbers, I believe the top OOS students have plenty of company."
<a href="http://www.ais.unc.edu/ir/factbook/fb2005-2006/student/fb05tbl11.html%5B/url%5D">http://www.ais.unc.edu/ir/factbook/fb2005-2006/student/fb05tbl11.html</a></p>