<p>I’m from Illinois. UIUC is a wonderful school especially for engineering. Also their College of Business is usually ranked high. The campus is beautiful and large, the only downfall of the school is the location. It’s in the southern part of Illinois aka hicktown. It’s not my first option or second or third but if I do end up going there I will be very happy.</p>
<p>But being in Chicago, I’m surrounded by some great options. University of Chicago and Northwestern are top tier schools that love recruiting local students especially public school students. I mean a UChicago admissions officer practically begged me to apply because they want more Chicago students lol. Lucky me.</p>
<p>I am from New Jersey and I would never to go to TCNJ or Rutgers. Way too many people from my high school. But more importantly, neither one has what I want in a school. I want a small liberal arts school (Barnard <3), not a huge party school like Rutgers. TCNJ, I just need to get out of New Jersey.</p>
<p>Barring a major change in my family’s finances, I’m leaving. There’s a reason that I could go to the best colleges in my state for free or very close to it: they’re not very good. If I were from a state like Texas or California, I’d think a lot harder about an in-state public, but not here.</p>
<p>I’m from NY, but all the schools in state that I like are privates, I do like some of the SUNYs, but they’re too far for me from where I live and I feel like it would be so different because of weather, but idk.</p>
<p>I’m from Minnesota. The U of M is a decent school; a lot of people from my high school go there, even some of the smart ones. The scholarship offerings seem to be great, and for Minnesota and Wisconsin residents, the tuition is pretty low.</p>
<p>I’d rather not go to any of the UMass schools, but UMass Amherst will probably be my safety for financial reasons. There are sooo many good private schools here though.</p>
<p>Good options here in Washington. We have UW and WSU. UW is obviously a lot harder to get into and more respected, but WSU is gradually getting more competitive and they have some really good programs. I surprised myself when I visited Pullman and decided WSU is the place for me.</p>