<p>Interesting article in today's Wall St. Journal about east coasters heading off in increasing numbers to Indiana U. in Bloomington Ind.</p>
<p>From</a> Bloomingdale's to Bloomington - WSJ.com</p>
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a remarkably large chorus hailing from private high schools in the Northeast was singing the school's ode to the "Cream and Crimson" in a pronounced New York accent.
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<p>Very interesting. I guess there are always kids who could not get into Michigan and Wisconsin. They need a Big 10 home too. ;-)</p>
<p>I don't know, 260 New Yorkers in a freshman class of 8,000 doesn't sound much like an invasion to me. Diversity perhaps! (And yeah I hear you about the food. I don't like my steaks deep fried either!)</p>
<p>I guess I was ahead of my time. I was a Philadelphian (suburbs) who went to IU in 1970! I thought the midwesterners were SO nice and I vowed never to live in the northeast again. The midwest was a good transition for me to get down south! </p>
<p>I loved the WSJ article.</p>
<p>"Very interesting. I guess there are always kids who could not get into Michigan and Wisconsin. They need a Big 10 home too. ;-)"</p>
<p>My daughter got into Wisconsin, did not apply to Michigan, and chose Indiana. I guess she has found her Big 10 home.</p>
<p>When S was at CMU, there were clicks that consisted of feeder, technical schools from NY, NJ, DC. Eac year, CMU would have a good handful from each select HS but a 4-6 from the entire leftbank state. The best he could do was to associate himself with a loose association of students from our geographical area: "Not, The-End-of-the-Trail."</p>
<p>These schools mentioned in the article are too big & too homogenus, so comfort is in the familiar.</p>
<p>I also chose IU over Michigan and Wisconsin (back in the day). Both my kids applied to IU as a safety and never even considered another Big Ten school. Neither attended, but would have been happy there.</p>
<p>Who knew, my daughter received those postcards with her name written in the snow. She loved Indiana till she went back a second time and decided she liked the vibe at UW Madison better. We were relieved that she opted for the closer school with tuition reciprocity. Indiana is a great school with a beautiful campus and quintessential college town. The journalism school and the culture that the school of music brings was a definite draw for my D. Indiana also offers some generous scholarships for out of staters based on ACT/SAT scores. Their marketing is effective but they could use some work on the accepted students week-ends - not much substance there - we would have been better off scheduling appointments with professors in the individual departments my D was interested in.</p>