<p>A distant relative of mine heard a rumor that his company may re-locate him to the Pacific northwest sometime in the next 12-18 month time period. His youngest child is currently a junior in high school.</p>
<p>My relative is looking ahead and trying to make some contingency plans in case his family re-locates. He doubts that University of Washington or Washington State would accept an applicant who graduated from a high school in another state (in this case, Pennsylania).</p>
<p>My distant cousin's son has been looking at private schools in the mid-Atlantic region. He will graduate from a Catholic high school in 2011. My cousin thinks that Gonzaga in Spokane, Seattle University of the University of Portland might be good choices. The young man in question has been considering some Jesuit schools, Cansius in Buffalo, St. Joe's in Philadelphia, Loyola of Baltimore, John Carroll in Cleveland and Xavier of Cincinnati.</p>
<p>If anyone has any opinions -- and I know some of you must have opinions -- would you please share them. Thank you</p>
<p>All very good schools. Seattle University is right in the middle of downtown, on a very pretty hill, overlooking the Puget Sound. It is a very strong school with an outstanding reputation. Gonzaga is also a very strong school. Some used to say Gonzaga was a better school, but in the past few decades Seattle University has really come on strong and I believe is the match of Gonzaga. Gonzaga has better sports if that matters. Those are Jesuit colleges. </p>
<p>UPortland is the Holy Cross Fathers and is a very good school. It sort of comes down to which city you like the most: Portland, Seattle or Spokane. Some kids want to be away from their family and go away to college. Some kids just go to the local school and that is fine. Seattle University is my favorite because I favor Seattle over Portland and Spokane. </p>
<p>I would not presume that UW or Washington State or Western Washington University won’t take any kids from OOS. Certainly explaining the situation could help and after one year, he could earn resident status and get instate tuition. Western Washington is a very good school in Bellingham.</p>
<p>You can’t go wrong with any of the schools you mentioned. Also Loyola Maryland is a really good school. I know someone who went to John Carroll who raves about it.</p>
<p>*He doubts that University of Washington or Washington State would accept an applicant who graduated from a high school in another state (in this case, Pennsylania).
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<p>Sure they will accept a kid from another state. Why would he think that**???** Doesn’t he know that most publics GLADLY accept OOS applicants???</p>
<p>But, of course, he’d have to pay OOS fees, but that will likely be less than the privates you’ve mentioned.</p>
<p>Also, why is the parent only looking at NW schools?</p>
<p>BTW…if this is a corporate move that has a “make whole” clause, he should ask his company to pay the OOS fees until residency is established…and to pay the taxes on the “make whole” effort.</p>
<p>Firstly, publics have a quota, so they can’t admit as many OOSers as they’d like. With the economy, they may be selecting more, but their options are still limited due to state laws with regard to public institutions.</p>
<p>Secondly, the OOS fees at UW are as much as most private schools. They’re also very stringent with scholarships for OOSers. Speaking from personal experience…</p>
<p>BUT, I would still definitely apply to UW (and perhaps WSU, though everyone I know who has gone there hasn’t liked it bc it’s a HUGE party school; you never know, it could work out!</p>
<p>I also visited Gonzaga and really liked it. The campus is beautiful and the people are genuine. Highly suggest applying. Good luck!</p>
<p>Think_Different, I don’t believe WA has any OOS quotas. I’d be more concerned that the student in question has the stats to be admissible to the UW. The UW lists ways to get residency at [UW</a> Residency - Establishing A Bona Fide Domicile](<a href=“http://www.washington.edu/students/reg/residency/domicile.html]UW”>http://www.washington.edu/students/reg/residency/domicile.html) . A gap year would be a great way to gain WA residency in this case, IMHO. I applied to both Seattle U and U of Portland, but they are a lot different from UW, WSU, and WWU. I agree that the biggest difference between the private schools listed would be location of campus. I like Portland, but Seattle would be my choice for college.</p>
<p>I don’t see why schools in the Mid-Atlantic are automatically off the list either. A college student can be away from the rest of the family. Overall, I doubt residency and where the student graduated hs are big issues other than cost. The UW is stingy with scholarships for anyone, not just OOS.</p>
<p>Firstly, publics have a quota, so they can’t admit as many OOSers as they’d like.</p>
<p>Uh…no… only a tiny number of states (or state schools) have “quotas” - the majority of publics GLADLY take as many OOS students as they like. Very few states are like Calif or Florida - and even Florida only limits UF (and maybe FSU - not sure about that one), but allows many OOS to its other state’s schools - like UCF and USF.</p>
<p>OOS COA for U Wash is about $32k per year. The cost of Gonzaga and others is over $40k.</p>
<p>The point was that the OP’s friend thought he had to consider privates, because he thought his child wouldn’t get accepted because he went to an OOS high school. That’s not true. And, he’ll save money by going to UWash because he’ll ONLY have to pay OOS fees for ONE year.</p>
<p>Right…few people pay full fare at private colleges. Most get scholarships or grants. UW is a fine school. If going to a HUGE state college that is frat city and bigtime sports is what you want. But if a private school is your thing, then your selections are fine.</p>
<p>And at most state colleges simply attending them for a year doesnt give you in state residency and lower your rates.</p>
<p>And at most state colleges simply attending them for a year doesnt give you in state residency and lower your rates</p>
<p>If your parents move to the state (as posed by the OP), then yes it does give you state residency because you’re not establishing residency just for education purpose. Your establishing residency because your tax-paying parents have moved to the state. So, YES, for one year, he’d have to pay OOS rates. </p>
<p>And, the parent could ask his company to reimburse him for that amount since the cost was because of the corporate move.</p>
<p>_Certainly explaining the situation could help and after one year, he could earn resident status and get instate tuition. Western Washington is a very good school in Bellingham. </p>
<p>I said that already, mom. You didnt read my post thoroughly. Whatever. You have 4,849 posts…ummmmm…</p>