<p>Today I came to the realization that I'm pretty content with going to my state school. And not just any state school - ASU. For the past year I've been infatuated with selective, out-of-state private schools. But now, seeing my extremely intelligent senior friends choose to go to ASU, I've decided that it isn't a horrible place to be. </p>
<p>I'm only a freshman right now, so sure, I'm gonna continue trying my best and of course I'm gonna apply to schools I like - selective or otherwise - but I'll still be satisfied if I end up at ASU. College will be what I make of it. Wow, it's like a heavy anvil has been lifted away from me. I don't really even know why I'm rambling about this to you guys, but I guess I just felt like telling you. Thanks for listening. :)</p>
<p>That’s great! I stopped pushing against my mom and her love for state schools mid-application season. I’ve realized that USF is the best option for me. It’s in a city I’m extremely comfortable in. A city I wouldn’t mind living in after college. Once you accept it and see things for what they really are, the load is a lot lighter. </p>
<p>Go BULLS…and…er…the SUN DEVILS</p>
<p>I think it’d be a lot better if people didn’t look seriously at schools until they could make a list of their ideal school qualities (qualities that have nothing to do with the name or “prestige”). If you look for that ideal school, it’s harder to be disappointed and you keep your options more open.</p>
<p>If we did it this way, I think a lot more people would end up wanting to go to state schools instead of using them as fallbacks or last minute realizations.</p>
<p>CC has to be the only place on the Internet where coming to terms with the fact that you might end up at a state school is some kind of epiphany. Where I live most people don’t even dream of doing anything else.
I want to go to a liberal arts college, but I’d be fine with going to Ohio State if I didn’t get in anywhere else or nothing else turned out to be financially possible. Though I hope it’s a true safety for me because none of the other state schools in Ohio are very good as far as I can tell.</p>
<p>I feel the exact same way about my state school (Alaska-Anchorage). As much as I hate living in Anchorage sometimes, it actually isn’t that bad of a place to live. Of course, I’ll try and apply for other schools, but I would totally be OK with going to UAA.</p>
<p>I’m currently a Junior, and I’ve always wanted to go to an elite women’s college or a large private university in Boston (like BU) but I don’t have an issue with attending UMass Amherst or anything like that - I know plenty of successful, intelligent seniors who have decided on UMass or UNH.</p>
<p>I feel so weird that I genuinely like my state schools over OOS prestigious private schools. Literally nothing about them appeals to me other than the fact that you get “more opportunities” by attending there (and of course name recognition). But based off of what I’ve researched and schools I’ve visited, the quality of life and the happiness of students seems 10000x better at state schools. Of course if I were to get accepted to a highly regarded private school, I’d probably attend because according to everyone else I’d be an idiot not to, but seriously you can’t beat the atmosphere at large state schools.</p>
<p>Go State! All States! CC land is sort of weird elitist paradise where the end all be all is getting accepted to an elite school. 10 years after graduation no one will care where you went to school. (undergrad)</p>
<p>Me too! </p>
<p>I used to be obsessed with going out of state and applying to tons of prestigious schools, but my sister started going to WSU (which I thoguht I would hate) and I visited her there and just fell in love. Now I want to go there. OOS tuition is such a financial burden even with financial aid when there are usually schools just as good in state.</p>
<p>And i’d rather go out of state or to a prestigious school for grad school, anyway.</p>
<p>I think the thing with going to state school and being on CC, we’d all end up with some sweet perks [Honors College stuff: Priority Enrollment, Special Dorms, Specialized Majors] and lots of money [Many of my friends go to state schools for free]</p>