<p>I live betwixt Ann Arbor and Detroit, 20 minutes from both. I have iffy chances at Michigan and State so I am looking at other schools with decent business and engineering schools. No other schools in LP Michigan offer the name recognition or strength of program I am looking for and thus I decided to look outside of Michigan. I have visited MSU, Michigan, UMD and UToledo on my own so far and saw Loyola Chicago with my mother. Now this will most likely be the ONLY large college trip we can go on. Also and all are correct about my mom wishing me to stay in state after college-She constantly talks about these government jobs opening up around the area and how it great it is to work for the government(she works for IRS). And yes she is connected and up and about around the area, going to DSO concerts, connected with friends. And we have no other close family in the Midwest other than in Chicago and the huge clump in Michigan. Also its 3 hours Drive time rather than 3 hours flight time.</p>
<p>Yes she has requested a sheet of information of each and every place I want to go which I have made and given to her.</p>
<p>Minnesota is 11 hours by car however and thats all she references. And yes I realize my chances there are not the greatest either. Financially were in good shape, i can afford 20k-30k/year off hand without loans or work which can add a good 10k or so/year. And she has suggested schools such as Albion and Kalamazoo College which both cost around 30-32k per year before r and b. So i feel its more of a distance thing rather than a cost perspective…</p>