<p>If you want to take a chance at an inland school, I would recommend UW-Madison. It really isn’t that bad being inland and it is right near Chicago.</p>
<p>Otherwise, if you live North Carolina or Virginia I would definitely recommend going to your big state school.</p>
<p>If not, my top three for you would be:
Penn State
Maryland
Washington-Seattle</p>
<p>in that order.</p>