<p>Applying to low-medium tier public colleges are of bad taste if you are OOS, because of the cost and quality of education. You have to pay $35,000 for the same quality of education another student gets for $15,000 (OOS and In-state student). Meanwhile if you went to a private/top tier public school you would get a good education for a meaningful price, if not cheaper also.</p>
<p>I think this is common knowledge, but I just wanted to say it anyway :P</p>
<p>^^^</p>
<p>That philosophy doesn’t take into account the OOS schools that will give an OOS student a merit scholarship that makes attending cheaper or similarly priced as an instate public.</p>
<p>Going to some instate publics can cost $25k- 30k per year. However, with a big merit scholarship (like full tuition) from an OOS school, the student may only end up paying about $15k per year (for room, board, books, transportation).</p>
<p>So, going OOS can sometimes be cheaper!</p>
<p>^ But most financial aid in public schools are bad, or worse then Private schools, because most public college/unis have low endowments, and mostly public funded.</p>
<p>*you’re</p>
<p>XD</p>
<p>*But most financial aid in public schools are bad, or worse then Private schools, because most public college/unis have low endowments, and mostly public funded. *</p>
<p>Endowments are often for FA. And, most privates don’t have big endowments either…usually only the top elites have big endowments…a rather small group. Most privates gap as well…and their gaps can be much bigger than many publics.</p>
<p>The point was that big merit from an OOS public can make the school cheaper than an in-state public.</p>
<p>What a helpful thread. Thanks so much for doing your part to enlighten the CC community.</p>
<p>/sarcasm</p>
<p>^ Your welcome. It didn’t take too long for me to write it either :)</p>
<p>^^^
*you’re</p>
<p>XD</p>
<p>Most kids don’t know about low-medium tier publics in other states anyway.</p>
<p>I disagree w/ the OP. For example, OOS tuition at SUNY is only $13,000/year.</p>
<p>my state universities-SUNY Stony Brook and Binghamton’s actual cost of attendance for me was higher than all the other schools I got into, which were top privates and top 3 OOS public.</p>
<p>National Merit Finalists would certainly have strong financial incentives to consider big scholarships at OOS publics (in general, most of the really exciting NMF offers are at public, not private universities). But typically, need-based aid for most student will go first to in-state students.</p>
<p>Oh dear, where to begin… syntax errors or flawed logic …</p>
<p>Syntax is easier, so I’ll start there:</p>
<p>"Why not to bother with low-medium tier public school ->(SCHOOLS) if your -> (YOU’RE) OOS</p>
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<p>Applying to low-medium tier public colleges are -> (IS) of bad taste -> (IDEA) if you are OOS, because of the cost and quality of education. You have to pay $35,000 for the same quality of education another student gets for $15,000 (OOS and In-state student). Meanwhile if you went -> (WERE TO GO) to a private/top tier public school you would get a good education for a meaningful -> (REASONABLE) price, if not cheaper also -> (A CHEAPER ONE).</p>
<p>I think this is common knowledge, but I just wanted -> (WANT) to say it anyway 
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<p>Now, to the logic:</p>
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<li><p>some lower ranked schools offer a superior education to an undergraduate student. A student needs to sense a fit with the school. Some lower ranked schools have a much lower student/faculty ratio that some higher ranked. Some lower ranked schools offer a choice of major not offered at a higher ranked school. The list goes on.</p></li>
<li><p>as noted by a poster above, some out of state OOS Publics can be cheaper, net of merit aid, than some in-state Publics… especially the UC system which is currently $26,000 (fees, room, board, books) all in for nine months, living in the dorms. Examples of cost effective OOS Publics for non-NMFs include all the SUNYs, plus University of Minnesota.</p></li>
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<p>Having said that, the kernel of your thinking is correct. There are however those who have decided now is the time to relocate from the East to the WEst Coast, from the Midwest to the South, etc., and choose a highly ranked OOS Public in a geographic area that is attractive to them, and where they think they will want to develop their career post-college.</p>
<p>And what would the OP consider medium tier publics since USNWR changed its tier categories in its most recent ranking?</p>