re: Are out of state colleges worth it?

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This my daughter cannot get into UF living here in Florida. She has good grades and good test scores but not great. There are kids in her grade (one of the best public school) in Florida with great grades and test scores not getting in. We have no option but to go out of state unless we want her at USF, UCF, or UNF. We are looking all around the south and have a few places we have targeted further away.

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This is the common scenario. My guess is that eventually UCF and USF will have degree programs comparable to "SEC schools" (if they don't already), but I'm not sure how long it'll be before the other characteristics are similar. I assume both still have a lot of older students, commuter students, etc. and those things really do change the experience.

That's the same as in GA where our equivalents are probably KSU and GSU. They're getting better and they're getting better quality students every year, but the other dynamics are still much different than UGA.