I'm a HS senior that is going to attend an OOS college this fall. I applied to 1 in-state (UT) and 2 OOS colleges. I was rejected from the in-state school and accepted to the 2 OOS schools. In hindsight, it's good that I got rejected from the in-state college because it was more expensive than the OOS options and I wouldn't have received any scholarships at the in-state school. To give a bit of insight, I did all of my college research on my own (mom wasn't involved in the research process and my guidance counselor wouldn't have been able to help since we only 5 counselors for about 2100 students).
My mom asked in November where I would like to go college and I told her UT. Her response was basically "oh okay, that's good" and that was the end of the college discussion. Fast forward to last month and I get rejected from UT. After I told her this, I informed her that I would attend one of the OOS schools (which is about 1200 miles away). She was fine, although she advised me be safe and not walk around at night (just the common sense stuff).
About a week later, I'm in math class and she sends me a bunch texts. The texts are her telling me that she wants me to stay in state and a list of in-state colleges. This really caught me off guard. She then starts telling me that it's not safe for a female to go to college alone in another state (especially one that is in a large city) and she wants me to consider applying to in-state schools. When I got home, she told me that a co-worker was the one who told her these things and got her scared.
Here's the thing, one of my brother's went into the army at 18, another brother went to an OOS college and my other brother is currently at a college that is in a large city(which has a good amount of crime), but she never never panicked about them. Maybe it's the fact that I'm the youngest child and she will be an empty nester?
I want to know, did you guys have lots of concerns about your kid going to college OOS?
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