Bogeyorpar posted:CaCO3Girl posted:College coach said during a lecture hall type meeting "Open up a map, find your house, now draw a circle approximately 2 hours away from your house. Get a list of all colleges that are within that circle because there is a 95% chance your kid is going to college within that circle."
Maybe true for Eastern states, where there are a lot of college options within a 2 hour circle. The western states are so big, a 2 hour drive will only cover one metropolitan area. When we attended a U Washington event, the college rep proudly say that "UW is the best within a 500 miles circle around Seattle." You'll have to drive 12 hours to SF to find better schools.
Lol, that's kind of funny, his "circle" really should be more of a rectangle that's about 100 miles wide and 500 miles south 
Considering that to the North and West you only have 50 miles before you're in Canada or taking classes on an Island and to the east/southeast 500 miles puts you somewhere in the middle of Montana, Idaho and Wyoming....not exactly a hotbed of great colleges but it sounds good for his story