residency at state schools, MCO and hidden costs.

[gsinccom]

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Hi everyone I've been told by a student, at my undergrad insitution, who just got accepted to MCO that after the first year you will be able to get in-state tuition. Is this correct? If it is why don't more people apply there? Here is a list I've made for residency at state schools. Please feel free to correct it if it needs it.
Allowed - Berkeley, SUNY, MCO, OSU.
Not-Allowed - UAB, IU, UHCO, and Missouri. UAB has allowed it in the past but won't from now on and Missouri gives you some tax breaks but doesn't give you in-state tuition really.
All the other schools are private schools (PCO, SCO, SCCO, ICO, Nova, Pacific,NECO) except for NEU in Oklahoma which only accepts students from nine "regional" states anyway. And it looks like Puerto Rico is Private too.

Which schools have hidden costs or in other words don't tell you the whole story by listing the cost of tuition only?

 

[georgeyboy]

I have been accepted to MCO and I live in Michigan. I can give you two reasons why out of staters either don't apply or don't get into MCO:

1. MCO likes to take students from Michigan. Last year 92 out of state students applied and only 7 were accepted. 69 instate kids applied and 41 got accepted. They also take a lot of kids from ferris state who went there for undergrad for the sole purpose of someday going to MCO.

2. Have you been to or heard about Big Rapids, MI? It is a VERY small school located in the middle of nowhere. You have to travel about 40 minutes to get to a larger city. If I was an out of state student, I don't think I would choose Big Rapids as the place I wanted to spend the next 3 years when there are larger schools out there located in a better location.