Reinvention
Why High Schoolers in the Northeast Are Flocking South for College
Students from New York, New Jersey and other New England states are opting for cheaper tuition, big-time sports and less politically charged campuses in the South.
University of Alabama campus before a game between the Alabama Crimson Tide and the Texas A&M Aggies.
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When Long Island native Ava Finnegan was applying to colleges, she almost exclusively looked at schools in the South.
A lot of students from her area end up at small, liberal arts schools in the Northeast, but she wanted the opposite of that — a college with school spirit, big-time sports and Greek life.