Kristen Willmott, a counselor with Top Tier Admissions in Massachusetts, told Reuterssome high school students have removed Texas, Florida, and Tennessee from their top state choices due to their restrictive abortion laws. The CEO of Prepory, a college counseling company in Florida, also noted a priority shift in future college students.
"Some of our students have explicitly stated that they will not apply to colleges and universities in states which may infringe on their access to reproductive rights," said Daniel Santos, the CEO of Prepory.
Some students have even removed their top school choice or their parents' alma maters from their lists of consideration. Maryland high school senior Alexis Prisco said she had planned to apply to Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, the same school both of her parents went to.
