Unfiltered Story #146808

(I work in college admissions in New Mexico. We frequently get students and parents that think we are not in the USA. This is one of the best):

Me: “Are you comfortable moving to New Mexico for school?”

Student: “Oh… I don’t want to go to another country for school.”

Me: “We aren’t another country.” (I notice the student lives in Colorado) “We are actually one state south of you.”

Student: “So I have to drive thru Utah to get there?”

Me: ….