UVA vs Georgetown for pre-med track

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Anonymous wrote:I’m not a Virginian so daughter would pay out of tuition at UVA and our family doesn’t qualify for any financial aid.

She really wants to do pre-med. which school would you recommend? I’d like to spend less on undergrad to save more for medical school but also want to make sure my daughter gets good undergrad experience/research opportunities.

Didn’t realize college selection process was this stressful!

Thanks in advance for sharing your experience!

These schools are not really comparable when Virginia is oos. They are similar cost and Georgetown is far more prestigious. To the extent UVA has prestige, it is as an in-state school. The oos yield at UVA is terrible for this reason: oos students vote with their feet. Don’t make the mistake that you are choosing “equal” options when what makes them equal (Virginia in-state tuition) does not apply to you.

Again, you are wrong and can't prove that. The SCHEV you cited to on another thread was a yield chart for ALL public schools in VA.

Don’t assume I am the same poster; I am not. It is common knowledge that UVA oos yield, for the so-called prestige of the school, is bad. UVA admin is well aware of this; you, unfortunately, are not.

You, again. Get a life.

+1. Seriously bent out of shape about not getting in Friday.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m not a Virginian so daughter would pay out of tuition at UVA and our family doesn’t qualify for any financial aid.

She really wants to do pre-med. which school would you recommend? I’d like to spend less on undergrad to save more for medical school but also want to make sure my daughter gets good undergrad experience/research opportunities.

Didn’t realize college selection process was this stressful!

Thanks in advance for sharing your experience!

These schools are not really comparable when Virginia is oos. They are similar cost and Georgetown is far more prestigious. To the extent UVA has prestige, it is as an in-state school. The oos yield at UVA is terrible for this reason: oos students vote with their feet. Don’t make the mistake that you are choosing “equal” options when what makes them equal (Virginia in-state tuition) does not apply to you.

Nay nay. Georgetown and UVA are both ranked 24 by USNWR. Georgetown is 94k a year and UVA is $40k instate. OOS is $80, which still means $60k more than UVA.

I get that subtlety is lost on you, as is math.
Don’t quote fake numbers. Check the source: https://sfs.virginia.edu/financial-aid-new-applicants/financial-aid-basics/estimated-undergraduate-cost-attendance-2025-2026
Sometimes Georgetown tuition and fees are 5k a year more; sometimes they are less than UVA (Engineering, Business etc.).
As for the potential 20k — not 60k — difference over 4 years, many parents do not want to pay private school tuition for a public. Period.

I don't understand your point. The pp's figures are accurate re even to your citation. UVA is $40k in state and $80k OOS. Georgetown is $94k - I just went and added it up.

[Anonymous]

+1. The $60k figure is assuming Op's kid is OOS VA: $16k x 4

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Georgetown if they are both out of state. 100%.

Agree.

Double agree. Other state's flagship = other state's problems. If you aren't getting the discount for it, don't put up with class seat shortages, difficulty registering, housing headaches, problems of scale, and other assorted headaches that come with every public flagship. Yes, every. Go for the plusher private institution.

If you were at the beginning of this process I would have advised you to seriously pursue your own state flagship. But you didn't, and these are your choices. Go with Georgetown.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m not a Virginian so daughter would pay out of tuition at UVA and our family doesn’t qualify for any financial aid.

She really wants to do pre-med. which school would you recommend? I’d like to spend less on undergrad to save more for medical school but also want to make sure my daughter gets good undergrad experience/research opportunities.

Didn’t realize college selection process was this stressful!

Thanks in advance for sharing your experience!

These schools are not really comparable when Virginia is oos. They are similar cost and Georgetown is far more prestigious. To the extent UVA has prestige, it is as an in-state school. The oos yield at UVA is terrible for this reason: oos students vote with their feet. Don’t make the mistake that you are choosing “equal” options when what makes them equal (Virginia in-state tuition) does not apply to you.

Nay nay. Georgetown and UVA are both ranked 24 by USNWR. Georgetown is 94k a year and UVA is $40k instate. OOS is $80, which still means $60k more than UVA.

I get that subtlety is lost on you, as is math.
Don’t quote fake numbers. Check the source: https://sfs.virginia.edu/financial-aid-new-applicants/financial-aid-basics/estimated-undergraduate-cost-attendance-2025-2026
Sometimes Georgetown tuition and fees are 5k a year more; sometimes they are less than UVA (Engineering, Business etc.).
As for the potential 20k — not 60k — difference over 4 years, many parents do not want to pay private school tuition for a public. Period.

I don't understand your point. The pp's figures are accurate re even to your citation. UVA is $40k in state and $80k OOS. Georgetown is $94k - I just went and added it up.

Try again. And learn how to read a chart. And to add.