DC parents, what are your favorite DCTAG colleges?

[Anonymous]

UVa, UNC, Michigan and Berkeley for us.

High achieving, self motivated child.

[Anonymous]

Those are the good publics. You can also get $2500 for DC Private Colleges -- such as G'town and GWU...good deal

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Those are the good publics. You can also get $2500 for DC Private Colleges -- such as G'town and GWU...good deal

Ha! That won't even cover meals...

[Anonymous]

You have to look to the west and midwest for that 10K to make a real dent in your burden. U of Minn. or Wisconsin too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You have to look to the west and midwest for that 10K to make a real dent in your burden. U of Minn. or Wisconsin too.

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Wisconsin is a really good school with a great alumni base on the East Coast.

[Anonymous]

perhaps consider non-flagship schools? (you can do that with DCTAG, right? I'm not entirely up-to-date on the specifics and the website is worthless) There is such a wonderful variety of state colleges and universities all over the country. Think, say, St. Mary's in Maryland. And I'll admit, I had a great time at Minnesota-Duluth when I wasn't digging out of historic blizzards. There's a ton of smaller US schools, not just UCLA and Berkley.

[Anonymous]

I;m 21:48. That should be UC (not US) schools....

[Anonymous]

There are some good reports on the DCTAG website, including a list of the 50 most attended schools for DCTAG recipients (spoiler alert -- #1 is Montgomery College). It also gives a list of in state/out of state tuition for the these 50 schools (although the data is from 2009-2010, it gives an idea of the spread).

http://osse.dc.gov/page/dctag-reports-and-transparency

We were pleasantly surprised the that application process (although quirky) went smoothly this spring and were notified of approval within a few weeks for my DC who will attend a school in the midwest in the fall.

There is also a full list of the participating schools. Other schools can be added if they meet the program requirements.

http://osse.dc.gov/publication/dctag-participating-colleges-and-universities

From the website:

DCTAG eligible colleges and universities are: all public colleges and universities throughout the US; public and private Historically Black
Colleges and Universities (HBCU's) throughout the US; all private colleges and universities in the Washington, DC metropolitan area.
Proprietary schools are not eligible. Proprietary schools are defined, by the Internal Revenue Service, as schools that are for profit.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You have to look to the west and midwest for that 10K to make a real dent in your burden. U of Minn. or Wisconsin too.

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Wisconsin is a really good school with a great alumni base on the East Coast.

Actually, I think dollars go much further in the south and there are some quality schools to be had though probably not preferred by the typical DC parent.