Is Georgetown worth it over in-state UVA?

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Anonymous wrote:So UVA is 30 now in-state? How do you calculate 30? Just wondering for planning purposes.

https://sfs.virginia.edu/cost/16-17

Cost of attendance for College of Arts & Sciences, 2016-2017: $30,572

Engineering is $33k.

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Good lord, no. I think both are somewhat overrated, but would never foot that bill.

[Anonymous]

Yes! Georgetown has a great national reputation.

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Anonymous wrote:Gov of Maryland sent his kid to Georgetown over UMD. UMD is a peer of UVA. So obviously the Gov of Maryland thought Georgetown was far superior and worth the coin to a flagship public U.

That's a really weird standard. And if you are talking about the current governor he went to catholic school/high school so the kid/stepkid may have wanted a catholic education.

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Anonymous wrote:It depends. Really. That cannot be answered in a vacuum.

and it depends on your circumstances. For my son, most certainly. But he doesn't have any siblings following him and my retirement wouldn't be compromised. YMMV

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I attended an elite LAC. My friend went into FS and now lives abroad. His daughter just started at UVA. If he thought this would restrict her career, it would not have happened.

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Anonymous wrote:Depends on your social circle. In upper income areas going to UVa is meh... it's all about bragging about kids at an elite private or out of state public e.g. Michigan, Berkeley.

+1 In-state public colleges are basically middle class feeders. The wealthy send their kids out of state to broaden their horizons, typically to private colleges. It's not difficult for a normal upper middle class kid to get into a state flagship.

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Anonymous wrote:Gov of Maryland sent his kid to Georgetown over UMD. UMD is a peer of UVA. So obviously the Gov of Maryland thought Georgetown was far superior and worth the coin to a flagship public U.

Whatever makes you feel better about Maryland!

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Anonymous wrote:Depends on your social circle. In upper income areas going to UVa is meh... it's all about bragging about kids at an elite private or out of state public e.g. Michigan, Berkeley.

+1 In-state public colleges are basically middle class feeders. The wealthy send their kids out of state to broaden their horizons, typically to private colleges. It's not difficult for a normal upper middle class kid to get into a state flagship.

I don't understand how this sentence relates to the two sentences before it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No unless you are real looking for a Jesuit experience.

If you want a real Jesuit experience, go to BC. Georgetown seems to have watered down the Catholic influence in the last decade or two.

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I think something like 100 kids each year from my daughter's high school go to UVA. UVA is high school 2.0 for upper middle class common wealth kids.

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Anonymous wrote:Depends on your social circle. In upper income areas going to UVa is meh... it's all about bragging about kids at an elite private or out of state public e.g. Michigan, Berkeley.

+1 In-state public colleges are basically middle class feeders. The wealthy send their kids out of state to broaden their horizons, typically to private colleges. It's not difficult for a normal upper middle class kid to get into a state flagship.

You obviously don't know much about UVA.

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Anonymous wrote:UVA is considered to have a good academic reputation everywhere in the country.

I'm from NYC. Never heard of UVA. Did not know the difference between Ohio State and UVA. I know people in VA think UVA is amazing but it just isn't as well known elsewhere.

I'm also from NYC (UES). Definitely knew about UVA. Considered it like a Michigan - one of the "better" state schools in the country.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:UVA is considered to have a good academic reputation everywhere in the country.

I'm from NYC. Never heard of UVA. Did not know the difference between Ohio State and UVA. I know people in VA think UVA is amazing but it just isn't as well known elsewhere.

Your post says more about you than it does about UVA. Perhaps kids in your outer-borough did not attend there.

I did not go there, and generally find its grads annoying. But that doesn't mean it isn't a very good school.

I went to Harvard. UVA was not on my radar.

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Anonymous wrote:I think something like 100 kids each year from my daughter's high school go to UVA. UVA is high school 2.0 for upper middle class common wealth kids.

Can I ask how many kids are in your daughter's HS class? That number seems crazy high unless it's TJ.