DD needs to choose a school.... options

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Anonymous wrote:Correct, I wanted to be concise in my post. DD has acceptance letters from all listed schools except VT but we are confident she will get in and she seems to really like VT. We are in VA but we have saved enough for her to go to any of the schools so although it would be nice to have the in state tuition, it won't be the deciding factor.

From the various posts, it doesn't sound like any of the schools stand out or have a reputation as significantly better than the other.

Thank you for the thoughts. It sounds like Boulder is the overwhelming choice for lifestyle and I agree with this. I just wondered if any one of the schools was considered academically better than the rest.

But you said she was admitted to Tech. She can't be since Tech is ED, which means you are wasting people's time.

And you said DD was a direct admit to Tech's B-school. That's where you should be a little more wary -- even if the B school isn't as competitive as Engineering, which routinely has to turn away top stats kids, you shouldn't be too confident about a kid not getting into liberal arts instead of her first choice.

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Of those, I would choose either South Carolina or Clemson. Both great schools and it sounds like she wants the big school/football culture.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Correct, I wanted to be concise in my post. DD has acceptance letters from all listed schools except VT but we are confident she will get in and she seems to really like VT. We are in VA but we have saved enough for her to go to any of the schools so although it would be nice to have the in state tuition, it won't be the deciding factor.

From the various posts, it doesn't sound like any of the schools stand out or have a reputation as significantly better than the other.

Thank you for the thoughts. It sounds like Boulder is the overwhelming choice for lifestyle and I agree with this. I just wondered if any one of the schools was considered academically better than the rest.

But you said she was admitted to Tech. She can't be since Tech is ED, which means you are wasting people's time.

And you said DD was a direct admit to Tech's B-school. That's where you should be a little more wary -- even if the B school isn't as competitive as Engineering, which routinely has to turn away top stats kids, you shouldn't be too confident about a kid not getting into liberal arts instead of her first choice.

Chill on the Tech thing people. The only people who care about Tech live in Virginia. OP, I would avoid Penn State, too many scandals, but all the other schools are good ones. I would say visit a few campuses and see how your DD feels.

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OP here with an update- She did get into Tech B school, so it's on the list.

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My son is graduating University of South Carolina in early May and starting Grad school in Boulder late May. He has loved his experience at Carolina, attended on scholarship (ended up being same price as instate for Maryland) is graduating as a triple major in 3 years (business). I will say the cost of living was fabulous for housing in Carolina, we are now having sticker shock for Boulder. A 390 sq foot studio is 1400 a month NOT including utilities and parking. He chose Carolina over U MD (direct admit business) and Va Tech (direct admit engineering- at the time he was undecided about his major) due to the SEC party school rah rah vibe in addition to Carolina being ranked the #1 International Business school in the country- which was his major. There is a party culture but there is also a great honors program and plenty of serious students. It doesn't have to be one or the other. He applied to 10 grad schools, got accepted to 8 (including Maryland, U Conn, and Duke) and he is off to Boulder. Let your kid have some fun and be 20. Life is more than work and degrees.

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Anonymous wrote:The answer to this question is:

UMD, if you live in Maryland

VT or JMU if you live in VA

The other schools are all perfectly fine schools but not worth spending more than you would in-state.

I agree with this 100%. If my kid got into a super elite private school or wanted a program that wasn't offered in our state schools, then I would pay for the higher price tag. But no way in heck would I spring an extra 20k for Business at Penn State.

Save that money, put it towards an MBA or down payment for a house. As a Business major, she should learn now how you spot a sound investment.

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Anonymous wrote:The answer to this question is:

UMD, if you live in Maryland

VT or JMU if you live in VA

The other schools are all perfectly fine schools but not worth spending more than you would in-state.

+1 I tend to agree with this for the most part. JMU's business school tends to rank higher than VT's on most ratings, however.

If money isn't an issue, UMD's business program is very strong and would be the only school I'd be willing to pay out of state for.

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Anonymous wrote:How the heck did she come up with this list?? And where does she think she wants to live after graduation - where you go undergrad has a big impact on that if your undergrad isn't a national name like an ivy or MIT or something.

If she wants to end up down south - Clemson/SC. In the DMV - JMU; Maryland; Virginia Tech. Up north - NY/NJ/PA - Penn State. Colorado - wildcard. She'd be competitive in the mountain states or she could spin a story about how she just wanted to live in Colorado for 4 yrs and couldn't pass up that opportunity - bc lots of people have this fantasy. Go to the career services websites - or have your DD call career services for each of these undergrad business schools and get a list of the companies that recruited there last yr. Guaranteed that most recruiting at these schools is regional -- so if she goes down to SC and her internships job offers lead her to SC/NC/ATL after graduation - would she be ok with that or is she hellbent on coming back to the DMV?

Personally I'd do Penn State (I assume she won't be on the football team) or Colorado. Way more job opportunities for a finance grad in NY/NJ than there are down here and lots of the ones down here are for think tanks/non profits and don't pay. Or Colorado for the experience and the story spin described above - honestly that story spin would get her more looks in the northeastern recruiting markets than an unknown school like JMU or the 600th Maryland resume that they see in recruiting season.

Way to overthink. It's undergrad, not a life-and-death decision.

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Boulder - lifestyle is so amazing. Perfect school.

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Anonymous wrote:Boulder - lifestyle is so amazing. Perfect school.

For stoners and slackers maybe.
Expensive out of state tuition.
84% acceptance rate. Holy cow.
No thanks.

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Anonymous wrote:OP here with an update- She did get into Tech B school, so it's on the list.

The she has to go there. RD decisions don't come out until April for tech so she must've applied ED.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here with an update- She did get into Tech B school, so it's on the list.

The she has to go there. RD decisions don't come out until April for tech so she must've applied ED.

Don't comment if you don't know what you're talking about. Va Tech has started announcing regular decisions... congrats OP

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here with an update- She did get into Tech B school, so it's on the list.

The she has to go there. RD decisions don't come out until April for tech so she must've applied ED.

Don't comment if you don't know what you're talking about. Va Tech has started announcing regular decisions... congrats OP

Thread began before RD decisions were out. Those of us with kids in the RD applicant pool knew what we were talking about. We also knew that there are two RD decision rounds, so it would have been entirely possible not to know until March.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here with an update- She did get into Tech B school, so it's on the list.

The she has to go there. RD decisions don't come out until April for tech so she must've applied ED.

Don't comment if you don't know what you're talking about. Va Tech has started announcing regular decisions... congrats OP

Thread began before RD decisions were out. Those of us with kids in the RD applicant pool knew what we were talking about. We also knew that there are two RD decision rounds, so it would have been entirely possible not to know until March.

Back in the day I got in to VT in mid January though I had applied RD. They trickle them out...this was for the College of A&S.