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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The Berkeley vs UVA thread made me realize how much I want DD to go to college out west or Midwest.  She is a junior next year, and we have already been talking about USC, Univ of Michigan,  Occidental, Northwestern... I really think it is important.  I don't want her to have her same high school friends (not that there is anything wrong with them) or only know D.C. area kids.

I actually have a friend in Dallas who drew a circle around Dallas with a compass and told her DD she couldn't apply to any school within a 300 miles radius of Dallas!!

Luckily (so far) DD wants to go away to school and experience a different part of the country.  You [/quote]

What an odd way of thinking.  So if your DD went to Tufts you really think having a couple of kids from home in her class of 1,300 is going to materially impact her experience?[/quote]

New poster here.  I don't think it's odd way of thinking at all.  I completely understand OP.  While I'm not sure we're going to be able to afford out of state tuition, if we can swing it, I totally see the value in it.  It's about getting out of your comfort zone and exapnding your horizon, introducing yourself to new things.  I went to undergrad instate and then went out of state for grad, and there is a big difference.  Instate colleges in VA are largely from NOVA so the culture is very NOVA.  I'm not talking about the opportunity to make new friends that you didn't know in HS, of course you'll meet tons of people you didn't know in HS.  But many of the new friends you'll make will also be from NOVA and the culture of the school will still be largely NOVA in an instate college.[/quote]

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