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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Transfer.  You carry around your undergrad forever in the DC area.[/quote]

[b]No, you only carry it forever according to DCUM.[/b]

OP, ask DD to sit down and do some listing of pros and cons. Is there someone objective to whom she can talk? In other words not an adviser from any of these three colleges and also not you or her other parent?

She also can write herself a letter about what she wanted from college when she first applied back in hide school and what she wants now, with a year under her belt. The student leadership stuff is good and an opportunity to serve while also standing out and it's something she may later be able to use on a resume. Same goes for the international travel if it's academic and linked to her field of study. Don't get sucked into "only go to one of this list of schools or you will never do well the rest of your life" mentality on DCUM.

If the major she wants is only st W&M or UVA, or those schools offer substantially better opportunities like specific internships or whatever, that's crucial and she likely should transfer. Getting the academic program she wants matters most. But it's valid also to weigh things like the larger picture of her life at college. And it can be good to be the bigger fish in the smaller pond.[/quote]

Exactly, only on DCUM. Nobody cares where you went to school in so many fields - your work experience carries so much more weight. [/quote]

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