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[quote=Anonymous]“Worth it” depends on your financial situation and educational opportunities near you. Like PP, I think it’s preferable for kids to live on campus for at least a couple years. It’s about learning to adult and making connections. But, if the choice was living at home and getting a top notch education vs going away and getting a mediocre one, I would vote for the excellent education. And if it was living at home with no debt, vs incurring debt for room and board, I would probably encourage my kid to live on campus for a year to get the independence and then live at home, in the basement, with a separate entrance and privacy, and save 75% of the debt. We are fortunate in that we can afford, at a minimum, 4 years of any in state VA college and R &B no debt. Which given our kids stats, should translate to decent OOS public and SLAC with merit options as well. The sacrifices we made to get there, such as driving older cars, are worth it to us. [/quote]
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