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[quote=Anonymous]Let me just say that I went to a large mid-western state university for undergrad and I went to law school at UVa.  I got a taste of what the UVa. experience is like, but not so much as an undergrad.  At my undergrad, there were 20K students... most classes were 300 students in the first two years, then down to 50-100 in the upper grades.  I only got to know one professor b/c I helped him with research (paid position).  Otherwise, I would have gone the whole time without having any faculty relationships.  There weren't opportunities to be known unless you were the type to talk to the teacher after every class for 15 min. (I was usually rushing to my next class).

With the price of tuition going up and up, I can't see how we would pay out of state tuition for our kids.  So, I'd like to hear what the college experience is like at the state institutions -- Va. Tech, JMU, William/Mary, UVa., and GMU.  (While we think our kids are smart, we can't assume that they will get into UVa or W/M b/c it is so competitive.  The others -- big as they are--- are very likely.)

Is the experience pretty much what it was when I was in school?   Just float along, doing your own thing until you graduate?  A relatively annonymous experience?

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