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[quote=Anonymous]Some of it depends on what he wants to study, if he's planning to go to grad/prof school after undergrad, and where it might ultimately want to live.

If you want to live in the midwest, then KU and ISU could be on your radar.  The downside to big schools is that it can be very hard to be noticed, so recommendations to grad schools are hard to come by.  If your son might want to go to med school or whatever, he is going to get a very detailed and strong recommendation coming from a UMW or CNU.  He'll get strong financial aid, and be known by the professors.   For certain fields, (many, really), your undergrad doesn't matter --- it's your grad school that really counts.

If he's not going further than undergrad, then I think where he plans to live long term matters more.  If he probably will live in the mid-Atlantic, then the VA schools make more sense.  If he's not planning to live in the mid-Atlantic, and not going beyond undergrad, there is some value to large school name recognition -- but it always comes at a cost of being lost in a crowd.[/quote]

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