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[quote=Anonymous]I would imagine this question must have been asked before (maybe in real estate...), but my spouse and I are thinking about a move from Capitol Hill DC to VA (Arlington, Alexandria?) with in-state college tuition/acceptance rates as the primary driver. We love Capitol Hill and have a good community and great house here, but will be full pay for college and want to have good in-state options. We have 3 kids currently in middle school. Oldest is at a private that we really like, and younger two are at a charter that we would be fine with through 12th. Oldest could stay at the same school if we moved near a metro station, but other two would presumably switch to a VA public school for remainder of middle school/high school. All kids are good students (mostly As with an occasional B), reasonable extracurriculars (play sports but are not amazing, very active in Scouts, Mathcounts, etc.), and are likely to be good if not amazing test takers (if I had to guess, they will probably get mid-high 1400s on SATs).

Anyone thought about this/done this and have any words of wisdom? Any pitfalls that we might not think of? How long does it take to establish VA residency for the purposes of applying for college as an in-state resident? Will the more selective VA schools (UVA, WM, VT) not like seeing DC schools on their high school transcript if we wait to move?[/quote]

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