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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This has been asked before--so many times.  No contest between VA and MD.  To state the obvious, UVA and William and Mary are "public Ivies". There are tons of kids from nova in those two schools (which are very different from one another).  It is very competitive and UVA, in the past 10 years, has become ultra popular.  There are some other ok schools in VA.  And the community college system is great:  relatively easy-to-achieve guaranteed--yes, guaranteed-- admission into schools if certain criteria are met.  Caution, and a serious one:  UVA, obviously, along with William and Mary are associated with Thomas Jefferson.  As our society enters a higher level of sensitivity and questions things, query whether that will be a lightning rod moving forward.  The schools are trying to do better, diversity wise.[/quote]

That is not the way I see it. I have a STEM kid.  UMD is one of a portfolio of schools he has applied to --- stronger faculty, better academic reputation and national rankings, and close enough  to a major research metro area for effective networking and internships. The VA schools just don't compare on these dimensions. And we are out of state for both.

The "public Ivies" aspect  is not a big factor when planning to do graduate work in the future in a STEM field.  Not trying to imply that the VA schools are not excellent for certain career paths -- just that the paths for which they might be better don't appeal to everybody

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