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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I was just looking at some instagrams of some high schools and see so many students heading to public schools out of state. While I absolutely understand why students would choose UVA, VT, W&M, UMD, etc if you are in state, why would you pick schools like Penn State or Clemson?[/quote]

Reason 1:  Because that's where you got in.  Many VA kids don't get into UVA or Virginia Tech but get into Penn State (which is a great school).

Reason 2: [b]Because the school offers a program that levels above what is available in your state.  Eg. Engineering at Berkeley, Michigan, Illinois or Georgia Tech as opposed to to UVA or Tech.  Some people may think its worth paying extra to get that level of education[/b].[/quote]

And those people would be idiots.  Yes, the out of state schools listed may have "better" engineering schools, but not so much better that they're worth paying extra for.   [/quote]

That is a pretty bold blanket statement.[/quote]

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 If the family has the money to pay, why does it matter to the you? May not be worth it to you, so you do you and don't send your kid to a school you don't think is worth it.  Each school has a different feel, and each major has a "better" program at a different school.

we personally allowed our kid turn down $150K in merit at a private school to attend another private school that is 80K/year with no merit (school doesn't give much merit)  Most people wouldn't do that, but we can afford it easily and our DC wasn't really feeling the other school.  Now my DC will attend the school that they have been most comfortable at except their ED choice.  It is the right choice for them.  Most would have made their kid pick the school with more merit as they were "similar schools" in many ways.  We are able to choose otherwise so we did.

As long as the family is not taking excess loans and then complaining they need loan forgiveness afterwards, it's really none of my business why they pick an OOS school over an instate school[/quote]

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