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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Again, I think there are spots at state schools for VA students - many just feel anything below JMU is too crappy for THEIR child ;p

God forbid their snowflake have to consider Mason, VCU, UMW or CNU

Longwood, Radford or ODU? Oh, the horror![/quote]

This is so true.  My friend was really mad/frustrated that her kid (3.0 -- FCPS) did not get into VT or JMU (non-stem).  Kid/parents were not willing to consider GMU, UMW, VCU, Rad, or anything else in VA.  So, they, like many others, ended up at WVU.  The big-rah-rah U atmosphere was really important to them ... more than the academics or financial side of it.

To be fair, I think a lot of other states have big-rah-rah-Universities that pretty much anyone with a 3.0 and above can go to.  In the case of VA, that would be GMU and VCU --- it's just that GMU doesn't have a football team  or college-town aspect to it.  And VCU doesn't have that dedicated sense of location/college town.  So, I do understand why people really want their kids to go to UVA, VT, and JMU.  But, a 3.0 isn't going to cut it... and it's crazy when parents think it should be a legit option.[/quote]

Just have to be realistic about what schools your kid can get into, right?

FWIW,[b] there are plenty of schools out there that aren't actually that crazy expensive even OOS. Many offer merit, like WVU and Bama. [/b]

Do your research. Maybe consider starting at the community college. Plenty of kids do.

Just don't complain that there aren't spots for your kids. There are - you just don't deem the schools with spots acceptable to you.[/quote]

This.  I have two students at WVU, and with the scholarships WVU offered, paid slightly less than what we would have paid to send them to the schools you mention (GMU, VCU, etc.)   Two of my kids also were given excellent scholarships at Alabama which would have made tuition less than those schools.

Why should we pay MORE to go to a school that is less of a good fit, just so they can be "in state?"   [/quote]

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