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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't understand why people argue about this. It's so meaningless. If you have the money, then let her go to Georgetown. If you don't, then don't. If you have the money already, it's worth it. It's not worth it if you have to take out > 50k loans. Simple.[/quote]

I agree. Unless she wants that big university experience! In which case, UVA would suit her! But I'd always choose Gtown over UVA because of smaller class sizes and location.

Both schools will give your kid a fine education. If she's a self-starter, she'll do fine wherever she goes. Some kids just soar over others, no matter where they end up. And I seriously doubt UVA would limit her prospects, unless she's a very indifferent student. But if she were, she would not have been accepted to Gtown or UVA.

I think a lot of lawyers are on this board. They do have legitimate concerns about "prestige." You can go further in your legal career with a degree from a well-known, prestigious college and law school. That's the nature of the beast. But if you're a STEM person, for example, or in other non-legal fields, a prestigious college won't necessarily help you. People from state U's do as well as MIT grads in certain fields. Look at the backgrounds of MIT professors. Many went to "no-name" undergraduate schools. (I know this for a fact, as a friend is a professor at MIT. He went to a midwestern state U for undergrad.)[/quote]

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