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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]^^ Alabama would have been $0 for your dd.[/quote][/b]

No, we're in the donut hole.  FAFSA gives us nothing.  Ivies gave us nothing.  UVA gave us nothing.  Didn't even think of applying to Alabama when selecting the top ten to apply to, nor would I pay for it.[/quote]
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If your DD had a 33 on the ACT she could have gone to Alabama for $0. 30+ is almost $0.
https://scholarships.ua.edu/types/out-of-state.php[/quote][/b]

Actually, she would have been a Presidential Elite Scholar at Alabama but note they cover only one year of dorm and they conveniently gloss over the food part.  Then there's airline fees, cars, insurance, etc., that all adds up. (we don't have those costs at UVA).  But why would she want to go to U of Alabama in the first place?  She got into Princeton, Ga Tech, Ga Tech, Cal Tech and Purdue, all for aerospace [b]engineering[/b].  The fees for all of these except for Va Tech and UVA are prohibitive.  FAFSA doesn't provide us with anything so we are a donut hole family.  DD received the minimum federal loan of $5500.  The rest has to come from somewhere out of after tax dollars.   Ga Tech wouldn't match instate UVA (one used to be able to play those games with financial aid with southern schools but not with Ga Tech), so she went to UVA where she is very very happy.  And no I'm not someone obsessed with UVA - I've never even met anyone OBSESSED with UVA -  I'm just very grateful it was there for us when the time came.[/quote]

I understand choosing UVa over other higher ranked out of state schools because of the cost.  We are in the same boat.  And my kid is on track to be able to get into all the Va schools so we were leaning towards UVa as well.  But recently, my student said he might be interested in engineering and now, as we do more research, we are seriously leaning towards Va Tech.  There really seems to be no debate on which is s better program.  What was your reason for going to UVa engineering over Va Tech?  I am sincerely interested in your reason(s) because it does seem odd to me to pick a lower ranked school over a higher one that you got into but again, from everyone I've talked to including many engineers, Va Tech seems to clearly have the better program.  I would just like to hear a different side, if there is one.  [/quote]

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