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[quote=Anonymous]The local college argument above doesn’t really work in this area

In MD, the flagship IS the “local school”

In NoVA, Mason is an incredibly solid school and there is no shame in going there. I have a friend with a child who chose Mason while her “local school” would be Tech (her older brother and her twin sister chose Tech). I also know plenty of students from FCPS and LCPS who chose Mason and are living in the dorms and don’t come home often. NoVA also has a number of state schools within a couple hours of home, including UVA and W&M.

I will be honest - because of costs, I thought at first that state schools were our only option. And as a VA resident, that wasn’t some awful fate. Lots of good schools to choose from-and yes, I’m even talking about ODU, Radford and Longwood (Radford wound up as my daughter’s runner up). I discovered that there were oos and private options that give scholarship dollars to bring costs in line with state school costs.

My child chose a small private oos because it met her wants and needs best. Her cheapest option actually would have been a small private in VA, but it didn’t wind up being the best option for her.

We are blessed to be able to say it wasn’t all about cost. Not everyone can. And even if that IS the reason for why a student goes to a local school, there is no shame. College is ridiculously expensive. Everybody makes whatever calculations they have to between cost, programs, prestige, distance, etc.

If your child decides being closer to home is important in their search, good for them. We ruled out one school for just being “too far”. But our radius wasn’t 2-3 hours. That is a personal choice, and there is no reason for any  one to judge any of it.[/quote]

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