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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]ROTC[/quote]

Good point - I went to Cornell - lots of ROTC kids there. [/quote]

OP - kid really doesn't want to do ROTC[/quote]

OP:  Have you communicated clearly to your DC what your financial parameters are?[/quote]

OP?

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If your aren't a troll, your kids just go to the best in state college they can go to. Like most other people. [/quote]

There are lots of kids like yours, OP, including mine. My son had a perfect 1600 SAT score and a 4.8 weighted GPA coming out of the Blair magnet. He did very well at University of Maryland and did not apply to any top 20 schools because we could not afford them. And, we had saved quite a lot.

It's not unusual and it will be fine. What matters is how your kids do, not that they go to a brand name school.[/quote]

+2 Tell the kids you can afford VA state school budget. They can apply elsewhere but if it doesn't fit the budget it's off the list. They should start to look for things they can like about UVA/W&M/VT.

Read The Price You Pay for College by Ron Lieber
https://www.amazon.com/Price-You-Pay-College-Financial/dp/006286730X
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OP - kid is very set on getting out of VA as fast as she can, really wants New England schools[/quote]

OP, I want a pony.  Maybe your kid did, too, at some point.  The vast majority of us can't have everything we want.

If your DC doesn't know what your limitations are vis a vis paying for college, then you need to communicate them now.  They should not be applying to schools you can't afford.[/quote]

OP, are you still with us?[/quote]

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