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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm not saying that these are bad schools.  They're not.  They're basically on the level of the better state flagships, which are also very good in many cases and great in others.  So I'm left scratching my head over why families are picking them, and it can only come down to snobbery.  Right?  What am I missing?

But snobbery for what?  If your kid goes to UVA, it's just as well respected and more so than virtually all of the schools on this list and for only half the price or less.  People will argue that Wash U or Emory are "better" but their academic reputations aren't better and in fact UVA is ahead of both of them in its "peer assessment" score.  At most, one can plausibly claim they're a "little" better but no so much as to justify the price.

The claim here that "you're jealous that you can't afford them" or the flagships are for poor kids is laughable.  UVA is full of rich kids -- in fact, that's one of the most common knocks against it.

It can only be snobbery, but it's misplaced because the schools listed don't have real snob appeal.

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What’s funny is you could make the same claim about all the OOS kids that pick UVA, right?

Why would anyone pay over $90k to study engineering or business at UVA vs going to what is likely a good to great in state flagship?  Especially for most STEM fields where UVA isn’t even a thought.

That’s insane, right?[/quote]

Agreed!  I grew up in VA, wanted to major in Engineering/CS and music  Didn't apply in-state to anything as there were no good options.   Nothing has changed in 30+ years.  Plenty of excellent schools in the T50-60 that are much much better than UVA for engineering.

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