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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Depends on your social circle. In upper income areas going to UVa is meh... it's all about bragging about kids at an elite private or out of state public e.g. Michigan, Berkeley.[/quote]

+1 In-state public colleges are basically middle class feeders. The wealthy send their kids out of state to broaden their horizons, typically to private colleges. It's not difficult for a normal upper middle class kid to get into a state flagship.[/quote]

True. [/quote]

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Fwiw, we are saving as much as we can with the motivation of being able to send our kids to their first choice private school.[/quote]

This is insane.  Of course it's difficult for "normal" upper middle class kids to get into UVA.  [/quote]

What's insane about wanting to be able to pay for my DC's dream school experience? I want them to be able to go away to school and have the traditional, exciting experience. Small class sizes, attentive professors, beautiful campus, study abroad, opportunity to reinvent themselves if they wish. The whole nine yards. UVA is a good school, I'm not knocking it. I'm sure DC will apply and consider it. They would probably like it more if we didn't live in VA. But from my own experience, I know it is not considered "exciting" to teens in NoVa. It just isn't. It's high school 2.0.

It's a fine school if you don't have the money to pay for private but we do so we have more options. Sorry if that rubs you the wrong way.[/quote]

NP. I would prefer that my kids get a better college experience than Charlottesville. I care less about rankings. Ultimately, it would be where my kids want to go to college but I would want them to experience more, whether that is in London, Boston, SF or NYC. We can easily pay for college and prefer to send our kids to private school.[/quote]

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