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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My kid got into honors at uva, for "top 5% of applicants."  Exciting, but also applied to Harvard etc. Would it be better to be part of the "top 5%" at uva, or average at Harvard, assuming my child gets in?  UVA honors implies opportunity to standout from the start, with the opportunities that may accompany that, I guess, but is that reason enough to pass up the harvard credential/connections?  OOS, so it's not vastly less expensive to go to UVA.  Kid is interested in CS, engineering and stem more broadly, but not sure re career or grad school, etc.[/quote]

I haven’t gone to either school, but I’ve hung out around both campuses for various reasons.

If money is tight and UVA would be $200,000 cheaper: UVA, of course. I would go live on cat food and panhandle if the choice were between Harvard and community college.

But Charlottesville is gorgeous, UVA is a fine school in its own right, and being a cherished star at UVA could be a lot of fun.

Otherwise, your kid should pick Harvard, because, no matter whether it would be better or worse, it would be an amazing, mind-blowing experience.

UVA might start off cheaper, but, if you run into financial problems, Harvard will probably come up with more emergency help
than UVA.

And, given that Harvard isn’t seen as a top CS school, maybe majoring in CS there would be more fun than majoring in CS at a higher-ranked CS school.

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