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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Has she been to either Macalester or Bates in the winter? Has she ever been anywhere cold in the winter? I grew up middle class (not poor) in the Houston area, and I did not see snow until I came to DC for school. I would be very worried about culture shock and the fact she may really HATE the winter. Just throw those out and stick with Davidson vs. UT.

You are going to need to factor in travel costs for these far away SLACS. She is not going to get to come home much, so, before you encourage her to attend a far away school make sure she is prepared to be so far from family. [/quote]

I think these are all important considerations for someone who probably hasn’t traveled much. Austin being culturally familiar will not be an insignificant factor. How close she is to her family will come into play.

Generally, I’d say go for the cheapest, but it doesn’t matter if she is feels miserable and out of place. As someone who didn’t have money and went to a private college and UT, I found UT to be a [u]much[/u] better place to be poor. It can be isolating at a smaller school when everyone has more money than you do for outside activities, clothes, etc. At UT, pretty much everyone I knew was as broke as I was. There are going to be more kids like her at UT (both due to just sheer numbers and the overall makeup of the student body). FWIW, I graduated with about $60,000 in loans, and I didn’t find that to be that much of a burden when I was starting out (and that would be more than that now, adjusted for inflation).

It does depend in her personality. Some kids can leave home and go to a strange place and never look back, and others feel completely lost.

Good luck to her![/quote]

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