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The admissions reps from several of the top colleges have said this publicly and unapologetically.  It's a bit shocking to hear at first (for us, in DS's sophomore year when we figured out that despite our moving to the "best" school pyramid when he was in kindergarten and buying the VA pre-paid tuition when he was an infant) but soon you realize that a top VA college is not in your kid's future and you look and find that there are colleges beyond VA's borders.  [/quote]
We did the pre paid tuition too and the only problem I have with going out of state is the extra $100k+ it costs.  [/quote]
For an out of state (OOS) public college, we found there's "only" a $40-$50,000 difference. Really the only saving grace is that they can get into a much better school OOS than the ones they can get into in VA (talking about this area's "average" kids).  [/quote]

That is comparing current in state tuition costs to out of state costs.  Since we bought the pre paid tuition in 2000 or 2001, the difference is greater.  We will only get about $25-$30k out of the pre paid tuition if our DC goes out of state.  Looking at Perdue (an Engineering School I have seen several NOVA students attend that couldn't get into VT), the out of state tuition is $29k, so we would have to come up with three more years or closer to $90k and that is based on this years rates, not what they will be when our DCs actually get to the college.  So, we are planning on at least $100k additional costs to go out of state.  [/quote]

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