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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Common dilemma for high achieving NOVA residents. Most I know pick UVA unless their family has ties to Michigan. My Virginia kid is probably going to end up picking Michigan over UVA, largely because they grew up cheering for the Maize and Blue and dreaming of going to games in the Big House. One parent attended Michigan. I am on a stealth mission to get DC pick UVA. Cost of attendance OOS at Michigan this year is estimated $90,000 and in-state UVA is $41,000. Approximately $196,000 savings. I will report back on the final decision! [/quote]

Tell them they can use the savings to go to grad school at Michigan.[/quote]
Almost all good Ph.D. programs provide full funding.[/quote]

PP.  My assumption was along the lines of M. engineering, med school, MBA, law, public policy which typically require tuition payment.  PP is looking for reasons to get their kid to pick UVA for undergrad because it is a bargain for in-state.  Michigan grad school could be a legitimate target.

I had grad school plans already in my senior year of high school.  One parent has a PhD, the other a Masters.  Lots of grad degrees in my family.  I would have been influenced by this kind of cost-based discussion.  I favored keeping undergrad tuition low due to being the oldest at a time when the economy was poor.[/quote]

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