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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Hey guys so OP here.  Thanks.  Yes we have about 90K each for each of first two kids (180k for avoidance of doubt). 50k for third kid 2 years behind.  So will have three in college for two years.  HHI was like low 200s but last 3/4 years has been 300K.  Another 170k total from two rental properties (net after taxes) we plan to sell.  Could raise around 450K pretty quickly.  Easily pay in state.  Basically, I know for one kid she is IVY or UVA if she doesn't get in ED to an Ivy (barring merit aid).  She will ED Ivy.  Worth it in my view.

Issue is the second one.  He is not strong enough to ED Ivy but real shot at the tier below.  Going to be hard to tell him not to ED a top 20ish school.  He is more than fine going to UVA or William and Mary.  [b]Will ED2 W&M if he doesn't get in to the ED choice (whichever it is--Emory, Wash U, or Tufts). [/b]

Honesty, I think Tufts and Wash U are probably low tier Ivyish.  Jury out on Emory.

Loans are an option right?  Pay 2 years each for each of three kids and loans for the other two.  We can pay them off later for them.  [/quote]

I would place W&M as a better option than these--you get the reputation and the personalized relationship with faculty--unless the appeal is to go out of state.  I wouldn't be SO tied to rankings like this.  Tufts/Wash U is not going to give a measurable "outcome" difference than W&M/UVA--and W&M will have a similar academic style.  Maybe sell your DS on an exchange program, supported internship etc. that could offset not applying ED to a school that costs so much more but doesn't offer measurably more?  Or maybe encourage him to ED to a skyrocket reach (Ivy) and ED2  and EA to the reasonable (W&M/UVA)?    [/quote]

Very good points.  I don't see appreciable differences here between Tufts/WashU/Emory (and I view WashU and Tufts a bit above Emory) and UVA/W&M.  Iyf you are in-state, ou can put the money toward something else that may enhance their experience or opportunities. W&M will be more similar size and feel to those schools.  UVA is a larger option.

There is a category of school that will turn heads/get more attention that UVA/W&M (and more global recognition), but I would say that is more of the Harvard, Yale, Princeton, MIT, Stanford, Caltech, Duke etc. category.    I don't really see much distinction here.  [/quote]

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