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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]In all honesty there’s no justification for overpaying for a UVA degree when the desired career tops out at $100k after grad school. Any “connections” will be of little or no use. Essentially, your fellow alumni would likely look down on the graduate for their chosen profession.[b] It’s sad but true.[/b][/quote]

It’s not true. OP has no idea where her child will end up or in what major. 80% of all
students change their major at least once. UVA gives the child the greatest springboard in almost every field. If [b]we are talking about in $13,000 in full tuition at JMU,[/b] that’s nothing compared to what a UVA experience could give this kid. [/quote]

100%.  UVA. 
And no, not a booster, and both of ours picked ivies over UVA in-state, for a much greater differential in $. 
 UVA is indeed a top school that has a large edge over JMU in every field, and 13k is a very small amount to sacrifice for a T5 public/T25 overall.[/quote]

Describe the “large edge” in teaching, or nursing.[/quote]

For medicine, big law and finance, yes, it matters, but for most other fields including CD, it doesn't matter as much.  I'd prefer to pay for a masters.[/quote]

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