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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DD declined UVA because she felt it was more of the same culture of Northern VA where we live.  We visited the school three times and each time we saw someone she knew or had attended her high school years previously.  She wanted out of VA.  She also was admitted to other in states -VA Tech, George Mason, VCU.  My dream was UVA - academics and it's close.  We said she could go out of

She is attending a Midwest flagship school on a full ride.  She is happy and loves the cold weather   She has more of an appreciation of all of the things she has experienced in her life that she took for granted before.

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Well good for her but avoiding a better school because you see someone you know is really silly. [/quote]

PP - You might think it's silly because that is how YOU FEEL. DD didn't feel those were her people. I wasn't going to force her to attend.  In-state she preferred George Mason.  She was admitted to other out of state schools - U Chicago, Boston U., Georgia Tech but again when we visited her school she loved it.  I get the added bonus of her having the saved 529 money for med school when the time comes so I can't complain.  There are many reasons someone might reject a school and for her - she did not want to see the same people she went to high school with, played travel sports with or competed against in her sports etc.  At her university she is in an honors program that is already providing her experience in a research lab and access to medical students as mentors. It was the right choice for her. Lots of paths to success that don't involve UVA.  It was tough for her last spring when she told people (teachers, school counselor, peers) where she decided to go and they expressed their opinions, shock or disappointment.[/quote]

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