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I think I'm not being clear. My argument was that for some students going to an in-state school feels like high school 2.0--compared to venturing out to the midwest, south, or west coast--or even just another eastern state.    In my  initial post, I suggested that a student who didn't get into UVA or W&M might go out of state over JMU, not because a school is so much better but because one factor they consider is that an out-of-state school feels more different than high school.  When people asked what I meant by that, thinking I was saying something specific about JMU being particularly "high school 2.0" -- I was clarifying that it was more about any in-state public being more similar to one's high school than an OOS school.  In VA for many public schools, about a 1/4 or more of students come from NOVA and that can give it a certain familiar feel. (For instance, I've heard this about W&M--a feeling that it's NOVA heavy).  I'm not saying anything about how smart anyone is or how amazing a school is. My kid will opt to go to UVA or W&M if he gets in (his stats of 4.3/1400 put him in the running for both--but not sure thing).  But if he doesn't get in, he wants to go out of state (there are places where he's likely to get merit aid) just for the experience of being in another state over going to JMU or VTech.  We're able to provide 30k/yr wherever he goes so he has to figure out how to make the financial part work.  [/quote]

Thanks for clarifying.  Now I understand, and I totally agree.  In fact, that was my daughter's thinking in a nutshell.[/quote]

I agree.  This was my feeling applying to colleges in CA when I was a senior.  We lived in the LA area so I didn't even apply to UCLA.  Just too close to home.  But at least in CA, Northern CA feels like a different state than Southern.  I actually ended up at Cal Poly SLO which is pretty evenly divided North/South and virtually all my friends ended up being from the North.[/quote]

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