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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Virginia has some fantastic state schools. Why pay for private when you can get a better education, with a larger alumni network, at a public? [/quote]

VA state schools are good at some things but overall mediocre in STEM.[/quote]

Virginia has schools that are among the tops among public schools in top pay in STEM fields, top feeders on a percentage basis to STEM PhD programs, and are among the best in admissions to medical schools and other medical programs.[/quote]

I agree and I'm a product of VA in-state public colleges.  It was all my parents could afford for the 3 of us on one Fed salary and part-time nurse.

I had the stats for much higher.  I got a solid education, but it was a big state school which I compare to McDonald's.  In and out and fast--but not particularly memorable in regards to professor relations or courses.  My husband was a poor public k-12 product - but did get a Pell grant and was able to afford a T10 that way.

We always were very big public school proponents. Our kids received a great elementary school education, middle school middling--not challenged at all.  No accountability. No hard deadlines. Grade adjustments/re-takes for everyone.  We put them in a private HS and I was floored at the differences and the quality of education.  The facilities and smaller class sizes with very dedicated teachers that had graduate degrees in the subjects they teach.  My kids came alive academically and engaged so much with their teachers.  There was none of the nonsense that comes with a big public HS--resources, fights, teaching to the lower denominator, unqualified teachers, crowding, large class sizes, much better HS college counselor and prep for college.

We can afford it so we are sending our kids to private college.  Firstborn to a T10.  Smaller in size than our state schools. Many more resources devoted to the student. Network and such.  I lived the difference.  If it were a struggle I would happily send my kid to a VA public university--but given the choice with the $, it's a no-brainer for me to give my kid that opportunity.  I don't care about the 'outcomes'.  [/quote]

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