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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My DC is committed to UVA (out of state and chose over Berkeley, Michigan, Northwestern and a few others) and very excited about it but about [b]10 days ago got off the waitlists for SEAS at both Penn and Columbia.[/b] DC was given roughly 2 weeks to decide by each school because of pending financial aid (we receive(d) a minimal amount as we have 2 older kids in college). 
DC really wants to stick with UVA because they believe it will be a more enjoyable, well-rounded. classic college experience.  
Major is uncertain but probably statistics/data science or economics. DC applied to different majors at each school and I'm not actually sure what.

What would you do as a parent in this situation?  All the schools will end up costing about the same (roughly $75K/year give or take). 
Did your kid make a similar choice?

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It's a bit confusing why she applied to the engineering schools at Penn and Columbia, but I guess is not pursuing engineering at UVA?

Understand, if she does pursue engineering at UVA (or business), the OOS cost jumps to $90k+.[/quote]

Wow on that cost! [/quote]

It's total COA just to be clear (tuition, room, board, books, estimated costs for travel and incidentals, etc.).[/quote]

Yes, just didn’t expect it to be close to Ivy cost. [/quote]

The top publics are $$$.  Michigan is even more than UVA.  Berkely is about the same. [/quote]

Michigan just charges the same tuition to all, so it's more expensive for liberal arts, but less expensive for business and engineering.

I believe OP received some financial aid at Penn and Columbia, so in fact it will be a good $17k cheaper at those schools if OP's kid opts for business or engineering.  UVA puts total COA at $91.5k to $92.8k.

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