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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP - It really depends on what it means to your family to spend this money.

My VA kid was absolutely opposed to going to UVA.  It was a bad fit for him, and it [b]attracts a kind of kid who he doesn't much care for[/b].  He went to an OOS flagship that is a much better fit (but we don't have the $$ for full fees private).

Those are two very good private colleges and they do offer something UVA does not, so it really comes down to opportunity cost:

a) borrowing!!!! scary.
b) no funds to help with grand school?
c) will be living lean for 4 years, which might affect internships and other opportunities
d) other children....

we can't answer that.[/quote]

So very curious as to the kind of kids your VA kid doesn't care for?[/quote]

There's nothing wrong with VA kids but just wrong for my kid. UVA is a fairly conservative school that attracts kids, in-state and out who want to join frats and have that joe-college kind of experience.  Nothing wrong with them, just wrong for him.  (And please don't argue that there are all kinds of kids there because there's no point in working hard to pick a college if none of them have anything special about the product they offer.  This is just one that is not for him.)

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Good luck to your kid, truly. But you can’t make a sweeping generalization about 30K students being into fraternities. And UVA conservative? LOL![/quote]

[b[b]]Over 60% consider themselves moderate, conservative, or very conservative. Only 35% consider themselves democrats.  For college kids, that is glaringly conservative [/quote][/b]
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Source?  Typically when you have a large state university, it reflects the state.  Virginia's schools are fairly middle of the road as colleges go, but colleges in general are left of center compared to the overall population.  There is an online ranking based on political affiliation of students and here is where Virginia colleges came in for "most Liberal" out of 504 schools:

62 VCU
220 JMU
245 W&M
280 VT
286 UVA
320 MWU
343 GMU
407 ODU
435 CNU
463 VMI
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No,we want a real source for the bolded section above.   I have a conservative kid at UVA and the stats you give are simply not true.[/quote]

I didn't put the original quote in.  I cited a ranking purportedly based on political affiliation data.  It shows UVA as comparatively middle of the road.  https://www.myplan.com/education/colleges/college_rankings_14.php[/quote]

This is just so incorrect.  I asked my UVA student who is home on break (not on a yacht in the Bahamas) and who is very active in political groups on campus.  HE says UVA is the reverse of what the bolded section says.[/quote]

That is a relief to hear pp!! My gay kid has committed to UVA and would be very unhappy if the bolded were true. [/quote]

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