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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]the UVA trick wouldn't be worth it. competition is incredibly stiff. though UVA has several very good state schools, still seems like a strange tactic.[/quote]

I disagree.  If you are at a charter that does not accept seniors, all one parent has to do is move across the river for a year, change driver's licenses, voter registration, etc, and then pay tuition for the kid to go to the DCPCS and you have the in state tuition taken care of, the preferential admissions for in state applicants - if your kid seems likely to get in and be willing to go to UVA, Virginia Tech, or William & Mary, we would do it in a heartbeat.  But then we have been bending over backwards and turning our lives upside down for years for the sake of our kids' educations - try having 3 kids in 3 different schools for two years and then come back and talk to me about "strange tactics."

I did it for law school, and UVA's tuition was at the time an incredible bargain for in state residents.  So I graduated from college and came home but stayed across the river, and suddenly only had to pay $6k for law school every year and got an edge in the admissions process, and no one considered it cheating.

I know people who have worked for two years to establish residency in California for Berkeley law school, UT Austin, etc.  I guess it just sounds strange because it sounds like we are uprooting a child, but we wouldn't have to.  You just have to technically uproot a parent.  And I really don't consider it cheating.  I think the DC Tag program should qualify us for the in state rate everywhere instead of just providing a measly $10k every year, because the lack of a decent college option here is another problem with staying in the district if you are a public school family.[/quote]

UVA cannot accept a student attending a DCPS/Charter as in-state. Similarly, you cannot qualify for instate Virginia tuition AND DC TAG. Well, I suppose you can try, but you will be caught lying on one form or the other.[/quote]

UVA [b]can[/b] accept a student who is paying out of state tuition to go to a DC charter for the final year, when one parent (hence child) is a Virginia resident.  It can be done, people, and we have seriously thought about it because while we don't want to lose our school, we don't want to lose these options for our kids....[/quote]

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