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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I get OPs point because I have known families in ES who are obesessed with UVA for their kids, which is a fine goal.  We can't pay full freight out of state either.  Our kids will go in state or get merit money.

But your kid might grow up to be an engineering major, and VT would be a better school for them. Or you have a kid who would do better at a smaller school like WM, or just prefer the atmosphere there.  Or the kid has a niche that makes VCU better, like their art program or direct admit medical program.  3rd or 4th grade is really young to have decided that UVA is the one or only option for your kid and to tell them that all the time.   But the parents, who are not are UVA alums, are UVA or die.

I do not get that mentality.  Because in VA, UVA is not the best school academically in every discipline or for every kid with the academic strength to get in.  It's hard to see WM for as a disappointment a nerdy humanities major who like the vibe or VT as a disappointment for the Engineering school. But some parents do.

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I'm one of these UVA obsessed people and I think you're reading too much into it. I and I assume most others would not be the least be disappointed if my child turned down UVA for W&M. The reason I focus on UVA instead of W&M is because it is larger and has more opportunities so I assume they won't reject it because it lacks a specific major, but I don't see it as any better overall than William and Mary. [/quote]

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