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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous] I know DCUM doesn't want to hear it but one of the smartest ways to get a great education is the Virginia community college system followed by guaranteed admission to the UVA University of your choice if your students takes the required courses and gets a certain GPA. [/quote]

Thank you, PP for this info.  We are in CA, and our college counselor just said no real chance on DD getting into UVA since they restrict OOS kids so much.  We used to live in VA and while everyone is entitled to their own opinion, it's weird to me to read Virginians dismissing UVA, as to me it seems like such a benefit to live in VA and have UVA as an option.

FWIW, UCLA has a program just like this through Santa Monica (community) College.  Many people here in LA take advantage of that program.  It's crazy that UCLA is our neighborhood school and it's near impossible to get in to direct from our high school.

Ok back to the main topic, I'm a UCLA grad and have lived in LA for many years.  My personal opinion is that USC is taking a huge beating around here, but for those who want to be in Southern California, it has a huge network and its graduates will always be well-taken-care-of in this area.  However; my USC grad school graduate friend thinks differently.  Her son, a 10th grader who has been a huge USC fan for his whole life (I've known him since preschool!) is furious and is reconsidering applying to his former #1 school pick.  Yes I know n=1 here, but wow, if THIS local kid is turned off, a lot of local kids will be turned off.

For us connected to UCLA, USC was always University of Spoiled Children and had a lower quality of student, but a superior alumni network.  Recently, USC was really coming along and was ditching that bad rap.  Now, ugh, seems like we are back to square one.  The pictures of the celebrity's daughter with Rick Caruso's daughter on Rick's yacht was huge news around here.  As an aside, the recent gynecologist scandal--not sure it made a news dent nationally, but around here, it just kept reverberating.[/quote]

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