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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Trying to choose between UVA, UCLA, W&M.

1420/4.61 GPA W (4.0 UW).

Kid wants UCLA -- I said appeal the finaid decision. But is leaning to UVA vs. W&M. Personally, I think W&M is a better fit and worried kid is basing this on selectivity rather than fit. But ultimately it's kid's decision. [/quote]

If W&M a better fit than UVA, then probably a much better fit than UCLA which is the largest of the 3. Remind your child they can go to CA for grad school if still interested! Also, imo as a partner on my firm’s hiring committee, W&M is just as prestigious as UVA. [/quote]

Thanks. Yes, we have had that conversation -- especially the grad school thing. But she can't seem to shake this focus on selectivity.

I told her UCLA may be more selective, but it's not $125,000 better than UVA (which is what it would cost in terms of OOS differential). I also warned her these reputations are based on graduate schools/research rankings rather than undergraduate teaching and W&M has a better reputation for undergraduate teaching.

But I think she still feels like she needs to choose the most selective to validate her accomplishments in HS. Which is maddening.

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UCLA is selective in a sense because in California you can apply to different UC schools simply by checking a box.  Hence the 168,000 applicants.  But it doesn't really have higher stat  kids.  The UCs are also not very undergraduate friendly schools (not to say you can't get a good deal there).  If you look at resources like Niche surveys, you can see they don't score very high for questions regarding value for money, teaching quality, ease of getting required classes, etc.[/quote]

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