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[quote=Anonymous]It's been a few years, but one of our kids with an artsy vibe ended up applying to Wesleyan, Carleton, Grinnell, a couple other lesser LACs, and William & Mary in state.  They strongly considered Haverford as well, as it is easily a peer to these schools, but in the end didn't apply.

They ended up getting into Carleton, Grinnell -- with a very nice merit aid package -- and William & Mary.  Money wasn't an object in the sense that we could have afforded any of the schools, but we were practical and so was our kid.  In the end they went with Grinnell, and it really wasn't a tough decision.  With the aid package (which, at the time, was about 1/2 tuition) it wasn't much more expensive that William & Mary in state but and only half the cost of Carleton.

Grinnell has gotten more competitive in recent years, and boy is it a great school (really underrated on DCUM).  In retrospect, such a smart decision.

OP, I'd [i]never[/i] take out loans to pay for any of the LACs who have on your kid's list over William & Mary.  Never.  None of the schools is worth going into debt for if you end up having that in state option.  [/quote]

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