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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here:  I want to sincerely thank those who took the time to share your experiences and insights.  I've learned a lot of helpful information and gained some valuable insights from you (and please continue to share if you have other experiences with the CC to UVA or W&M route).  To those who felt the need to demonize, diagnose, or insult me because I didn't know (or hadn't thought through) some things and came here to learn ...I only hope that you can find some inner peace and love for yourself that might help with your need to throw hate onto others. Life is short and there is already so much negativity in the world, why spend any time adding to it and intentionally insulting others?[/quote]

So one advice I would suggest is if your kid goes this route, just list the degree on their cv/resume rather than all the institutions attended.  I do some hiring and sadly I've found a lot of the credence people put on your undergrad institution is how smart you had to be to get in there rather than just the quality of the education.

So just write B.A. year College of William & Mary, GPA x Major y  rather than dates attended or anything.  We've had some candidates who listed Nova dates, and then W&M or UVA dates and in the eyes of some of my colleagues that was a 'ding' like they weren't as smart as someone who got in as a freshman.  Personally, I thought it showed persistence and some evidence of longer term planning, but I seemed to be more in the minority.[/quote]

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