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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]^^ actually I take that back for private universities.  I just looked it up.  It appears that DC Tag applies only to public universities, HBCUs and private universities (American?) in the district of columbia, so it's not as broad as I said above.  So yet another reason to move to Virginia.  DC TAG eligible institutions are: all public colleges and universities throughout the US; public and private Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU's) throughout the US; all private colleges and universities in the Washington, DC metropolitan area.
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So actually PP was right that at public universities with decent merit, DCTAG can make a meaningful difference. UVM, for example, regularly gives 16-20K of merit to high-achieving students; with the 10K from DCTAG, tuition would be 11-16K for my kid. I have friends in VA who always assumed their kid would go in-state (they even did the VA state pre-pay)…and then the kid ended up loving UVM and going there. We live in DC and have a kid who loves UVM; we’ll pay less than my VA friend if my kid ends up going there.

Point is, you can move to VA or MD and assume your kid will go to a state school, and then the state schools might not be what they want. If you want to be in VA or MD, you should move. But don’t move just for college (unless your financial situation requires it).[/quote]

Correct, this is where DC TAG is quite helpful.  You get that up to $10k if you pay $1 of tuition to any state university...so if University of Vermont or Nebraska or anyone else gives you in-state tuition/merit aid to induce you to attend, you can still use that $10k from DC TAG.  There is no reduction in DC TAG for any grants provided by that State U.[/quote]

You can’t count on any merit aid.  That’s a big if and variable.  Where you know for sure and it’s guarantee that you get in state tuition in VA.

My nephew went to a VA state school and just graduated 2 years ago.  It was a total steal and bargain at about 25k a year all in for tuition, room and board.[/quote]

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