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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My DS also got accepted right before Thanksgiving. He's got a 4.38 GPA, 1500 SAT, 10 APs and several post-AP courses, varsity/club sports, summer jobs, pretty good essay and LORs. He's majoring in Computer Science.[/quote]

Does he plan on attending? With his profile, he should be able to get into a top in-state school (UVA/Tech or UMD depending on where you live), all great options and cheaper.[/quote]

We're in VA (Fairfax). He also applied to UVA and VA Tech. His top choice is UVA. If he doesn't get in there, then he'll have to choose between VA Tech and Penn State. Penn State is a little closer, VA Tech is a little cheaper (though, surprisingly, not by much at all). He liked Penn State a little bit better after the tours, but he'll need to sit down and compare course offerings and programs.[/quote]

Did you ED @ UVA? He should get into both UVA and Tech. His profile is strong enough for those two schools (definitely for Tech) but not too strong that they may reject to protect yield. Ofc, you never know these days..  Not sure why you say Tech is not that much cheaper. Tuition and Fees at Tech is about $16K and $40K at PSU. That's a $25K difference!

Good luck![/quote]

He did ED to UVA. Fingers crossed.

We're basing the price on cost of attendance... which is $40,000 at VA Tech and $50,000 at Penn State (he got a little merit $$). So there is a difference, but it was not as much as I expected.[/quote]

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