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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think WVU checks a lot of boxes! Congratulations to your kid! He/She will have an awesome time![/quote]

What boxes?[/quote]

I’m guessing: affordable, big sports, not too far away, harassing Jews isn’t an intramural sport, meet people different from kid’s high school, people won’t say “where’s that?”[/quote]

State flagships FTW.

My parents went to Cornell University.  Many people are unaware of it once you get outside the northern half of the Eastern Time Zone.  That made a big impression on me.  And I am very positive about Cornell. But for myself, I chose 3 state flagships.  International people I work with never ask me: "Where's that?"

I'm old enough to remember when Stanford was much less of a big deal outside the West.[/quote]

This is really a terrible example.  Anybody worth knowing has heard of Cornell...anywhere across the US.  They have heard of West Virginia...because it is a state.  I doubt they know anything about the actual university, and I also doubt they know the city in which it is located...but yes, they assume it is located in the state of West Virginia.  Much for any state school that has the state in the name.

I guess Penn was smart in naming itself the University of Pennsylvania...because, yes, people know it is located in the state of Pennsylvania (even if they don't know...the state in the name gives it away).  They also know Penn State is located in the state of PA, but I doubt many people could name or find State College on the map.[/quote]

Nobody’s saying having a state in the school’s name is the be-all of school choice.  It’s just one of many things that  a school like WVU has going for it. Cornell’s great, Stanford’s great, etc. But like anything else in life, you can still succeed even if you aren’t in the top 10%. Places like WVU serve a purpose, & are a main reason we still have amazing opportunity. [/quote]

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