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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]UVA and Wake Forest are actually tied on US News rankings.  
[url]http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/rankings/national-universities/page+3[/url]

I think people also need to consider specific programs.  For example, someone interested in engineering/hard sciences would be better off going to the University of Maryland than to UVA, even though UVA is a more highly rated university overall.  
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You do need to consider programs, but you also need to think about the possibility of switching majors. Engineering typically has a 20-30% attrition rate. Students just don't know until they try a few courses at the college level. So if you kid decides it's not for him or her, will there be alternative without transferring? If you want to switch from engineering to business, many schools can handle that. If you want to switch from engineering to international relations, that might be different.

On another note, GMU's entrance requirements have really jumped. The 75th percentile SAT score is the same as JMU's now (about 1250). They are very different schools demographically and geographically with different strengths. [/quote]

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