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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is academic since my kids are in middle school, but I constantly hear friends talk about vetoing certain colleges because they're across the country. Is this a thing these days? It wasn't a criteria for me or DH. Just idle curiosity![/quote]

If you have the money, it's not an issue.

My DS goes to school in WA and we live in VA. Someone on here recommended shipping 90% of his dorm things directly to the university and purchasing the smaller things once there. I think the slow, ground UPS shipping back then was around $400. The things we purchased in person there were much more expensive in the college town than they were back here in VA at Walmart/Target/BB&B. Getting him set up his first year definitely cost $4k more than when we moved our DD in (she goes to UVA).

Then, of course, you have to factor in the cost of flights for Thanksgiving break, Winter break, spring break, and the returns to campus. And due to his class schedule the first semester and a weather delay, he didn't make it in for his Thanksgiving break until the day after Thanksgiving. He's never asked to come home for a long weekend type break because it's too much of a hassle, in his eyes, for a 3-day weekend visit. DD at UVA and DD at school in NYC come home often over the long weekends. [/quote]

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