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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Aren't there better states for this purpose? NC, Michigan, California. Florida has bright futures. Ohio has free dual enrollment at many four year universities, including OSU and CWRU, and a full ride to OSU for a 1600 or 36[/quote]

Folks might be surprised, but it can be hard to get into any UC site (possibly excepting Merced) even as an in-state resident.  Many are forced to go private (U. SoCal, Claremont) or to the Cal State system: SDSU, SJSU, CalPoly SLO, and so on.  Income taxes in California are maybe 11% if a family makes at least maybe $100k/yr, which is double VA.

[b]U. Michigan is well regarded, but honestly the rest of the Michigan public options are not that great.[/b]

NC is a viable option if OP is willing to move outside the metro DC area.  Both UNC Chapel Hill (comparable to UVa) and NC State (comparable to VT) are well regarded.  The other UNC sites compare with maybe the JMU tier in VA.

Very few states have a public university that truly is similar to William & Mary.

Moving from Montgomery Co. to Fairfax Co. or Arlington Co. would not require a job change, by contrast to the states PP mentions.  VA has zero local income taxes and state income tax maxes at 5.25%.
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I went to the University of Michigan, live in Michigan now, and feel that the top kids from MSU are very well educated and have similar results to Michigan grads within region.  It's probably similar to UVA and VT within Virginia for specific majors.  MSU is popular with the "good kids" who are not GPA-grubbers at our high school.  And the honors college gives very good top scholarships.  MSU reminds me a lot of PSU.[/quote]

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