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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Coming from a top ranked HS west of the Mississippi  to go to NVCC?  I see some downsides. [/quote]

Like?  I see it this way.  Your kid comes here, enrolls in the guaranteed admissions program, maybe gets a job.  Then he gets state residency and in-state at UVA. Win-Win! 
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Having my kid in an apartment in Annandale or Sterling/Loudoun (or wherever else NVCC has campuses) and waiting tables while going to NVCC is not what I hope for them or for any 18 yr old.  Hopefully your kid will love it.  [/quote]

Whatever!  :roll:  With college expenses rising as they are I am willing to consider whatever options will get my DD to her goal.  If that means two years at NVCC to avoid crushing college debt then that is the way it will be.  If she wants another "experience," she can pay for it.

What exactly is the college "experience" anyway?  I went to a four year, urban school and waited tables and worked retail while studying.  Ditto for grad school.  There is no one true college "experience."  My brother went to West Point, which is another "experience" - not like the slacker kids playing frisbee and hacky sack on the lawn and doing bong hits in the dorms at some SLAC on Mommy and Daddy's dime.  Believe, me I know this is the case at SLACs, b/c I attended one for two years before transferring to a larger, urban university. [/quote]

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