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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Paying for college is a real concern for us.  Our oldest is in 5th grade - and we are in a good feeder school.  But the reality of saving for and paying for college may drive us to move out of DC.[/quote]

Are you familiar with the DC Tuition Assistance program? It is a reason many stay and/or move to DC to help pay for college.[/quote]

Yes - I am familiar with this.

Let's pretend my children decide that they are going to William and Mary.  I have 3 children so 12 years of tuition.
The difference between In State and Out of State is ~ 20K.  (Note - at UVA it is 30K). DC Tag right now covers $10K.

3 children and 4 years of college, it will cost me an additional $120K to live in DC vs moving to VA.

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Suppose they want to go to UC-Berkeley or Penn State?[/quote]

Berkeley is close to impossible to get in.

Why would one go to Penn State instead of one of the best VA or MD schools?[/quote]

People who move to NoVa thinking they bought a ticket to a UVa or W&M bargain are going to be sorely disappointed; admission to those schools for NoVa students is unbelievably difficult now.

UVa, for example, takes a third of its students from out of state (UC schools take something like 5% out of staters), and it has to have geographic diversity from within Virginia. Relatively few kids from any given NoVa HS are going to get in, and considering NoVa's explosive growth the competition is fierce. Same for W&M...but it's much smaller than UVa.

There are lots of other good schools in Virginia, and sending kids there at in-state rates is a bargain. But don't move to Arlington there thinking you've eased your kid's path to UVa.[/quote]

Well, we live in DC and went on the William and Mary tour this summer. The Admission folks made it clear that out of state students are judged by different criteria. It's easier to get in if you are a Virginia resident. We've stuck it out in DC but given that Virginia has some excellent state schools, including William & Mary and UVA, it makes good fiscal sense to get out of the District.[/quote]

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