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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]1. My DC would never, ever agree to even consider a CC.  Maybe learned that from us, maybe not, but many many college-bound HS students simply won't do it.

2.  Risk:  what if the program changes only after a student enters CC?

3.  Risk:  If the goal is CC to Top-Public, the grade requirements aren't a cakewalk.  The 2+2 program is not a guarantee and admission to the top-3 (UVA, W&M, VT) remains challenging.

4.  Could be harmful to have CC on one's transcript, for some grad school admissions in particular.  
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The program for UVA is, actually, a complete guarantee for achieving a 3.5 and taking a certain number of classes in certain subjrcts.  A cakewalk?  Maybe not.  But not too hard to pull off.  [b][i][u]Anyone who starts in this program wound be grandfathered in, in the event of a change[/u][/i].[/b]  [/quote]

Sorry, PP, that simply isn't the case.  Most of the individual agreement that govern NoVa contain provisions that permit the receiving 4-year college to terminate, and that require renegotiation and re-execution every three years; the UVA agreement is terminable on one year's notice, can be reviewed for modification at any time, and expressly provides no rights or remedies to an individual student-applicant.  There's no binding grandfather clause in any of them.  [/quote]

Boy, something really sad would have to happen to the state of Higher Ed in Virginia for this ever to happen! It's hard to imagine what. Anyway, any college could in theory shut down, lose accreditation, whatever. Very unlikely to happen at the vast majority of public colleges, so not really worth worrying about. [/quote]

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