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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]To OP - no one has said this yet so I'm tossing in a thought. You don't know at this point in middle school if your kids will have the stats and ECs for admission to UVA or W&M. Both have gotten very difficult to get into. Virginia has over 30 institutions of higher learning (including the community colleges for the guaranteed transfer programs). You may find your kids fit better into GMU, JMU, etc., five years from now - DC amd MD don't offer the wealth of opportunities that VA does. And the DC tag program offers only $10k off the price and that's not going to increase even as costs rise. [b]Finally, VA kids get preference for grad school prograns. My VA kid is applying to VA public law schools right now.[/quote][/b]

This is another good reason to move into the state. Virginia has excellent law schools, master's programs, doctoral programs, medical, nursing and dental schools and MBA programs and residents get some preference. I know one UVA MBA mom who is kicking herself for not moving into the Commonwealth when she could have. There is a discount for in-state Virginians (although not much for law - last I checked in-state UVA law was $106k a year compared to 110k OOS). But UVA students and Virginians do get some preference in admissions. Last year's UVA's law class of 305 had 30 Virginians (yes, with 175 LSATs and 3.88 GPAs - the 75th percentile - which is why it is a T4) whereas my alma mater, Harvard ($116k a year) Law had only 12 Virginians total in a class of 510 (also T4).[/quote]

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