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[quote=Anonymous]I have a close relative who chose WashU over their highly ranked state flagship (not UVA) because they (1) lived too close to the flagship and (2) was a top student who applied and was rejected by the Ivies and frankly thought they deserved something better than the flagship. Money was not an issue. Now in a PhD program not particularly highly ranked, and with the benefit of hindsight and maturity, they mildly regret the decision and wished they’d gone flagship. They now will tell you it was a foolish decision financially and academically driven largely by ego. Had they stayed local, they think, not only would they have saved a ton for a better than perfectly acceptable degree, they likely would have performed better academically and gotten into a better program. It’s not like the state flagship doesn’t hold sway with top graduate schools — many of the best ones do. It’s hard to argue with their revised way of thinking. [/quote]
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