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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]  . It most certainly does tell you where the kids got in. No one, not one TC student, got into Yale and turned it down for NoVa. Not one. Top colleges typically meet financial need, or come very close. Going to a top college is no more net-expensive than going to Longwood. [/quote]

Um, and you know this how exactly?  You've interviewed every TC student?

There are any number of reasons why someone might turn down a "top school" in favor of a state or "not top" school, and yes, finances pay a huge part in that....And I say that as someone who between undergraduate and grad school turned down an Ivy and other "top schools" in favor of good/solid schools that offered scholarships to cover tuition (and the"better" schools offered zilch).  It is far from the case that "top schools typically meet financial need", and families who are in the vast middle in terms of family income (not lower income, but nowhere close to upper income) often have to make the choice between a better school with a price tag tens of thousands of dollars higher, and a state/good school that is cheaper or offers better aid.[/quote]
We are a family that will not qualify for any financial aid, we make too much money and have too many assets. However, we also will not be sending our children to anything other than a state school due to the price tag. Kids are aware of that and aware that if they want to go somewhere else, they will foot the bill for the difference.[/quote]

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