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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Virginia has multiple strong schools for kids at every level, including an excellent community college feeder to the public universities if your children need more time to mature academically after high school.  If your child is outstanding in the college process UVA or William and Mary are top notch schools.  If they are into science or engineering Virginia tech is another great option.  If they are a bit less academic schools like George Mason, JMU or VCU are decent schools and could be a good fit.  Your inlaws are completely correct about the breadth and depth of instate university options.[/quote]

These are all good points - especially about the advantages of a superb community college system; that's also great for kids that want to do summer school and be home for the summer. That said, I think you overstate the difference between MD and VA. Montgomery College is fully comparable to NoVa CC, for sure. For STEM, College Park has more offerings and probably an edge over VT. Even in the social sciences, because it's more of a research institution than UVA, there are some real advantages. The small liberal arts college with in state tuition that William & Mary and, basically, UVA offer is a very attractive option, but is kind of a "many are called, few are chosen " thing (and the same kid from the NoVa suburbs that gets into W&M will get into Amherst, Dartmouth, etc and will come from a family that finds those hard to turn down). BTW, on MD liberal arts colleges- all my DS's classmates at St Mary's got into top graduate programs in their field. It's less prestigious than W&M (if, happier kids, I think) but is definitely doing an equally good job at making them competitive for grad/professional school.[/quote]

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