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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’ve been saying it for years, UVA is the best school in the South and D[b]uke can’t hold a candle to it.[/[/b]quote]

In all those years, has anybody not laughed in your face?[/quote]

I'm not that poster but Duke is now $86K a year.  UVA is $37K a year for in-state.  We didn't even LOOK at Duke much less apply.  That is a HUGE after tax difference of almost $50K a year x 4 years.  We have to make $360K to clear that difference.  No college is worth that.[/quote]

I[b]t’s definitely a stretch without financial aid but T10 schools generally give fantastic aid if you really can’t afford the full price[/quote][/b]

Actually, they don't.  Merit is usually given out only by second-tier and third-tier schools because they are exchanging dollars for a high ACT score.  ask me how i know.  Ivies don't have to do that.  Most of us reading on DCUm won't get financial aid via FAFSA or CSS.  We received zero merit awards so paid full pay.  I want to note that because too many parents come on here and say they have significant merit but don't admit it is Trinity College or some other second tier institution.  If you really want merit aid you must drop down to T50 or so and apply accordingly.  The "fantastic aid" you are referencing is not merit - it's financial aid packages that the elite universities have put together for people HHI 150K and lower.  When you actually analyze those packages they aren't that great and apply to almost no one reading here.[/quote]

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