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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Listening to the people who say things like "UVA will be a safety for my child" is like listening to all the people who tell you their toddlers are profoundly gifted.  Only time will tell. This poster may have a very different attitude about a year from now.[/quote]

[b]UVA is a safety for TJ students except for maybe the bottom 10%.[/quote][/b]

So that's why 76 of them enrolled for class of 2020?[/quote]

[b]Yo, in-state tuition rocks. - TJ parent[/quote][/b]

[b]+ 1. I have two students in VA state schools.  We pay less for UVA than we did for DC's last year of private by over $15,000.[/quote][/b]

And you get room and board, too!  $26K a year inclusive for UVA vs. $40K for a private DC high school with no room and board.  What a deal!  Yes, I paid my Virginia taxes for 25 years to get here but I am thrilled.[/quote]

I do find that it's the parents that seem over the moon about UVa, much more so than the students themselves.  This is just my experience from talking to families I know at UVa.  And I'm no bitter parent, my kids are just in Elem School and I'm sure I'd love the bargain you get at UVa too.  But it is something that I've noticed, the students' reactions to their school are much more muted.  Everyone I've talked to have said they like the school but it's not really the enthusiastic "I Love it!!!" reaction that you hear from the parents.  My guess is that, the students were pressed into going because of the instate tuition, that it would not be their first choice if money was not a factor.[/quote]

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