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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]Yes, but it's amazing that we have three public schools that cover top-notch flagship, SLAC and tech. And then a whole crop of other schools that are as good as or better than the 1 flagship in another state. I think the one challenging thing is that UVA + W&M in numbers total less than the numbers at another state flagship so it gets very competitive.[/quote]

We are lucky in VA, but I do think there are better (and still affordable) options for the kids that just miss out on UVA/W&M.    I can see why someone would want their kid with maybe a 4.1 and 1460 SAT (who might be rejected from UVA/W&M) to go to an OOS school with a national reputation over JMU or GMU.  It wouldn't necessarily have a higher cost than W&M with its $35K price tag.

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I'm the poster with the strong student who made clear she'd be very unhappy going below UVA in state.  That was exactly her thinking, and fortunately we had the money to pay for her to go anywhere.  We weren't willing to pay full freight for a private school (to us, that made no sense for anything lower than top 10-15), so we said we'd pay for a strong OOS flagship.  She got into a good one, paid the deposit, and would have been happy to go.  But she ended up getting into UVA off the waitlist so it all ended well.   [/quote]

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