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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Nonsense.  That’s just rationalizing.  It is fine to say it is not worth it but even [b]one state away is substantially different.[/b][/quote]
hahahaha. Talk about rationalizing. [/quote]

I have seen this play out on my Facebook as a parent. The kids who stayed in-state (ex. UMD, UVA) seem to keep most of their same high school friend group. Same high school, but the kids go out-of-state (ex. UNC, Clemson) seem to make an entirely new, additional friend group.[/quote]

My experience is that those who stay in state remain in touch with their old friend group but build an additional entire new friend group too.  My kid sees high school friends he goes to UVA with when he comes back home and maybe a couple times a month at school, but his primary friend group is primarily people he met there. [/quote]

You're romanticizing how college used to be before social media and iPhones. NoVa and District rich and umc kids who to to UVA hang out with most of the same damn kids they all knew in high school, whether they were literally at the same high school or not. I didn't say they make literally zero new friends, but almost always their core is going to be the same orbit from high school. Unless you're some kid from podunk nowhere and NEED to make all new friends, of course. Which might be why you're personally defensive about this, because you had to make all new friends.[/quote]

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