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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Which is your instate? I think it’s crazy to pay OOS cost for engineering majors. If MD, go to UMD. If VA, try VTech. If he is interested in research, bigger schools offer more research opportunities. Research exp is also necessary if he wants to get PHD at some point. I am an engineer and my son got his bs from UMD then PHD from MIT. Just as a reference.[/quote]

your answer isn't helpful because:

[b]a) Some schools weed people out so getting in is just half the battle.  Why do that?
b) Kids can get merit aid at OOS flagships and make the cost comparable. They don't even have to be tippy top students.
c) Not everyone can get into their own state's flagship.[/b]

Glad your son is so special that he can get a PhD from MIT. Truly happy for you that he is so talented.  Who needs advice if their kid is the top of the class? It is the rest of us that are looking for more varied opportunities.

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a. getting in not half the battle. if you have hard time getting in, eng is not for you
b. instate cost about 25k, OOS cost about 45k/privates cost 65K or so. tell me which school given that much merit for middle of the pack students
c. see a.

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"tell me which school given that much merit for middle of the pack students?"

- Never said "middle of the pack", but simply not tippy top.

My kid had nearly straight As the last three years, SATs like the OP's kid, and good but not world class ECs - not top 10% at her school but plenty darn good.  She is happily attending an OOS flagship that came in at around $30k in a part of the country with much more appeal than Blacksburg (which would not have accepted her).  She won't get weeded out because the school does less of that.

- Not getting in to VT doesn't mean you can't make it as an engineer.  Don't be silly. Stop with the generalizing.

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Blacksburg is also a depressing-looking place. Not every 18 year old wants to live in a place like that. I am white but have white and non-white kids (divorced and remarried). I've been told by my non-white child and their non-white friends that if you're not white, Blacksburg feels very hick-ish and MAGA! [/quote]

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