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[quote=Anonymous]My feeling is if you have the money and she clearly feels a stronger fit at UMass I'd let her go with her gut.

Definitely should consider the value of the $40k for after college and also her post-college aspirations. Does she ultimately want to live in New England? UMass will likely have recruiting more focused there. VT recruiting tends to be more DC-focused. Of course you have the potential to go anywhere from either school.

I can understand the wanting to get out of VA. One of my kids is very happy at VT but the other wanted to go someplace nobody else from her HS was going to. She's overall happy there but did comment on how many students are from the state she's now in. Um, yeah, you knew the stats going in that 2/3 were from that state. Knowing that fact vs. living the reality surprised her. Also, in looking for summer jobs she found the career center was very focused on opportunities in-state. They were helpful with resumes and coaching on job search but ultimately she found summer jobs on her own (although that was the same with my VT kid!).[/quote]

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