Anonymous
Post 12/23/2023 14:05     Subject: Re:Should we move to BF Va or CCMD
Anonymous wrote:I find the previous post hard to believe. I graduated from a rural Virginia high school in the 1980s and at least half my classmates went to college


You can believe what you want. I am telling you their experience at their school this year.
Anonymous
Post 12/23/2023 14:04     Subject: Should we move to BF Va or CCMD
Anonymous wrote:Purely for college admissions, should we move to the middle of nowhere, mountain town bum f* Virginia or Chevy Chase Maryland. Public schools. Would obviously love a chance to go to UVA but also want better odds of admission to other good schools. We can remote work from anywhere but landed on those 2 places because there's family near by.


So you’re seriously considering moving to a poor rural area with probably sub par schools just for a marginal increase in the chance to get admitted to UVA? Where, by the way, tons and tons of kids will have come from top flight high schools and will be super prepared for college rigor. To match that you’re gonna have to supplement the high school a lot. This sounds insane to me. It’s not where you go to college that matters. It’s what you do there.
Anonymous
Post 12/23/2023 13:57     Subject: Re:Should we move to BF Va or CCMD
I find the previous post hard to believe. I graduated from a rural Virginia high school in the 1980s and at least half my classmates went to college
Anonymous
Post 12/23/2023 13:49     Subject: Re:Should we move to BF Va or CCMD
We have friends who live in very rural VA and their child doesn’t have any other friends applying to college. It’s not worth a possible admissions advantage to be with kids you don’t have a lot in common with and teachers and administrators who think everyone should be satisfied with the local community college.
Anonymous
Post 12/23/2023 13:25     Subject: Re:Should we move to BF Va or CCMD
You got get your daily dose of annoying people online from anywhere in the world from sites like DCUM.

So I vote BF VA.
Anonymous
Post 12/23/2023 13:21     Subject: Re:Should we move to BF Va or CCMD
UMD CS is very selective even if you are in state.
Anonymous
Post 12/23/2023 13:16     Subject: Should we move to BF Va or CCMD
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Purely for college admissions, should we move to the middle of nowhere, mountain town bum f* Virginia or Chevy Chase Maryland. Public schools. Would obviously love a chance to go to UVA but also want better odds of admission to other good schools. We can remote work from anywhere but landed on those 2 places because there's family near by.

It depends. UMD is far stronger at things like engineering, math, economics, or CS than any VA school. For more liberal arts, though, schools like UVA are excellent.
I find myself yet again LMAO over this. UMD is basically a safety for high stats Virginia kids that don’t get into VT or UVA.
Anonymous
Post 12/23/2023 12:51     Subject: Should we move to BF Va or CCMD
Anonymous wrote:South Dakota or Oklahoma would be better

Unless OP also has family living in these states, how would they be better?
Anonymous
Post 12/23/2023 12:44     Subject: Should we move to BF Va or CCMD
South Dakota or Oklahoma would be better
Anonymous
Post 12/23/2023 12:41     Subject: Should we move to BF Va or CCMD
I think West Virginia would help way more that rural VA (except for UVA)
Anonymous
Post 12/23/2023 11:15     Subject: Should we move to BF Va or CCMD
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Honestly, I would never move just for college admissions. I have two kids in college right now. You realize that they are in school 13 years before they go to college for just 4 right?

I think that’s too much pressure on you and the kids. What if you move your whole life and they don’t get admitted to some prestigious college?

One of my kids is about to graduate collefe in a few months – I cannot believe how fast it went. He has his whole life ahead of it. It just doesn’t matter that much where you go to college.



I hear you. They're only going to go there for high school, so live there 4-5 years total. We're moving back to the US after an international stint.


How do you think your kids will adapt?


They're petty flexible. They've only lived in downtown cities or rural areas, not suburban/city outskirts. Slight edge for Virginia because younger cousins are there vs CCMD has cousins in college already
Anonymous
Post 12/23/2023 10:58     Subject: Should we move to BF Va or CCMD
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Honestly, I would never move just for college admissions. I have two kids in college right now. You realize that they are in school 13 years before they go to college for just 4 right?

I think that’s too much pressure on you and the kids. What if you move your whole life and they don’t get admitted to some prestigious college?

One of my kids is about to graduate collefe in a few months – I cannot believe how fast it went. He has his whole life ahead of it. It just doesn’t matter that much where you go to college.



I hear you. They're only going to go there for high school, so live there 4-5 years total. We're moving back to the US after an international stint.


How do you think your kids will adapt?
Anonymous
Post 12/23/2023 10:40     Subject: Should we move to BF Va or CCMD
I’m not sure the college admissions edge is worthwhile if “BF” doesn’t otherwise have appeal as a place you’d want to live with your family for the next 4-6 years.