Pomona, Duke, or UVA with Echols?

College Search & Selection
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<p>I have to decide by May 1st and I'm so conflicted.
Here are several relevant points:
-I have absolutely no idea what I want to major in, except that I don't want to do performing or visual arts
-I don't have in-state tuition at UVA.
-Two of my long-time best friends are going to UVA
-My parents live abroad so nowhere is really "home" though for emergencies my uncle lives an hour away from pomona, and my aforementioned UVA friends' parents, who are like family, live near DC.</p>

<p>Please, I'd like to hear a wide variety of opinions. Does Echols and my friends together make UVA a better option than Duke? and between Pomona and the bigger universities, how much does reputation of the school really matter for employment after college?</p>

<p>So drastically conflicted. Thanks!</p>

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<p>If cost is equal, I’d go with Duke. If you can get money out of UVA though, I’d go there. </p>