<p>Since the student lives in the Bay Area…</p>
<p>How much is Stanford offering? If it’s almost a full ride, then it would seem like the cost would be about the same as UVA since UVA would require various travel costs for student (and likely parents who might want to attend some competitions). </p>
<p>I may be wrong, but I don’t think athletic scholarships include travel costs or maybe just minimum ones. </p>
<p>If the parents will be attending a few competitions per year in UVA, that’s several thousand right there in plane fare, hotels, restaurants, car rentals, etc. I would think that it might be cheaper in the long run to pay more for Stanford but not have to incur the higher UVA travel costs (if the Stanford offer is pretty good.)</p>
<p>* and $25K for Cal. Obviously, Cal would be the best choice if you have doubts about continuing to play*</p>
<p>That is a very good point…playing for Berkeley would give you an affordable option if you decided to quit the team.</p>