<p>What to do ? Love Colorado College. Love the location. Love the campus. Love the whole atmosphere.
UVA also an amazing school full of opportunities. All things being equal I would prefer to go to CC. However, if I go to UVA, I have been promised the same money at graduation for graduate school. I know I can and would be happy at UVA. So do I go to the fit I love most or go to my second choice ( amazing also ) ? I love the idea of knowing when I graduate I will not be wondering how to pay for graduate school. I also love the idea of my first choice. </p>
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<p>UVA is leaps and bounds better than Colorado College. Go there for sure</p>
<p>You can live in Colorado any time you want (and Boulder is much cooler than CC or CSprings). UVA is a much better school than anything you’ll find in Colorado for almost any subject. This is coming from a Boulder grad. And check out Fort Collins if you ever get to CO, another nice college and town.</p>
<p>Why do you like CC so much?
As of now, the basic answer would be:
Go to UVA and find a job in Colorado 
- or save the money and go on a winter break trip every year.
However, you may seek a smaller college with a laid-back environment, the 1-course-at-a time model may be better for your learning style (do you have ADD or like intense processes?), you may dislike the large university or its “aristocratic” vibe, you may want to break from a family tradition… At that point it’s no longer logic, it’s entirely personal.
Note that PHD programs are often funded, so the extra funding may not be of use – but law schools and med schools are very expensive with no financial aid, so if you are thinking of doing either one, take UVA and don’t look back.</p>
<p>Did you apply to William & Mary? It seems like a better fit for a Colo. Coll. lover than does UVA, and it would still be in-state for you.</p>
<p>I got into Colorado College as well, and I can completely relate to the feeling you got on campus. CC grads do really well in the job world, and the academic structure either really works for you or doesn’t. If I thought the block plan would work for me I would go there. Go with your gut. You’ll do really well at both schools after graduating. </p>
<p>What would be the net, out of pocket cost difference?
What is your intended major?</p>
<p>Both are fine schools.
However, if you are comparing CC at full sticker price to UVa at full in-state sticker price, it’s hard to justify the $30K+/year price difference (especially if you like both schools). </p>
<p>I have a friend that went to UVA and graduated in engineering. He graduated with a 2.4 GPA and he cannot find a job. The lack of small class sizes brought his GPA down. I would suggest you go to Colorado College. </p>
<p>The claim that UVa is better than Colorado College is not necessarily true, and even if it is true the difference is not huge. Colorado College is a great small liberal arts college, while UVA is a great large state university. This is entirely – entirely – a matter of preference. Colorado College is plenty rigorous, and has the “block plan” where students take one course at a time. Either you love that way of taking a course or you hate it. This probably is the main reason to choose, or reject, Colorado College.</p>
<p>As others have noted, money is generally available for graduate school anyway. Besides, if you end up not going to grad school, then your main reason for going to UVa disappears.</p>