UW Full Ride Honors vs UVA

College Search & Selection
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I am a Washington resident and have been admitted to UW (University of Washington) with a Full Ride in the Honors program.

I also got into UVA (University of Virginia) with a 10,000 dollar scholarship.
I visited Virginia and really loved the UVA campus. I really like the idea of getting out of Washington, meeting completely new people and experiencing the east coast.
However, a full ride in the honors program is hard to turn down.

I want to get the fullest academic experience I can, I am interested in Business and Finance or Law.

My parents can afford the out of state tuition but I am not sure UVA is worth all the extra money in terms of its academics?

I also may go to graduate school so spending a lot of money on an undergraduate education might not be the wisest choice.

What are your thoughts?

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It’s really really really tough to beat free.

3

Take free, and save your money for graduate school. You’ll pay $150K more at uVA over 4 years.

4

Hard to top free, especially when you’re already thinking about grad school.

5

Free is better than not free, and UW is a great school.