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I'm curious what state even has a "bad" one. At least bad enough to the point where its worth being over 100k in the hole for the alternative.

whimsicalism 2y ago
well i grew up in dc and we didn’t have jack
- black6 2y ago
  DC is not a state.
  - azemetre 2y ago
    People still live there and the lack of a public school still affects them. Now I’m kinda curious if DC residents get in-state tuition in Virginia or Maryland or Delaware?
    - whimsicalism 2y ago
      We have a program that contributes $10k/yr towards the difference. We don't get in-state for any of the nearby states and $10k/yr generally is not enough to cover the different in modern state schools. When I was in this position, it was basically only economical to go a private school for undergrad.
  - whimsicalism 2y ago
    right, my only point was that not everywhere in the US has a good/affordable state school you can go to. when asked for an example, i gave the example of where i grew up
- kjkjadksj 2y ago
  You had the D.C. Tuition Assistance Grant Program that you can apply towards any out of state school. Also most private school aid packages are very good, if you are poor you will probably get a full ride at a school like American or GW.
  - whimsicalism 2y ago
    TAG is $10k/yr at the max and continually threatened by congressional defunding. The different between in-state and out-of-state at most public schools absolutely swamps this difference - for the public schools I got into, it was $40k difference in in-state vs out-state. > Also most private school aid packages are very good, if you are poor you will probably get a full ride at a school like American or GW. entirely orthogonal point - this equally applies to any poor student, doesn't matter that you live in DC. anyone who wants to go to a public school has access to this

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I'm curious what state even has a "bad" one. At least bad enough to the point where its worth being over 100k in the hole for the alternative.

by kjkjadksj 2y ago

whimsicalism 2y ago
well i grew up in dc and we didn’t have jack
- black6 2y ago
  DC is not a state.
  - azemetre 2y ago
    People still live there and the lack of a public school still affects them. Now I’m kinda curious if DC residents get in-state tuition in Virginia or Maryland or Delaware?
    - whimsicalism 2y ago
      We have a program that contributes $10k/yr towards the difference. We don't get in-state for any of the nearby states and $10k/yr generally is not enough to cover the different in modern state schools. When I was in this position, it was basically only economical to go a private school for undergrad.
  - whimsicalism 2y ago
    right, my only point was that not everywhere in the US has a good/affordable state school you can go to. when asked for an example, i gave the example of where i grew up
- kjkjadksj 2y ago
  You had the D.C. Tuition Assistance Grant Program that you can apply towards any out of state school. Also most private school aid packages are very good, if you are poor you will probably get a full ride at a school like American or GW.
  - whimsicalism 2y ago
    TAG is $10k/yr at the max and continually threatened by congressional defunding. The different between in-state and out-of-state at most public schools absolutely swamps this difference - for the public schools I got into, it was $40k difference in in-state vs out-state. > Also most private school aid packages are very good, if you are poor you will probably get a full ride at a school like American or GW. entirely orthogonal point - this equally applies to any poor student, doesn't matter that you live in DC. anyone who wants to go to a public school has access to this