<p>Thanks for the suggestions. I think we are going to have to got the CC route. The deal in Virginia is guaranteed transfer into ANY Virginia public (yes, including UVA and W&M) if you get a 3.5 and the associates degree from a CC. UT Dallas is just too far away. Even if the government furlough hits, we can swing CC this coming year by him living at home. That way he can work summers and save and all together we should be able to scrape up enough for two years at one of the state universities. If not, then he could do the lesser desired, but still good, state uni that he could commute to from home. I wish he had applied there as a safety! Not the way he wanted to go to college.</p>