<p>I would actually advise you against taking out $45K in loans for any undergrad school. However, it appears that may be as cheap as it can get for an international student, so I guess you should go ahead and go to W&M. </p>
<p>However, on another topic…</p>
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<p>I just finished my third year at W&M and would like to say that this is categorically false. USNews had a list of colleges by the amount of Pell Grant students attending. Both UVA and W&M were near the very bottom of the list with figures of 8% and 7%, respectively, if I recall correctly. </p>
<p>In my own experience at W&M, most kids come from incredibly well-to-do families with most of their parents working in professional fields. </p>
<p>Rich kids from NoVA make up just as much of our student body as it does at UVa. Also both schools reserve 1/3 of seats for OOS students, who are almost entirely upper-middle class kids. Largely from NY/NJ/PA/MD.</p>
<p>All I’m saying is this would not be a good reason to pick W&M over UVa. </p>
<p>Regardless, with the difference in debt, he really should pick W&M.</p>