<p>$80,000 is WAY too much debt to graduate with, especially if you end up pre-med. Can you imagine trying to take out more money for Graduate school to become a doctor while you’re already $80,000 in debt? </p>
<p>That’s ridiculous.</p>
<p>Either way you go, it’s a lot of money, but $45,000 is definitely better than $80,000.</p>
<p>When did you visit W&M?</p>
<p>Sure, it’s a wooded area, but most of the time, there should be tons of people around campus. It’s a small school, but there are still a few thousand people, and the campus is in one big block, so all those few thousand are crammed in there.</p>
<p>I doubt there’d be “no one.” Everywhere I’ve been on campus, there were other people milling about.</p>
<p>UVA and W&M are very different schools.</p>
<p>If you really want to UVA and can handle the debt, go for it. But I would sacrifice some mild difference in “campus comfort” for $35,000 less in debt any day.</p>