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<li>Architecture students take non arch courses</li>
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<p>So they may care about the quality of the non arch courses, which may vary</p>
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<li> Many would be arch students drop out of Arch.</li>
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<p>Assuming they dont want to transfer, the quality of the non arch offerings may matter.</p>
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<li><p>As above have said, price may not always favor in state state schools that much (and usually will not have favor out of state publics) DD got need and merit money for RPI, so its not really more expensive then our instate publics.</p></li>
<li><p>Other factors - size, location, etc, etc</p></li>
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<p>Note all this assumes the Arch programs themselves are equal, which I am not sure is the case.</p>