Personally, I see no reason to go out of state to go to a state school like UNLV or UC Irvine for an undergrad degree. You are spending twice as much as you would otherwise and UC Irvine and UNLV carry no more cache than GMU does. I agree with The Meeper that living at home and going to GMU will hurt your "college experience" of living on campus. But if saving money is a major consideration, I would go with GMU.
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