Stanford or UMBC?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If money is not an issue, Stanford. If it were UM at College Park, that would be far better. UMBC is a small school that is going to not have much socially.

Boy are you OUT OF DATE! UMBC is killing it when it comes to the sciences.

Let your kid go to Stanford for grad school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If money is not an issue, Stanford. If it were UM at College Park, that would be far better. UMBC is a small school that is going to not have much socially.

Boy are you OUT OF DATE! UMBC is killing it when it comes to the sciences.

Let your kid go to Stanford for grad school.

How about socially? What % of freshmen live on campus these days?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If money is not an issue, Stanford. If it were UM at College Park, that would be far better. UMBC is a small school that is going to not have much socially.

Boy are you OUT OF DATE! UMBC is killing it when it comes to the sciences.

Let your kid go to Stanford for grad school.

I like UMBC but I don't think UMBC is "killing" anyone (yet). Let's not overstate the facts.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If money is not an issue, Stanford. If it were UM at College Park, that would be far better. UMBC is a small school that is going to not have much socially.

Boy are you OUT OF DATE! UMBC is killing it when it comes to the sciences.

Let your kid go to Stanford for grad school.

I like UMBC but I don't think UMBC is "killing" anyone (yet). Let's not overstate the facts.

Previous poster is probably a crazy UMBC alum or parent (or perhaps student?), which is a quite interesting signal about the quality of the student body in each school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yeah I would do Stanford, no question, even if it means loans.

+1000

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If money is not an issue, Stanford. If it were UM at College Park, that would be far better. UMBC is a small school that is going to not have much socially.

Boy are you OUT OF DATE! UMBC is killing it when it comes to the sciences.

Let your kid go to Stanford for grad school.

How about socially? What % of freshmen live on campus these days?

About 75% of the student body lives on campus. Campus life is fine. They have all the appropriate clubs available to make one feel socially accepted.

[Anonymous]

Full tuition at Stanford runs about $45k/year plus another $15k for room and board. There is no way that I or my child would ever spend/borrow $240k for school when there is a free ride at a great school like UMBC.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Full tuition at Stanford runs about $45k/year plus another $15k for room and board. There is no way that I or my child would ever spend/borrow $240k for school when there is a free ride at a great school like UMBC.

Win/ win

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If money is not an issue, Stanford. If it were UM at College Park, that would be far better. UMBC is a small school that is going to not have much socially.

Boy are you OUT OF DATE! UMBC is killing it when it comes to the sciences.

Let your kid go to Stanford for grad school.

I like UMBC but I don't think UMBC is "killing" anyone (yet). Let's not overstate the facts.

I am not the PP but I looked it up...


Rank

70 Computer Science
74 Clinical Psychology
100 Engineering
106 Chemistry
130 Biology

6 Teaching

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If money is not an issue, Stanford. If it were UM at College Park, that would be far better. UMBC is a small school that is going to not have much socially.

Boy are you OUT OF DATE! UMBC is killing it when it comes to the sciences.

Let your kid go to Stanford for grad school.

I like UMBC but I don't think UMBC is "killing" anyone (yet). Let's not overstate the facts.

I am not the PP but I looked it up...


Rank

70 Computer Science
74 Clinical Psychology
100 Engineering
106 Chemistry
130 Biology

6 Teaching

What a lovely school for Larla

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Full tuition at Stanford runs about $45k/year plus another $15k for room and board. There is no way that I or my child would ever spend/borrow $240k for school when there is a free ride at a great school like UMBC.

Not sure of your exact circumstances, but a fully researched comparison, and not just a cursory one, would include the amount of financial aid from a place like Stanford. The vast majority of Stanford aid is in the form of grants and not loans. Comparing the headline number of Stanford full cost to "free ride" at UMBC is not a fair comparison in most cases.

[Anonymous]

Further, average need-based grant at Stanford is $44k, with average loan amount of only $2-3k. This has to close the gap significantly for most, with the typical FA recipient graduating with about $10k in student loan debt; or about the loan amount for a used Camry.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Full tuition at Stanford runs about $45k/year plus another $15k for room and board. There is no way that I or my child would ever spend/borrow $240k for school when there is a free ride at a great school like UMBC.

Not sure of your exact circumstances, but a fully researched comparison, and not just a cursory one, would include the amount of financial aid from a place like Stanford. The vast majority of Stanford aid is in the form of grants and not loans. Comparing the headline number of Stanford full cost to "free ride" at UMBC is not a fair comparison in most cases.

OP did not indicate that Stanford offered any financial aid so I would assume that none was offered. Why mention the full ride from UMBC but not mention any aid from Stanford? In any case, it's not going to be any less expensive than free.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Further, average need-based grant at Stanford is $44k, with average loan amount of only $2-3k. This has to close the gap significantly for most, with the typical FA recipient graduating with about $10k in student loan debt; or about the loan amount for a used Camry.

So you're implying that the average student at Stanford pays $2000-$3000 per year? I find that hard to believe.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Further, average need-based grant at Stanford is $44k, with average loan amount of only $2-3k. This has to close the gap significantly for most, with the typical FA recipient graduating with about $10k in student loan debt; or about the loan amount for a used Camry.

These numbers are nearly impossible to believe. What percentage of students receive FA?