Didn’t want UMD
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Anonymous
I’d rather go to the 930 club or a short road trip to the beach / skiing, maybe an Camden Yards fells point Saturday, Annapolis after my internship at NASA, although the charms of Indiana opera are enticing… not quite Kennedy center quality. Sorry,..for being kind of mean. I’m sure Indiana is great and |
Anonymous
| DS did not apply because he didn't want a big state school. |
Anonymous
+1. I love that place. I am a midwesterner though and the nasty folks out here upset me. No manners. Nasty. |
Anonymous
+2 |
Anonymous
And just because "you live in MD and paid taxes for 30 years" does not entitle you to admissions to UMD. There are state schools your kid can get into and you are free to use those if you wish to get something for your tax dollars. But you are not entitled to anything. Everyone pays taxes for some services they do not use much or ever at all. But it's for the general good of society. there are definately some state schools your kid will get into. Nobody is stopping you from using those. Most states have 1-2 schools that are challenging to gain admissions to. So you apply and give it a shot while having a balanced list of targets, including in state if you need that for finances. At least 15-20 states have state flagships that are challenging to get into. Look at California---most of the UCs are impossible to gain admissions. It's not unique to VA/MD. |
Anonymous
+1000 Where you go does NOT matter, it's what you do while you are there. Just look at the Exec team at your company (or your spouses). Most likely very few went to "elite" schools. I know execs who went to Towson who are multimillionaires before 40. In fact I know more millionaires who went to "no-name schools" than those who went to elite schools. Once you get over the mental issues that your kid Must attend an elite college or bust, your kid will be free to learn, grow and succeed in life no matter where they go. |
Anonymous
I see your institution didn’t teach you how to finish a thought. |
Anonymous
+1 |
Anonymous
| I was recruited for athletics at 6 ACC schools and 6 Big 10 schools. Maryland was attractive athletically and had a competitive program academically which fit me. College Park is kind of blah and it just wasn’t the size. Michigan for example was a much better college town (I did not go there, with regrets). One thing that bothered me - and should not have given its status as the flagship in Maryland - is its low endowment - incredibly thin for a school its size. Professors complain about it, rightly pointing out that billions have gone to the money pit that is Baltimore as opposed to the University, and indeed for a school a dozen miles from the Capitol it should be the equal or better to Michigan or UCLA. Not overall bad, but a blah factor (and the costs everywhere were equal for me). |
Anonymous
Equal or better than UCLA because of its location? That makes no sense whatsoever. |
Anonymous
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"UMD is amazing. College campus is alright. College Park is not cute and looks run down. That whole area need a facelift."
I guess you haven't been to College Park in a long time? There have been cranes up for the past 4 years non-stop. Nothing run down about the campus or that area of the town. |
Anonymous
My daughter is in the top 5% of her class at one of the top two Montgomery County High Schools and did not get into UMD which was her first choice. What percentage are in state vs out of state admissions to UMD? |
Anonymous
How can you be in the top 5% when MCPS does not rank? |
Anonymous
You couldn't be more wrong. Maryland has an incredible potential advantage being so close to the Capitol. To say that it makes no sense well, makes no sense. The school has improved over the years (it was virtually open admission for years), and in some cases, they do take advantage of their proximity to DC, including, by way of limited example, their concentration in Public Finance, which is among the best. Their engineering programs have also benefited from their close ties geographically to the Government, including NASA. By the way, my views are not really my own, but come from long time professors at the school, who believe that the school was starved for funds by the state in the 70's and 80's, blowing a chance to build up a much bigger endowment and to be competitive in a number of graduate fields, especially with the seat of Government being a wind at their back. Baltimore won the fiscal competition, and well, you can see the returns and judge them for yourself. |
Anonymous
I am not understanding what you are referring when you talk about "College Park". I was just there last week and the tiny little commercial area near campus seems just as small and disappointing as ever (though agree it is not run down...things are fairly depressing when you approach from the DC-side however). I think the campus itself is great...but it seems being too close to DC counts against any kind of cool stuff actually happening in the city of College Park walking distance from campus. Not sure why College Park cannot be cool and dynamic in its own right, while also being a metro ride from DC. It just seems odd that a town with a major university with 30,000+ kids is so disappointing. |