If she is smart enough to get into Maryland- she would get lots of merit aid from ole miss or Alabama |
OP: Don't listen to these judgmental people. You've set an amazing example for your daughter by escaping a bad situation -- for you and her - -and turning your lives around. You should feel proud, not guilty. Help her get excited about her options and let her know how much of her life is ahead of her. If she takes to academia, there's always the option of grad school. |
Life sucks for your child. my child got into UVA and Michigan and received a Banneker Key to UMD. He had an amazing time at UMD, no debt, a new car and got a six figure job out of school. |
DP. And Smith is due Monday. OP, there are schools that will consider extenuating circumstances like yours in their need-based FA calculations. I would try LACs if she wants some state school alternatives. There's a bunch due in the 15th. But, if she is in VA or MD, there are still some great state options. Hang in there! |
Don’t let your children apply to colleges you know you can’t afford. Poor girl had to write essays for those schools too. Did you use the Net Price Calculators at those schools? |
UMD is a better school, OP, than these others. Why do you want her at a big sports school? The academics of Penn State, Clemson and Ohio State aren't as good. You sound incredibly entitled and have your priorities completely mixed up! |
She might legitimately resent you for failing to tell her that you could not afford to send her, but only AFTER she sweated blood and tears on those apps. |
Ohio State is the top 50 school. I don’t know why everybody on this board tries to talk everybody into thinking that UMD is a great school when it’s decidedly average and don’t get me started on College Park the armpit of Maryland. |
Ohio State acceptance rate: 57% Penn State: 55% Clemson: 49% UMD: 44% You need to get with the times, OP or whoever you are. |
UMD is a top 50 school - and ranked higher than Ohio State. LOL. Flyover state with higher OOS tuition? No thanks. |
Umm most international students come from well off families who can pay full price. |
So you relying on acceptance rate? You get with the times dinosaur. When people are talking about academic power houses with great sports programs they’re talking about Ohio State for they’re talking about UMD. They’re talking about Penn State before they’re talking about UMD. And if UMD was so great, why are all the kids up here going to schools like Clemson? Because they can get into UMD and don’t want to go -let all the kids from New Jersey continue to pour into UMD. |
And life still sucks for your child with such a nut for a parent. |
Please explain why you think College Park is the armpit of Maryland. Also, both Ohio State and Maryland are top 50 schools not average schools. |
Have you considered the Common Market programs? The participating schools offer majors that aren’t available in MD, and accepted students attend for in-state tuition. You mentioned Clemson - I don’t think they participate, but University of South Carolina does, as well as LSU and several others. The only catch is that your DD would have to stick with one of those majors to get the tuition, and that can be limiting. Also, all of the schools southern, I think. |