Great Public East Coast Universities..Recs Needed

[Anonymous]

22:40 do you mean CollegeBoard.com?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Any state school is fine, OP. But you will not get in state tuition (obviously). Some are better than others. UMass, by virtue of it being in Mass, will come across nicely. First hand, I can tell you that it is a party school. It is in the middle nowhere. Consider the location of your candidate schools. if they are in the middle of nowhere, you may want to reconsider, depending on your childs demeanor.

This is a nonsensical statement. A school located in Massachusetts is not per se good by virtue of its location. That's just ridiculous.

[Anonymous]

penguinsix wrote:Isn't out-of-state tuition the same price as a private university? I mean if you live in Maryland and attending a state school in North Carolina aren't you going to be paying the same as if they went to a private university?

(I haven't looked lately--was just curious).

OP might live in DC and thinking of the DC Tuition Assistance Grant to help make up the difference between in-state and out-of-state tuition (max of 10K). A lot of people from DC go this route.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Any state school is fine, OP. But you will not get in state tuition (obviously). Some are better than others. UMass, by virtue of it being in Mass, will come across nicely. First hand, I can tell you that it is a party school. It is in the middle nowhere. Consider the location of your candidate schools. if they are in the middle of nowhere, you may want to reconsider, depending on your childs demeanor.

This is a nonsensical statement. A school located in Massachusetts is not per se good by virtue of its location. That's just ridiculous.

Different poster here - the advantage of UMass-Amherst is that students can take classes at any of the 5 colleges in that area, including Amherst. However, the question is whether the student actually gets off their duff and makes an effort to seek these other classes out.

[Anonymous]

VA Tech

[Anonymous]

I second st. Mary's. Also consider Northeastern. It is private but incorporates paid working internships into its semester system. Also, they tend to be generous with grants. It is in Boston.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:22:40 do you mean CollegeBoard.com?

No, College Confidential has a search feature too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Any state school is fine, OP. But you will not get in state tuition (obviously). Some are better than others. UMass, by virtue of it being in Mass, will come across nicely. First hand, I can tell you that it is a party school. It is in the middle nowhere. Consider the location of your candidate schools. if they are in the middle of nowhere, you may want to reconsider, depending on your childs demeanor.

This is a nonsensical statement. A school located in Massachusetts is not per se good by virtue of its location. That's just ridiculous.

Different poster here - the advantage of UMass-Amherst is that students can take classes at any of the 5 colleges in that area, including Amherst. However, the question is whether the student actually gets off their duff and makes an effort to seek these other classes out.

Yes, I know that. I'm from Mass. too and many of my HS friends went to UMass Amherst.

PP didn't talk about the five-college class options - she said specifically, UMass, by virtue of it being in Mass, will come across nicely. "Come across nicely"? What does this even MEAN? That it has prestige because it's in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts?

Nonsensical.

[Anonymous]

I assumed "come across" meant financially, meaning Massachusetts isn't gutting funding to education.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Any state school is fine, OP. But you will not get in state tuition (obviously). Some are better than others. UMass, by virtue of it being in Mass, will come across nicely. First hand, I can tell you that it is a party school. It is in the middle nowhere. Consider the location of your candidate schools. if they are in the middle of nowhere, you may want to reconsider, depending on your childs demeanor.

You UMass Amherst?

[Anonymous]

^^You "mean" UMass Amherst...?

[Anonymous]

its not where you go but what you do. We would rather hire a Engineering major from GMU rather than a history major from harvard.

GMU is a fine school and if you are trying to save money he or she can go to NVCC for a year or 2 then transfer to GMU, TECH, JMU or UVA

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Anonymous wrote:its not where you go but what you do. We would rather hire a Engineering major from GMU rather than a history major from harvard.

well, that's quite the blanket statement. There are a wide variety of job that history majors, regardless of their undergraduate institution, are more qualified to fill than engineering majors.

[Anonymous]

I third St Mary's! Tight alumni association (nice for post-collegiate job hunts), lots of students go on to good grad and professional schools and really nice students. Yes, I'm a biased alum ; ) But went on (with good scholarships) to ivies for masters and phd and really feel like St Mary's was a good preparation.

[Anonymous]

Avoid Va tech and Penn state.....cursed and gross.