Is Frostburg really that bad?

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Anonymous wrote:At least Salisbury has a pretty campus and you can go to the beach. Towson is near civilization. Frostburg reminds me of District 12 from The Hunger Games.

Agree but MD state schools are just not that great.

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The low freshman retention and four year graduation rates would make it a showstopper for me.

http://www.univstats.com/colleges/frostburg-state-university/graduation-rate/

https://www.collegefactual.com/colleges/frostburg-state-university/academic-life/graduation-and-retention/

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Anonymous wrote:The people I have known who went to Frostburg all loved it. These are folks who are now accountants, in media relations, business, community college teacher, they’ve all spoken well of their time there.

If you don’t mind out of state, have you looked at Shippensburg in PA? I really like that school and campus and my stepson, a student whose grades ran the gamut from As to Cs, was accepted there. Ultimately he didn’t go there, but I wish he had!

I agree. Shippensburg along with other PA State schools seem to get overlooked.

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Anonymous wrote:The low freshman retention and four year graduation rates would make it a showstopper for me.

http://www.univstats.com/colleges/frostburg-state-university/graduation-rate/

https://www.collegefactual.com/colleges/frostburg-state-university/academic-life/graduation-and-retention/

Frostburg is often used for students to get their two years of gen ed requirements done, and then students transfer to UMCP. I know that recently the engine school has started a program where they stream lectures from UMCP to Frostburg and students take the courses remotely, with TAs and lab support from Frostburg professors. You can get a College Park diploma while spending four years at Frostburg. For a B/C student who wants small classes and personal attention and who likes the outdoors (great hiking!) Frostburg may be a good fit.

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Engineering school

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Towson is a pretty happening area. Lots of little restaurants, sweet movie theater, and a kick ass radio station.

I believe the kids uber to Baltimore night spots.

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My cousins graduated from Frostburg in the 1990s. It has a "college town" vibe to me.

Neither of them are setting the world on fire, but they're both self-supporting, with families and good careers.

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If you're going to go to an F.S.U., you might as well go to the one with a good football team and warm weather.

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Anonymous wrote:If you're going to go to an F.S.U., you might as well go to the one with a good football team and warm weather.

I believe these two school are very different in terms of the type of students they admit. Admitted 2017 class at Florida State had GPA of 4.0-4.5 and SAT of 1240-1360. Kids with those stats in MD are going to College Park, not Frostburg.

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Anonymous wrote:My cousins graduated from Frostburg in the 1990s. It has a "college town" vibe to me.

Neither of them are setting the world on fire, but they're both self-supporting, with families and good careers.

This. The people I know from my DC area high school who went to Frostburg aren't exactly raking in the big bucks, but they all have solid careers and comfortable stable lives. DCUM would have you believe that anything less than a 7 figure HHI is a failure, but we all know that's not reality.

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Anonymous wrote:Is there any school in Maryland that is in a good area? Everyone is either run down or in some remote hick location no one would to live let alone go visit.

Salisbury in hours away from normal civilization. It has the beach but it is OCMD which is so trashy.

St Mary’s is 2 hours away from anything and besides water, there is nothing else to do.

Towson is too far away from Baltimore and no public transit to get there.

College Park is yuck.

OCBC is a commuter school

Frostburg is cold, run down, and boring.

I can’t think of any other state besides maybe Delaware that has just terrible state schools.

These schools are not terrible. Have you been to any of them?

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We visited this year. Honestly I thought the campus was pretty and there have been some recent improvements but the town itself is pretty run down and depressing. My son did not like it very much and did not apply. However, it is worth considering if you are in MD. We live in VA.

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Anonymous wrote:Is there any school in Maryland that is in a good area? Everyone is either run down or in some remote hick location no one would to live let alone go visit.

Salisbury in hours away from normal civilization. It has the beach but it is OCMD which is so trashy.

St Mary’s is 2 hours away from anything and besides water, there is nothing else to do.

Towson is too far away from Baltimore and no public transit to get there.

College Park is yuck.

OCBC is a commuter school

Frostburg is cold, run down, and boring.

I can’t think of any other state besides maybe Delaware that has just terrible state schools.

These schools are not terrible. Have you been to any of them?

Yes, all to them. Never said all the schools were terrible (although some are)

please reread my post.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is there any school in Maryland that is in a good area? Everyone is either run down or in some remote hick location no one would to live let alone go visit.

Salisbury in hours away from normal civilization. It has the beach but it is OCMD which is so trashy.

St Mary’s is 2 hours away from anything and besides water, there is nothing else to do.

Towson is too far away from Baltimore and no public transit to get there.

College Park is yuck.

OCBC is a commuter school

Frostburg is cold, run down, and boring.

I can’t think of any other state besides maybe Delaware that has just terrible state schools.

These schools are not terrible. Have you been to any of them?

Yes, all to them. Never said all the schools were terrible (although some are)

please reread my post.

Hello, New Jersey!!! Why is every state school on the East Coast full of kids from there? WVU for example.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is there any school in Maryland that is in a good area? Everyone is either run down or in some remote hick location no one would to live let alone go visit.

Salisbury in hours away from normal civilization. It has the beach but it is OCMD which is so trashy.

St Mary’s is 2 hours away from anything and besides water, there is nothing else to do.

Towson is too far away from Baltimore and no public transit to get there.

College Park is yuck.

OCBC is a commuter school

Frostburg is cold, run down, and boring.

I can’t think of any other state besides maybe Delaware that has just terrible state schools.

These schools are not terrible. Have you been to any of them?

Yes, all to them. Never said all the schools were terrible (although some are)

please reread my post.

Hello, New Jersey!!! Why is every state school on the East Coast full of kids from there? WVU for example.

People in the Northeast usually look down on their local state schools, especially if it's not one of the top ranked state schools in the state. They'd rather pay twice as much to send the kids out of state or to a private.