Are VA publics really better than Maryland's?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This has been discussed ad nauseam. Go to a cocktail party and say your kid goes to UVA, and they are impressed. Tell them your kid goes to Maryland, and they aren’t.

Nobody would be impressed by UVA at any cocktail party I have attended. Solid and respectable school, no doubt. Just want you to realize, it is a respectable public flagship but not a T20. Not sure what crowds you mingle in.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:In-state tuition at UVA is nearly double that of UMD. Why is UVA so relatively overpriced?

+1 why is Virginia charging so much more than Maryland?

Because MD as a state is better at using tax dollars to fund college---VA barely does anything, so the money has to come from somewhere

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:In-state tuition at UVA is nearly double that of UMD. Why is UVA so relatively overpriced?

+1 why is Virginia charging so much more than Maryland?

Because MD as a state is better at using tax dollars to fund college---VA barely does anything, so the money has to come from somewhere

Because Maryland is a higher tax, higher cost state.

[Anonymous]

This is such a ridiculous thread.
UVA and WM alone trump Maryland.
Not even close.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is such a ridiculous thread.
UVA and WM alone trump Maryland.
Not even close.

It is past your bedtime, grandma.

[Anonymous]

Is the Pope American?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is such a ridiculous thread.
UVA and WM alone trump Maryland.
Not even close.

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is such a ridiculous thread.
UVA and WM alone trump Maryland.
Not even close.

+1,000. While education for in state students may be less expensive in MD, from a quality standpoint there is simply no comparison.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Neither UVA or UMD are T20 colleges but they are both T50. They are viewed as equivalent to most people. Go for the cheaper option.

W&M and VTech are niche schools that most people don’t care about. The flagships are what matter.

You're funny. My kid is in at VT, her top choice. It's unbelievable just how many people "care about" that school.
Face it, VA's public college options far surpass MD.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This has been discussed ad nauseam. Go to a cocktail party and say your kid goes to UVA, and they are impressed. Tell them your kid goes to Maryland, and they aren’t.

Nobody would be impressed by UVA at any cocktail party I have attended. Solid and respectable school, no doubt. Just want you to realize, it is a respectable public flagship but not a T20. Not sure what crowds you mingle in.

You both mingle at weird cocktail parties.

[Anonymous]

It amuses me that the Maryland troll conveniently divides the world into top 20 and everything else.

[Anonymous]

https://www.forbes.com/sites/emmawhitford/2025/03/26/the-new-ivies-2025-20-great-colleges-employers-love/

Both UVA and William and Mary make the list of the top ten public "new ivies." Maryland does not.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:https://www.forbes.com/sites/emmawhitford/2025/03/26/the-new-ivies-2025-20-great-colleges-employers-love/

Both UVA and William and Mary make the list of the top ten public "new ivies." Maryland does not.

Don’t fall for clickbait junk articles. I would consider it a compliment that Maryland isn’t included.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It amuses me that the Maryland troll conveniently divides the world into top 20 and everything else.

All the elites fall within T20. However, T20 also contains some duds. The point being that both U of Virginia and U of Maryland are not elite.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Don’t fall for clickbait junk articles. I would consider it a compliment that Maryland isn’t included.

And that's part of why no one else in this thread is taking you seriously.