Why is University of Delaware never discussed here?

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Anonymous wrote:I know plenty of people who are willing to pay to allow their student to go OOS to Delaware so they didn't have to stay in-state at UMCP.

None of these families were particularly concerned with prestige, their kids got to "go away" to school, enjoyed their experience, received fine educations.

Yea, this is total BS. If these people have kids smart enough to get into UMCP, they're gonna get into better schools than Delaware.

My daughter got into UMCP, Pitt, Ohio, Nova but decided in UDELL. She is nursing and it is direct admit, she got into Honors, got some scholarship money. She wanted to go away to school and UMCP does not have nursing.

This is all you had to say.

The RN program is very demanding and prestigious at UD. Biological sciences are very, very strong at UD.

Chem Engineering is very, very strong.

signed.....UD grad from Maryland

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Anonymous wrote:I wonder how many get turned off by the Blue Hen mascot?

Is it really any worse than a turtle?

LOL

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Anonymous wrote:I wonder how many get turned off by the Blue Hen mascot?

Is it really any worse than a turtle?

LOL

It is a "Fighting Blue Hen"

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Anonymous wrote:It’s a school for more average kids (not straight A’s, 1100-1400 SATs, etc)

oh, my word - kids like that exist? How dare they /s

Is a 1400 SAT average? I think it is the 95th percentile?

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Anonymous wrote:My son was admitted to UDel. My DH and I very much liked the campus, his college (Engineering), the size (not too large, not too small), and the distance from home (Mont. Co.). I thought the Engineering faculty and dean were amazing during the 2 visits we had.

My son also liked the campus, Engineering tour/faculty, the size of the campus & student body, and the fact that it wasn't 25 miles away with tons of kids from his HS (aka College Park).

He was offered significant merit aid and honors program.

But my son decided Delaware wasn't "his place" and ended up at a school in the south. Delaware's student population was just too much NJ, NY, Philly, and DMV kids. My son was really looking for something "different" than DMV.

I was a bit sad about his decision, but I understood why.

When I was at UD it pulled from NJ, NY Philly and northern Delaware. I only met one girl from Maryland and she was from Reisterstown. I don't think I ever met anyone from Virginia or DC. Very few kids were from lower Delaware. I was from the eastern shore of Maryland and probably was considered a hick.

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Anonymous wrote:UDel is smaller than UMD and def easier to get into. A solid and attractive school and convenient.

We just visited and really liked it. Much nicer than UMD.

Ditto this. College Park is just really depressing (IMO).
UDel feels like a real college.

Don't jump on me. This is my opinion only.

As a UMD alum and former resident of Newark, DE, I agree with this. I love the UMD campus but the town around it is....not great. And even the campus is so built up now. UD is just more manageable and the town is great. Also a lot of good internship opportunities with Philly so close. I lived in Newark after graduating and wish I would have visited UD--not sure I would have gone there over UMD but would have considered it.

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Anonymous wrote:It’s a school for more average kids (not straight A’s, 1100-1400 SATs, etc)

oh, my word - kids like that exist? How dare they /s

Like mine! It's a very nice school. I felt like it had a little bit of everything and many different kinds of kids would be very happy there.

I hope my kid even gets into a 4 year, so ...

I was just looking at the community college classes and prices this morning for my daughter who is a junior.

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Anonymous wrote:My son was admitted to UDel. My DH and I very much liked the campus, his college (Engineering), the size (not too large, not too small), and the distance from home (Mont. Co.). I thought the Engineering faculty and dean were amazing during the 2 visits we had.

My son also liked the campus, Engineering tour/faculty, the size of the campus & student body, and the fact that it wasn't 25 miles away with tons of kids from his HS (aka College Park).

He was offered significant merit aid and honors program.

But my son decided Delaware wasn't "his place" and ended up at a school in the south. Delaware's student population was just too much NJ, NY, Philly, and DMV kids. My son was really looking for something "different" than DMV.

I was a bit sad about his decision, but I understood why.

When I was at UD it pulled from NJ, NY Philly and northern Delaware. I only met one girl from Maryland and she was from Reisterstown. I don't think I ever met anyone from Virginia or DC. Very few kids were from lower Delaware. I was from the eastern shore of Maryland and probably was considered a hick.

Interesting - yeah, it did pull a lot of NJ and PA people. But I definitely knew some MD folks - of course, I grew up in Cecil and some of the kids from my hometown went to my DE parochial HS (I moved into DE right before starting HS). A HS friend of mine is an alum and her daughter is going there (they still live in MD)

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Anonymous wrote:It’s a school for more average kids (not straight A’s, 1100-1400 SATs, etc)

Do you always stereotype whole groups of people?

Every school has VERY smart students, who sometimes choose lower ranked schools because that is what they can afford.

Do better.

+1

A friend of mine decided to go to UD in state instead of UVA for undergrad. I believe she got a full tuition scholarship at UD.

She wound up at Harvard for grad school.

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UDel over UMD LOL

LOL

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Because it's a mediocre school barely in T100

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It’s a safety school without distinction so not worth discussing.

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Anonymous wrote:I liked it on my tour. Campus was pretty and fairly compact. Only 2 hours away and there's an Amtrak station there. The dorms seemed a little older, I don't think they were ac'd.

DD could not have gotten in to UMCP. We also looked at JMU/CNU/VCU, Miami Ohio, UMBC, Towson, Elon, Temple, Pitt.

Honestly, based on the campuses, I would pick UMBC or Towson over UMCP.

I know people here are all wrapped up in numbers/prestige, but there is more to whether a school is a good fit.

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Anonymous wrote:I liked it on my tour. Campus was pretty and fairly compact. Only 2 hours away and there's an Amtrak station there. The dorms seemed a little older, I don't think they were ac'd.

DD could not have gotten in to UMCP. We also looked at JMU/CNU/VCU, Miami Ohio, UMBC, Towson, Elon, Temple, Pitt.

Honestly, based on the campuses, I would pick UMBC or Towson over UMCP.

I know people here are all wrapped up in numbers/prestige, but there is more to whether a school is a good fit.

Agreed that fit is very important but never umbc or Towson over UMD lol

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Anonymous wrote:I wonder how many get turned off by the Blue Hen mascot?

Is it really any worse than a turtle?

LOL

It is a "Fighting Blue Hen"

So glad someone jumped in to clarify this point.