Affordable OOS Options for MD Resident with Average Stats
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Anonymous
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DD is a junior in a MD public high school. She is unlikely to be admitted to UMD-CP based on her current test scores. She does not love any of the other options in MD (Townson, UMBC, St. Mary's, etc.).
We are starting to look for other OOS public schools options that might work for her. She wants a large school. Looking for something somewhat reasonable in terms of cost and also offering a decent education (major undecided). Which state schools offer the best value for OOS students? Anything in the Top 50 of USNWR is not an option. |
Anonymous
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University of Connecticut
University of Georgia Not sure exactly of her stats, so hard to say definitely. Lower ranked than these but still good schools: University of New Hampshire/Maine Where does she want to go? Some decent schools out west. |
Anonymous
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Try this for a starting point:
https://www.forbes.com/sites/carolinehoward/2016/03/29/americas-best-value-public-colleges-2016/#2663fde31cff It would help if you narrow geography. |
Anonymous
| U of Pittsburgh or U Delaware |
Anonymous
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What are her stats?
If she likes the feel of UMD-CP vis-a-vis its size and offerings, consider Ohio University. Athens is a nice college town, the campus is pretty, and there are lots of different majors available. University of Pittsburgh is a possibility, but might be a reach depending on stats. |
Anonymous
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OOS publics:
U Cincinnati U Delaware Miami (of Ohio) Montclair State Ohio University U Rhode Island Rowan SUNY campuses WVU some nearby privates: Juniata Muhlenberg Susquehanna Ursinus |
Anonymous
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"University of Pittsburgh is a possibility, but might be a reach depending on stats."
I don't think it would be a reach as an undecided admit (some departments are harder than others) but without stats, that is obviously a guess. |
Anonymous
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OP here.
I don't want to post any exact stats but GPA is 3.4-3.5 (3.7 weighted) range and SAT scores are under 1250. She did like the feel of UMD, just not the surrounding town. It appears she is leaning towards schools that are not a city style campus (Pitt for example) and wants something of a self-contained campus (nice green areas) with a nice surrounding town. |
Anonymous
| Please don’t say “3.7 GPA, 1200 SAT and average” in the same sentence. |
Anonymous
Hard not to when UMD posts this about their incoming class. For the Fall 2018 freshman class, we received nearly 34,000 applications for a class of 4,075. For students admitted for the Fall 2018 semester, the middle 50% of SAT scores ranged from 1320 to 1470, and 30-33 on the ACT. Admitted freshmen also earned an average weighted GPA of 4.29. |
Anonymous
What would you call it? (Not OP). My son scored 1150 on his first (practice/diagnostic) SAT and called me (he's at a NE boarding school) to inform me that he's " a brick". o.0 |
Anonymous
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Tuition/Room & Board Costs for Several we are considering
Florida State - $29,412 (appears to be getting more difficult to get in) Central Florida - $30,742 UNC-Charlotte - $30,440 UNC-Wilmington - $31,554 Iowa State - $32,112 East Carolina - $33,255 Ohio University - $33,972 Minnesota was on our list but they just instituted a 15% increase to OOS tuition. Total cost is now $38,198. We were trying to stay within $10k of UMD, which is $23,182. |
Anonymous
Admissible with those stats, under $30K OOS tuition, nice college town: University of Alabama University of Iowa University of Kansas Ole Miss University of Missouri University of Montana Montana State Ohio University Oregon State University of Utah Western Michigan University West Virginia University University of Wyoming |
Anonymous
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Universities of:
Kentucky Alabama Wisconsin Arizona Many will offer merit with those (not average) stats. |
Anonymous
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"Please don’t say “3.7 GPA, 1200 SAT and average” in the same sentence."
Two years ago our DS was sitting in his junior year with these same stats and we were convinced, partially by this web site, not to apply to UMd. By the fall, he had done some SAT prep, broken 1300 and improved his uw GPA to just over 3.5 and he got into everywhere he applied except Virginia Tech, waitlisted and not picked up. He is now sitting in the 2nd semester of his freshman year at a top 60 Engineering school with a 3.2 GPA. We are paying almost $60k a year to send him. While we are thrilled he is doing well, we kick ourselves every day that we didn't at least apply to UMd. He may or may not have been the last student accepted, according to the stats, but someone has to occupy that slot. Why not the OP's DD? |