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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Let’s try to put in a different light. UMD is a amazing school. There is absolutely nothing that it does not have and the price is right! That’s why it is so hard to get into now. But my kid doesn’t want to go there because he wants to experience something new. That is probably his top priority for selecting a college. He did not say above quote but could be thinking something like that at some point. If it is the best school he gets into and is half the price, it makes it hard to say no. I think the quote might be out of context.[/quote]

Well said. UMD is excellent but we see lots of strong students who get rejected from top twenties and elite LACs and end up at UMD. For some it’s the fact that they busted their tails taking the hardest courses and getting mostly A’s and they end up in a school with kids who didn’t. It’s not the right way to think about it but they’re kids. (That’s not to say they’re aren’t many kids for whom UMD is their dream school and who aren’t perfectly thrilled to be going there.)[/quote]

I thought everyone at UMD got As in their HS classes.[/quote]

Plenty of kids without straight A's get into UMD. Both of my DCs got in and neither had straight A's. MCPS graduates and no special hook other than rigor, very good standardized test scores, and good extracurricular activities. That really should be enough to get into UMD, but we know kids with similar stats who either got Freshman Connection or just rejected which is CRAZY.

Ironically, neither chose to go for many of the reasons other people mentioned above. They wanted to start fresh and experience being in a different environment. The idea of being 30 minutes from home didn't appeal to them though our bank accounts would have liked it. [/quote]

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