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[quote=Anonymous]All of these discussions about colleges have gotten me thinking.....

2 kids--one is 4 and one is 7.  Both have a 529.  7 yr old has about $90K and 4 yr old has about $50K.

I'm wondering if the MD Prepaid makes sense.  I'm just not willing to pay $60K/yr (today's dollars)for college.  I'm willing to pay in-state tuition.  I could take the 529 money and buy 2 plans.  Each kid would cost around $43K if I did it today.  I would leave the extra money in the 529 for incidentals.

I wish the instate MD options were better.  It seems that the choices are UMD and THE OTHERS.  But Towson is coming up and I think UMBC is fairly decent now.  Salisbury and Frostburg are viable options if my kids cannot get into UMD or UMBC.

What are the downsides to the prepaid plans?  I know that if for some reason they decide not to go to a MD school, I get the Weighted Average of Tuition that can be applied to an OOS.  It's currently around $9K.

I also see that I am a day late---enrollment closed yesterday.  So---thoughts for next enrollment period????[/quote]

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