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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's ridiculous that you can bring your kid up in a state public school system from k to 12 and they can graduate with a perfect or near-perfect grade record and they don't get into your taxpayer-funded state college. There is an annual cycle of people in Maryland learning that going to a good public high school, taking hard classes, and getting good grades is not enough to get into UMDCP. Especially in MoCo. This is a system for distributing a government benefit, and it shouldn't be done through a mysterious black box and essentially random back room vibes.

It should be clear to every student no later than the first year of freshman year of high school what they will need to do to get into their state flagship. In a lot of states it is, but in particular in Maryland it is not and it is ridiculous. In Maryland kids are actively punished for attending good schools and working hard to do well.

It's all part of a unified public education system. If the people running the state university flagship don't think that the most academically accomplished high school graduates should attend the college, something is wrong. [/quote]

I’m sorry if your child did not get into the University of Maryland College Park.  That said, “going to a good public high school, taking hard classes, and getting good grades” sometimes is not enough because the University of Maryland does not have enough spots to admit every applicant who meets that criteria.  It is enough to get into at least some Maryland state schools, but your post is focused only on UMD College Park.  Why is that?

Also, it is difficult for any parent to know whether their child is among “the most academically accomplished” applicants.  Do you know what your child’s teachers wrote in their recommendations?  Do you know how your child’s essays compared to those of other applicants?

Lastly, every Maryland resident is guaranteed admission into some state school, even if it is a community college.  Or do you think that community college is beneath students from “good public high schools”?
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