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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My two kids are in middle school and they already know they are going to state schools after high school. DH and I received fantastic educations at Maryland state schools and graduated with zero loans to pay off. DH was already working in his field at the time of graduation and I started my job the day after graduation.

In fact, I noticed early on that the graduates I worked with from the private schools lacked maturity and focus. It was an eye-opener for me because my classmates at UMBC were so much more mature and career ready upon graduation. [/quote]

I think UMBC is a great school. No sense dismissing a whole cohort of people though. That's a very limited view of the world. That's as bad as saying that public university graduates are plodding dullards lacking in polish and social skills. [/quote]
I'm not dismissing anyone. It's just an observation I had when I started working in a full-time professional job. Others I worked with noticed it, too. There was an obvious difference between those who had gone to UMBC or UMD (and one Towson graduate), and those who went to private colleges. Looking back, it may have been an SES difference more than which school provided the education but it was clear that some of us were taking our work much more seriously and others were more motivated by happy hour and goofing off at work. Their moms were still packing their lunches and waking them up every morning. You better believe that I will not be doing that for my 20-something children.[/quote]

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