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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I agree with the test prep poster. Test prep and good grades. All choose a stem major at state school and declare early and go for merit aid. I got 4 years of UMD paid for because I declared engineering as a freshman and got money from the department and the school. I was nt a super star in HS, probably top %25. [/quote]

I don't know when you went to college but getting a merit scholarship from UMDCP is not easy. High cost of private colleges is driving a lot of instate middle/upper middle class kids with high stats to UMD. You have to compete with kids with crazy high stats for merit money.   [/quote]

This is no longer true. UMDCP is hard to get into now, and they are stingy with merit aid. They don't need to hand it out because they have a lot more applicants because it's a good school and it's cheap in-state. I know three top kids at my DD's high school who chose UMDCP over other more selective private colleges (NYU, Tufts and Connecticut College) solely because of cost. All three kids LOVE UMDCP. They are in the honors program, which I'm told is excellent. [/quote]

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