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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Towson[/quote]

I think this is going to be more and more true as UMD rejects more and more kids. I am interested in seeing the data in coming years for Towson - if they get more selective because they have high achieving kids who didn't make the UMD cut applying. [/quote]
I think the same goes for UMBC.[/quote]

Agree.  Kind of weird that my 4.0 kid and 3.0 kid may end up at the same school. One of them will not be happy about it. [/quote]

This. My kid has a 4.2 (AP/IB/DE) captain of varsity sport, blah blah and didn't get into UMD so is going to Towson (we need instate tuition - he applied to a few OOS options and the nearest any of them came to instate costs after merit was about $10k more/year which we could not do. His BFF barely has a 3.0 and pretty much skated by in HS and not doing anything extra is also going to Towson. My kid "only" got $2000 in merit so there wasn't really even a significant cost difference. [/quote]
aw.. that sucks for him and can be really discouraging.  But, IMO, your kid will be a bigger fish in a smaller pond, and it will be easier for them to stand out.

My DC had super high stats, and got rejected to T20.  At UMD now with merit.  There are some really smart kids there, but DC has noticed that the kids who transferred into their program aren't as high caliber as the direct admits.  They just finished their first year and didn't find it that hard, but they know several kids who were transfers who really struggled (they went into UMD with almost 60 credits so they started with taking some upper level courses, which is how they ended up with transfer students in the same class).

So, your kid might find it a lot easier in college, which leaves room for more activities and fun. Mine just sleeps a lot.  :? [/quote]

Thank you for this. This is the nice side of DCUM (vs..."you should have sold a kidney (or both) to make the OOS options happen for your kid." ;)) I also agree with you. I am hoping it will leave time for clubs, his club sport, a job, a social life, and eventually an internship. To me, college is more than about the classes (though important) - it is about developing your interests, leadership skills. etc. Hopefully, he can do all of those things. :)[/quote]

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