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[quote=Anonymous]Not OP but the point is that for kids aiming for Ivies or top SLACs, UMD might be considered a let down, but for this specific kind of kid (highly motivated, hard working, aiming for a competitive industry or field) it's really not. UMD might have been their safety, or the instate affordable option that still met their academic goals.

It is very easy for kids like this to think that oh, UMD is going to limit them greatly in life compared to going to Harvard or Williams or Carnegie Mellon or Duke. But OP is right -- college is what you make of it and you can make a lot of a degree from UMD.

And this lesson can apply to kids at different academic levels and with different goals. Maybe UMD is a reach school for your kid and they don't get in. Well for that specific kid, there is no reason they can't accomplish what they hoped to accomplish at UMD at a different state school with less prestige, or at a lower ranked SLAC. The point is go to the best school you go into, work hard, and make the most of it.

I guess there may be some kids whose goal is Harvard and wind up at a very low ranked school, but I'm betting in this situation their Harvard ambition was always a total pipe dream. OP is talking about kids who have the stats or at least within the ballpark for more prestigious schools, but because of luck of the draw or maybe finances wind up at a less prestigious school. In reality, these kids are generally not really any worse off because the same qualities that made them think they could get into the more prestigious school in the first place will serve them well at the less prestigious school and the proof is in the pudding.[/quote]

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