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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]And, to be more genuine, those Lady Terp b-ball players, who rock.

I'd add, though, that we at UMD love out of staters and int'l students who pay full fare.[/quote]

Honestly that's what UMD needs to do - attract more out of staters. Not just for the money but to make it a little less parochial and hopefully up the stats. The out of state kids are what makes the difference at schools like UVA and Michigan. The admissions stats for the out of staters is higher than the in staters at those schools, and it brings a much broader alumni network and reputation. UMD is still a little parochial, although getting better. Undergrad is a little over 20% out of state. That means nearly 80% are in state and it's a big school in a small state so it has to dip down in student quality to fill the class. [/quote]

That begs the question about what the purpose of a state funded school is; to have the highest stats or to educate the kids from the state?[/quote]

Good point, although it also depends on what the state is funding. In Virginia the state funds a very small percentage of UVAs budget, and it could be 0 if tuition were at potential market rates. UMD seems to be trying to become a higher profile flagship school, and to do that they will need to attract the best and brightest students. There may not be enough of them in MD to fill a large university. Many of Maryland's best and brightest go out of state for school. At DCs public HS more than 100 kids apply to Michigan each year, not to mention many private universities.

The other question is if UMCP needs to serve all students, or if other state funded schools can serve a portion of the students, as they do now. Virginia seems to have better alternatives to UVA than MD does to UMCP. Michigan has Michigan State and a number of other schools. UC has a whole network of schools with 2 of them being top of the heap.[/quote]

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