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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]15:19 here. We'll look at out of state schools but cost is a real concern. DS is a good student and will make a great engineer but he's not so top notch that he's going to get merit money anywhere. So it is either UMCP (a stretch), UMBC, or Montgomery College-and then transfer to UMCP. Just wish there were more options. Maryland has such limited affordable choices compared to other states. [/quote]

Virginia only has Virginia tech.  DC has nothing.  Md has UMD , UMBC , Hopkins and Annapolis.

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Huh? Are you crazy or stupid? Off the top of my head, there's JMU? UVA? VCU? ODU?

And Hopkins is private, so not a state school that OP is looking for. Maryland "has" Annapolis only in terms of geography. And if U. of MD College Park is a stretch for OP's son, there's no way he's getting into either Hopkins or Annapolis.[/quote]

Yup, so if you are an average engineering student in Maryland and can't get into UMCP, your choice is UMBC, community college, or pay more to go out of state. Sucks.[/quote]

PP who corrected the "Virginia only has" nonsense. But UMBC isn't the disappointing option you assume. It's a solid choice. I know people who are doing incredibly well from there.[/quote]

Just to clarify, I didn't mean that UMBC sucks, just that the lack of options sucks. I don't know as much about UMBC as I do about UMCP but it might actually be better for my DS than UMCP in some ways. On the other hand, UMBC doesn't have all the options that UMCP has (I think there is no electrical engineering major, for example).[/quote]

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