Reply to MD In-state options beyond College Park

Forum Index » College and University Discussion

Reply to "MD In-state options beyond College Park "

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous]Let’s keep this civil. We all have different situations and make choices for a variety of reasons. For a student with top stats, there are more options. For a student with average/lower stats, there are fewer options. For students with average/lower stats and financial constraints, there are even fewer options.

I see the following as all the options for a student who does NOT have top stats/NOT admitted at UMD (and would not qualify for significant need-based aid):

1. community college and transfer to UMD

2. Go to an in-state school other than UMD

3. OOS public

- Pay full price for one that is almost comparable in quality to UMD ($45,000 or more)

- Get some merit aid at an OOS public that is equal or lower quality than most of the other MD in-state schools and will still cost more

- Go to an OOS public with problematic graduation and retention rates (see above) but maybe get enough merit aid to almost equal MD in-state tuition

4. private

- Pay full price for the best one they can get admitted to ($55,000 or more)

- Get some merit aid at a school that is more of a safety but will still cost more, and often much more than MD in-state

With any of the options that involve merit aid, factor in the possibility that the student might lose the aid or might take more than 4 years to graduate and will then be full pay for their remaining time.
[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics