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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What about UMES (U Maryland Eastern Shore)?  I've heard good things from others whose children went there. We don't have any personal experience with it but it seems like it would be a good choice for a student who wanted College Park but didn't quite make the cut.[/quote]

It has pretty low retention and graduation rates. Maybe you are thinking of St. Mary's College of Maryland, which is also on the Eastern Shore? I know a couple kids very happy there. DD considered SMCM but ended up at an OOS LAC.  SMCM's 6yr graduation rate is 73% vs. a dismal 33% for UMD Eastern Shore.

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Dismal grad rates are usually due to a preponderance of low SES kids who end up having to drop out. May also be due to students transferring to UMCP. If we send our DCUM kids, they will probably be fine. [/quote]

A 73% 6 yr grad rate is acceptable (IMO--as I realize it's likely low SES status kids and/or first gen students who drag it down), but a 33% 6 YEAR grad rate is not acceptable.  While our kids might be fine and graduate, you are surrounded by majority who might not be there next semester or might not care about school.  Unless the school has 70%+ low SES/first gen students, that is ridiculously low.  [/quote]

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