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[quote=Anonymous]       SMCM seems like a great school to me.  We wanted our DC to look at it when he were looking for colleges  He was an exceptionally qualified candidate with many options and was fortunate that we could afford public or private. At the end of the day, he just felt like the opportunities afforded by a school with a greater reputation out of state, higher profile faculty, and a student body from all over the world, just outweighed the cost savings, and we accepted that analysis.   If money was more of a factor, then SMCM probably would have been a great option.

As for UMCP vs. SMCM, it is apples and oranges as others have said. I wouldn't put much stock in comparing the SATs. Part of the advantage to UMCP is that the math scores are much higher -- more engineers and other STEM majors go to there over SMCM (and that's true of research universities vs. LACs generally.)  And we know that UMCP plays games with its numbers - technically wait listing or rejecting students with lower numbers but allowing them to enroll in a few courses the first semester and live off campus, and then bring them on board second semester.  Those students stats are not counted in the entering class.  I suspect that SMCM is too small to play that game.  But more kids these days want the bigger school /more choices offered at a flagship -- that is one reason why there are so few public honors colleges in the first place.  And as noted by others, money/resources on a small scale are hard to fund for a state.  But UMCP has another unique advantage -- its proximity to Washington DC.   All in all, both schools are strong public options, but as always, it is all about finding the right fit for the kid.

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