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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]University of Maryland College Park (37)[/quote]
Don't dismiss these students as somehow not amazing. Many of them probably earned the Banneker Key scholarship and chose free school over other "elite" schools. I've known of several magnet kids from Blair, Poolesville, and RM who turned down an Ivy for free UMD.[/quote]

I am the parent of a Junior and we debate often over a Carnegie Mellon level school for over 70K vs UMD  with a likely merit aid.  We could cover CM though not easily and with no help for grad school.  Would we?  should we?  We might not..even if he was lucky enough to be accepted.[/quote]
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Same boat. Getting ready for the ride next year. DC2 will get into UMD since DC1 did and DC2 is much stronger all around. Based on other kids we know who got BK, DC2 will be competitive for that. With UMD as a baseline, there's a fair amount of frivolous applications that are off the table - if the program is equivalent to UMD, UMD will win on cost even without BK, so don't waste the time and $ to apply. There are only two top schools right now that I'm willing to fork over $70k per year for (and we can easily afford it). Ivies and a couple other elites I'll have to be convinced that paying for undergrad is worth it. DC will go to grad school - I'd rather save money for then.[/quote]

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