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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]UMD is a good STEM state school, so if she wants to be a doctor, it's a decent choice. She should apply early action because UMD takes most of its class from EA, and only considers merit aid for the EA pool.

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If she's a strong student with high stats, I would think there are more prestigious choices for your money, as well as less expensive safeties, right? Wouldn't UMD be an expensive safety, considering it's out of state for you?

We are MD residents and my son was accepted early action as an Honors student at UMD. For him UMD was a low target/safety. But since he wanted to major in International Affairs, and UMD doesn't really have a lot of strength in that area, he went to George Washington instead (in DC). Much more expensive, but ranked top 10 in that major. To give you an idea, he was also accepted at McGill (where we have reduced tuition because we're French), William & Mary, St Andrews. He was rejected from Georgetown and Swarthmore.

On the other hand, maybe you DO want to get her into a not very STEMmy college, so she can be a big fish in a little pond and get into med school more easily? I don't know about the strategy to get into med school.[/quote]

I don’t think you understand the difference between a safety and a target. Maybe because you’re French. [/quote]

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