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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It is tough. My kid is also STEM and is torn between UIUC in Illinois for $65k or Maryland-College Park at about half that, and also wants to go to grad school. We could pay for UIUC but I'm pretty sure it'll end up being College Park. It took me a while to warm up to it but I will be happy about the close distance. If there's something special about the lower-ranked school - like the kid got into a special honors program or there's an amazing company down the road that regularly hires interns- I'd save the money for grad school. Otherwise, it's tough and I'd let the kid decide after talking to current students. [/quote] No brainer in your case. UMCP for STEM is amazing. Why pay an extra $30K+/year (unless you have it readily available). Save it for grad school. Also, your travel expenses will be much higher for UIUC. It's a great school, but not incrementally that much "better" than UMCP for anything [/quote]
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