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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Umd is a much better school than it was 20 years ago. It's on par with Syracuse, rated about 60th among all universities.[/quote]

UMD is top 20, aiming for top 10, in engineering / STEM. Business is also excellent - and if you want to stay in DC, great alumni network. Wish I had saved my $$$ and gone there instead of Georgetown.[/quote]

My DC is at a big 3 and part of me wants to push UMD because it's a decent school and so affordable, but to him I think it would be a little bit of a failure because it's so close to home and is missing any pizazz factor. He'd probably prefer almost any state school, like Rutgers, Temple, Penn state, u mass etc.[/quote]

While I disagree that UMD is simply a "decent" school, I think the point you make about being too close to home is a good one.  Kids that age want/need some independence, and going to a school 30 minutes away from home might not fit the bill.  Honestly, this is one of the things that I think VA has MD beat on; there are many more good public schools in VA.[/quote]

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