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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DC has moved on from UMD. Offered spring admit even though his AP scores would exempt him from several of the weed out classes for the LLP that declined him while an equally respected OOS university with the same job placement rate offered him honors, direct admit to his chosen major, and a scholarship that brings the cost to less than 10k/year over UMD in state. Maryland’s loss as he will probably enter the workforce there and stay in that area. And pay his income taxes there.[/quote]

Good for you and for him. These people are nuts, sending their kids to a spring program because the school doesn't have room. The reason they're all being so horrible to you is because the only they way they can justify their own crazy choices. Look at it this way: your kid worked hard and gets to reap the reward somewhere that wants him. Their kids worked hard and get to go to night school, live doubled-up in a crowded dorm, and not even start college until next spring.

The only way they can make that make sense is to make it seem like it's a good idea. It's not. It's pathetic. [/quote]

This is not true. Freshman Connection is a great option for someone who wants to go to UMD and does not want to pay OOS tuition to other states.  Many FC kids end up with great degrees and jobs.  And their diploma is not marked or tainted because they entered under the FC program.  It is just a silly way for UMD to look prestigious in the US news rankings.  UC, Wash U and other schools do other silly things to help their rankings.  [/quote]

Who's teaching the FC classes? Same professors, double load? TAs? Are they counting on attrition to winnow those numbers down?

You can get instate tuition at UMBC. Why would you think this is a "better" deal? It's ridiculous. [/quote]

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