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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]For example, trying to get your kid interested in your alma mater or your state's flagship?

As a Marylander and Maryland grad, I'd be happy if my kids went there (especially with a scholarship), but I wonder if they will be bored of the campus by the time they are college age if they spend too much time there (games, Maryland day etc).

[b]Last thing I'd want is for them to skip the state school and overpay for some mediocre alternative. [/b]If they go to some super elite school instead, ok that's fine too.[/quote]

False dichotomy and you don’t know what you are talking about.[/quote]

Please do tell.[/quote]

There are a lot of state and private schools that are not elite and which provide a high quality education that doesn’t entail “overpaying.”  Moreover, there are students for whom UMD-CP is not a good fit for any number of reasons, e.g. they would do better in a smaller environment, want a different set of programs, want a rural campus, whatever.

[b]Beyond that, I want my kids to experience something other than Maryland, because to me, part of the point of college is experiencing something different[/b].  I don’t want my kids to be “lifelong Marylanders” by default because they had no options other than to attend the state flagship located just down the street.
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Totally agree.  I went to undergrad basically in my hometown, and didn’t get the hell out of VA until my Ph.D. in another state.  I’m hoping my kid goes “away” to school, since I feel college is ideally a time to spread one’s wings.  Sure, if there’s a program in-state that’s a really great fit, so be it, but all things being equal I’d prefer if my kids experience a different part of the country (or world—many students at my kid’s school go abroad for college).[/quote]

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