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[quote=Anonymous]"I just don't think kids can "count" on merit aid from a top 75 school. My DC has never received a B, 9 fives on APs as of the end of jr year (the scores are available through the fast response site, for those who don't know) got a 1590 on the SAT, strong ECs (but not a star athlete, cured cancer, etc), will likely be NMS. Getting costs down from the top 75 to match UMD will involve a significant amount of good luck."

This brings up another part of the difficulty of "matching UMD" in-state.  This poster's DC WILL get merit aid at UMD.

So starting with a round number, $27k in-state cost of attendance, a Presidents Scholarship of between $2k and $12k leaves between $25k and $15k.

https://admissions.umd.edu/finance/freshman-merit-scholarships

They also have a significant chance of a partial  Banneker/Key which opens up more chances of ~$15k cost of attendance.

On the other hand, if DC's "strong ECs" involve the Band, in order to create "the big college sports experience" there can be "band specific" money.

But Division 1 band is similar to Division 1 sports....[/quote]

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