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[quote=Anonymous]Ultimately, it's a supply and demand issue. Plus a cost issue. And a state flagship has to take students from every corner of the state.

The cost of private or OOS colleges has become so expensive that nearly every student applies to the state flagship these days. But there are only so many spots available. Of course there are thousands of high performing students at MCPS. But UMDCP also has to take students from Garret County and Somerset County and Baltimore County and so on. That's their mandate.

I do like the Texas system, where UT Austin admits the top 5 percent of students from all public high schools. But even if you apply that to Maryland, there will still be thousands of 4.0 MCPS students frozen out of UMDCP. And being a top 5 percent student at schools like Whitman or Churchill is incredibly difficult regardless.

States like California have tons of great public options - from the UCs to the Cal States. But most states don't invest that much in public colleges, so everyone needs to work with reality. UMBC is pretty good these days. But again, supply and demand is always going to be the main issue. There aren't enough seats at UMDCP and UMBC to accommodate every strong student in Maryland. And the competition is so fierce because no one wants to pay or can afford $200,000-$400,000 to go elsewhere, especially since most families have more than one kid. [/quote]

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