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[quote=Anonymous]I realize this is veering away from the focus of this thread but wanted to chime in.  I went to UMD because it was incredibly affordable and I got into the Honors Program.  If I'd attended private colleges and a couple of the out of state schools I was accepted to, I would have taken on enormous loans.  My family didn't qualify for financial aid and yet couldn't afford full tuition / board at most of these schools.

I graduated from UMD with absolutely no debt went on to a top 3 graduate school in my field and have a very successful career.  The curriculum at UMD was rigorous and the professors very engaged and invested in my success.  Moreover, a lot of my professional and social contacts are from my college days.  I couldn't ask for more from that perspective.

However, I agree that UMD isn't going to provide the full "college experience" if you're living down the street from your family home.  While my parents didn't visit too frequently and were mindful to give me my space (I lived in a dorm; parents in Kensington), I was home virtually every weekend doing laundry, having a meal, visiting family.  It was nice to be close to family, but I don't know that I ever established the independence that many of my friends who moved farther away were able to develop.

My hope is that my kids will go to a school farther away.

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