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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My DD is a sophomore so we are just getting started at thinking about colleges. She is a good student, but not perfect, at a competitive MCPS school. Money wise, I think she will need to stay in state. It sounds like University of Maryland College Park might be too hard to get into. What are the personalities of the other in state schools

She does not know what she wants to major in, but wants the college experience.

Thank you for your help.[/quote]

If she wants a small liberal arts college, SMCM is very good, pretty campus, in the middle of nowhere, but on the water so great if you like water sports. Not hard to get into, but they have a cutoff, so if your grades aren't good enough, you won't get in, even if they have space.

UMDCP isn't that hard to get into! If you want CS or Engineering, it's much harder, but for liberal arts, it's not impossible. If she's a B+ student with decent SATs, she has a good shot at UMDCP if she's planning on majoring in English or Sociology.

Salisbury and Towson are pretty much like CC, but a lot larger. Not academically challenging, and they accept pretty much everyone with a high school diploma. If your kid is a good student, I'd skip both of them.

UMDBC is fairly impressive, although the campus is UGLY. Ugh. My DD rejected it for that reason!! But I was impressed by the many programs, by the students, by the professors. It seems like a very solid school, definitely a cut above Towson or Salisbury.

I disagree about OOS merit aid if you're not going to a southern school like Alabama or Ole Miss or [b]Florida[/b], where you can get full rides if you're a decent student. But my kid completely rejected going to a large southern school. She's not into greek life, not a partier, not into football.

Liberal arts colleges (Dickinson, Muhlenberg, Juniata, etc.) will give your kid $20-30K in merit, but not enough to matchl in-state tuition in MD. [/quote]

Umm, no one said Florida. Or Georgia. Good luck getting in as both are significantly HARDER than CP and OOS merit is very difficult. Laughably to say if you are a decent student you can get full ride there. NMF doesn’t even guarantee Honors. 
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