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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]UMD is the main option for strong students in MD and it’s too close to home for many MoCo kids. They might also prefer a more rural or urban city or a smaller school.[/quote]

It frustrates me so much to see MD kids say that. My VA would love to go to UMD but $$$$ (if she could even get in). [/quote]

And my MD son would have killed to get into UVA or W&M.  Virginia has way more great options compared to Maryland.[/quote]

Meanwhile my VA son got into UVA (we made him apply) but mainly chose UMD because it has better racial diversity for African-Americans. I'm white. He is black. He had no desire for a VA school due to racial demographics. So to answer OP, there are reasons you may not have even considered why students choose OOS publics. He's very happy there. Will graduate next year with a duo degree in electrical enginnering and physics and a minor in computer science. Has had fantastic internships since the summer of his freshman year. Not sure he would have been as successful at UVA as he wouldn't have been as happy or felt as welcomed. [/quote]

VCU isn’t good enough, huh?[/quote]

Why the slight? I am a VCU grad, and whele diverse overall, the various groups stock to themselves. I worked my way through grad school in a very blue collar job and noted that Richmond tended to embody various stereotypes. UMD is a terriific school. No slight on VCU intended, but I can see why someone might want to go to uMD, especially w/ some of VA's racial baggage.[/quote]

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