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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Here's the thing that has been mentioned by several other posters, for those of us who grew up in MCPS during the 80's and 90's thought UMCP was a joke. Basically everyone who applied got in. That's not to say that they didn't have some very good programs and very bright students, especially engineering. It's very hard to wrap your mind around the huge change in admissions for UMCP. Many parents my age with kids in high school can't really get that out of their minds. [b]Maryland really should be like other states that require the school to admit a percentage of students from the state. [/b]It's supposed to be our "flagship" school.[/quote]

It's already 76% in-state.[/quote]

If that's the case, why isn't UMCP accepting our best and brightest? I know a lot of kids who didn't get into Maryland but got into Michigan, Wisconsin etc.,[/quote]
They are. MoCo students make up 37.5% of the in-state undergraduate population, while MoCo is only 17.5% of the population.

Also remember that many of the best and brightest are accepted but choose to go elsewhere.

Why is it so hard for people to wrap their heads around the fact that Maryland as a whole produces far more top-notch students than UMD-CP can take?[/quote]
You’re cherry picking data.[/quote]

I think the issue is more in comparing UMCP to other state schools that accept a greater proportion from in state.  If UMCP was mandated to accept a certain proportion of students from Maryland higher than they accept now than more Maryland students including Montgomery county could get in.  Others states accept a higher proportion of in state students. My thought is since we pay taxes to help fund UMCP, Maryland should increase the proportion of  in state students it accepts.  From the incredible statistics of rejected MCPS students it is fair to say that UMCP could still have a very talented student population while accepting more students from in state.[/quote]

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