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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Here’s my question about Penn State for DMV families… why would you want your child to go there instead of UVA or UMD? Yes, College Park is a construction site and has never been pretty, but they are all three good schools with fun athletics and amazing academics. Why pay to go to another state’s flagship? My DH wants my son to apply there and I cannot get him to articulate why it would be better than our home university! Not dissing it- honestly curious. If you can afford it, why did you choose it? Just to get away from the area? Is it really the Happy Valley? What makes it the special place?. [/quote]

Because UMD from W schools is getting next to impossible to get into. My kid with a 4.7 WGPA 13 APs, multiple clubs got flat out rejected UMD and a lot of her friends with 4.5 to 4.75 WGPAs did. A few are actually going to community college at MCPS and are going to try to transfer in.

Parents with Money in my W school just paid full freight places Like Penn State, Pitt, VA Tech, UVA, William and Mary and went there.

Some parents on a budget did the community college or did schools like Towson, UMBC in state or did Delaware, Binghamton flagships school that give merit aid or did Florida publics as OOS tuition is reasonable.

[b]To be honest Penn State is a bit of a cult [/b]like Notre Dame, Georgetown, UNC, VA Tech if parents went there the kids are going there sometimes regardless of cost.

And college is a MONEY MAKING THING. My kid if she lived in VA with her stats UMD would have accepted her with open arms. Instead VA is accepting her with open arms. They want the OOS tuition.     [/quote]
+1 ha I said the same.  The positive of that is that PSU has a strong alumni network.

I wish that it had better mass transit options to the DC area, but I thought the little town was nice.  It is very little, though.  But, DC really liked the tour.

Of all the tours we've been on, the PSU tour guides were the most enthusiastic by far.

I would love for DC to go in state, but they really want to leave this area, and PSU has their major, which is not offered by many of the in states here.   They are willing to use their inheritance money for this.[/quote]

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