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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]UMD is a backup for most kids.  an over achiever ends up at UMD and excels.  easier to stand out.  if kid over achieves and gets to T10 ... could end up at below the bottom third and look mediocre.[/quote]

Saying UMD is a backup for most kids is crazy work. This board makes me laugh. [/quote]

I graduated from UMD.  But to the kids with the stats to get into schools like Gtech (12% acceptance rate) and UVA (15% acceptance rate), UMD is definitely a back up. [/quote]

My DC was accepted to Michigan and Georgia Tech for CS. But picked UMD instead. Worked out really well for him. Some of the others who ended up going to Michigan for CS not doing as well in comparison. But maybe that’s because of the job market. [/quote]

Kids and families have their reasons for picking certain schools over the others and often it clearly is for financial reasons which makes complete sense.  That wasn't my point.  My point was "safety" schools and UMD is often a safety school for very high stat engineering/CS or CompE kids.    [/quote]

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