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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]With these incredibly high college costs, is it really worth the money for your kid go somewhere other than a college/university near home?

Wouldn't you get a bigger bang for your buck by sending them to a local university and having them stay at home instead of paying the exorbitant room and board fees?

It's not like they couldn't go out with their friends at night or the weekend![/quote]

UMD is the only school in MD I would even consider for my child. My DD is at a college in NE on a great scholarship that comes in 2K above all total UMD costs.  Then next year off campus apartments run about $400-500 a month where at UMD they are about $900-1100/mo (to live in freaking College Park, MD!)  The cost for her travel is about $600 a year.  And personally, I like it much better.  The area, the people, that she is far away from home and learning how to be independent. Not living at home with mom and dad.  Plus, I do not want my kids setting up roots in the DMV.  I don't even want to be here.  Hoping husband's job relocates him in less than 5 years. [/quote]

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