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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Let me say that I think UMD is a fantastic school and anyone who gets in - which is a much tougher admit than it used to be - can get a great education. And in general, smart, ambitious, determined kids can go anywhere from any school.

Still for us, my immigrant husband who won't spend a dime on anything other than education felt VERY strongly about ensuring that our kids could go to the best possible school that they could get into. His argument was that their horizons will be exponentially wider if they are at a competitive school with peers from all over the country and all over the world.

That is true in my own experience - I lucked into an Ivy back when an ordinary smart kid could do that. It exposed me to ideas and people whom I would have never met at my state flagship, even though it is/was a fine school.

I don't mean to imply that the OP is necessarily wrong to steer her DD toward UMD instead of Emory. It's a really tough choice, especially if the funds are there in the 529 to pay for Emory. But I did want to make the point that paying full price for a private undergraduate education can be worth it.[/quote]

I’m not sure Emory is worth that, though? Harvard or Yale etc yes. But Emory? Is it really “better” than UMD? I wouldn’t have thought so.[/quote]

Compared to most objective measures and rankings Emory is quite a bit better. It’s like saying Georgetown and UMD are basically the same and on par with each other. Obviously both are very different environments and offer different experiences. Same as Emory would. Again though it depends on the student preferences because UMD isn’t a terrible choice either.

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