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[quote=Anonymous]I have a PhD in Engineering from Hopkins and my sister went to UMBC, Meyerhoff, and then got an Engineering PhD from Michigan.  I would say that first while UMBC is a solid school its the Meyerhoff program that is the real stand out and likely what a Stanford acceptee is considering.  Of course more people have heard of Stanford for good reason.

I would say it depends not only on the cost difference but the individual student. Just getting info Stanford does not mean you will get the full benefits, .i.e. Silicon Valley internships, research opportunities with Stanford faculty and good recommendations.  Those are competitive and you are competing with the top 10-20% at Stanford.  In the Meyerhoff program they are going to get 90% of their students connected with summer internships at top research universities.  These require not just good grades but recommendations and connections.

To be clear, not every UMBC student gets this attention only Meyerhoff and they are top 1% of the school.  Stanford and similar schools do not take a personal interest in pushing their average students into summer internships even though their average students are equivalent or better then typical UMBC students.  Of course, everyone at Stanford gets the name recognition, peer competition and great campus/weather but only for undergrad.  [/quote]

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