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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]All the AP classes taken in MCPS and going to OOS publics where they accept the APs makes it super easy to graduate in 3 years, saving tens of thousands of dollars, which in our case, can then go toward grad school[/quote]

My UMC MCPS grad also got credits for AP classes in UMD-CP.  He could finish in 2.5 years if he wanted.  Instead, he chose to double major in CS and Maths in 4 years. Also, since tuition was paid through merit scholarship, he wanted to utilize it for all 4 years, since getting these dual majors was costing him zero dollars. Grad school will certainly happen for him. [/quote]

I wish my niece had followed this path.  She got a lot of financial aid to attend a top public university.  She finished in 3 years with a film studies major.  I suggested that she consider doing a double major with something kind of practical, just as a fall-back, since her education was mostly "free" to her.  She refused to consider the idea.  I thought it was a waste of a year of free education at a top public university, but the brain of a 21-year-old is not fully developed.[/quote]

Yeah that sucks in her case, because you just don't get that kind of opportunity for a free year of education in whatever you want later on when you're 27 or 35 or ever. [/quote]

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