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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m paying $50k for high school and I don’t want to pay $80k for college. [/quote]

You should have saved the money to pay for the better school.  Anyone who claims UMD is better than or the same as MIT is ignorant or lying.  [/quote]

You're wrong, it's not so black and white. MIT has one of the best math and physics education in the world. It's also a cut-throat pressure cooker self-esteem wringer. And is it worth that price differential? That will depend on people's financial situations, OP and PP. Not everyone qualifies for financial aid, and people's goals are all different. It's ridiculous to send a Humanities or Business kid to MIT, since they need top-level math and physics to graduate, and presumably might not graduate with the best GPA.

It's all in the details, people. You can't make sweeping statements like idiots.
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Ok, to clarify MIT programs in sciences, physics, math, every kind of engineering, neuroscience, computer science are their strengths as opposed to liberal arts and other BAs.  The people in these fields that rise to the top typically went to MIT or CalTech or a couple others.   Most people know nothing about UMD and that makes a difference.  Everyone knows MIT.

If a person can’t afford MIT then a state school is the best option. But don’t try and kid yourself that the educational standards or the research or the resources are similar.  I went to a public university and it was a D3  in sports and academically 2nd tier.  But it’s what we could afford.  [/quote]

I knew a guy at MIT who went to UMD for undergrad. He often mentioned how he was in the honors program and how he went there because it was tuition free. I don’t think anyone cared but he felt the need to explain himself. He was brilliant. Boston is full of school snobs.[/quote]

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