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Anonymous wrote:"Now a Terp" yard sign arrived today from UMD. Our senior has not said yes, and with no merit aid, even with UMD Scholars, will likely go to another OOS flagship where they were accepted to honors college and received merit aid (and will therefore be less than in state UMD).

Bizarre.

We got one, too. We didn't think it was bizarre, just a waste of $. They should send to kids who say they are going to go. A t shirt or hat you could still wear anyway, but no one is going to put a "now a terp" sign in their yard if they aren't going.

This! A t-shirt would have been money better spent. This will sit in my garage until god knows when.

Anonymous wrote:"Now a Terp" yard sign arrived today from UMD. Our senior has not said yes, and with no merit aid, even with UMD Scholars, will likely go to another OOS flagship where they were accepted to honors college and received merit aid (and will therefore be less than in state UMD).

Bizarre.

We got one, too. We didn't think it was bizarre, just a waste of $. They should send to kids who say they are going to go. A t shirt or hat you could still wear anyway, but no one is going to put a "now a terp" sign in their yard if they aren't going.

All kids in my neighborhood got yard signs last year from elementary, middle and high schools when they graduated. I think yard signs are a thing now with COVID.

Anonymous wrote:DS got this from Delaware. What's the big deal? It is a business and they want to earn the money.

Go Blue Hens!

Anonymous wrote:"Now a Terp" yard sign arrived today from UMD. Our senior has not said yes, and with no merit aid, even with UMD Scholars, will likely go to another OOS flagship where they were accepted to honors college and received merit aid (and will therefore be less than in state UMD).

Bizarre.

Then go to other school. UMD needs your kid less than your kid needs UMD. Bizarre post indeed.

What, with a million dollar house, you still need aid and are complaining about UMD sending a sign. Sorry you are too good for UMD.

We’ll try to go slow so you can keep up: this is a marketing move to try to encourage you to accept. They want you to feel welcome, wanted and excited. So that you accept.

Must be a new thing. I have 2 kids at UMD right now and neither got one.

My DD got a t-shirt, sticker and other swag from SMCM. She hasn’t officially accepted their offer yet.

Curious what school offered enough merit aid to make it worth turning down in state UMD.

Congrats to your kid! Lots of colleges do similar— t-shirt, yard sign, poster, etc. It’s nice. Lots of kids are excited to put it in the yard. If yours isn’t fine.

But it shouldn’t be bizarre or upsetting.

If you think they snubbed your kid on merit, then find a school that appreciates his merit more.

This is not hard.

Anonymous wrote:"Now a Terp" yard sign arrived today from UMD. Our senior has not said yes, and with no merit aid, even with UMD Scholars, will likely go to another OOS flagship where they were accepted to honors college and received merit aid (and will therefore be less than in state UMD).

Bizarre.

I am confused why this is bizarre. It's there for your senior to put up if and when they make the decision. How did your kid get into an honors college without the reasoning skills to be able to sit you down and explain this? Did you think that it's mandatory that they put it up?

DS got this from Delaware. What's the big deal? It is a business and they want to earn the money.

What's bizarre is that you didn't say "huh," and either trash it or store it in the garage.

Like...what do you want?

"Now a Terp" yard sign arrived today from UMD. Our senior has not said yes, and with no merit aid, even with UMD Scholars, will likely go to another OOS flagship where they were accepted to honors college and received merit aid (and will therefore be less than in state UMD).

Bizarre.