$240K+ for four years is a lot to spend on something if you won't get a decent ROI, unless you have a ton of money.

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Anonymous wrote:UCs are worth the extra out of state. Perhaps Berkeley.

Only Cal is really worth it.

-former 40 year CA resident

Why not UCLA?

PP is living in a time warp.

Wait until they regale you with the number of parking spaces reserved for dearly departed Nobel laureates on the Cal campus!

Come in from the cold, old timer. Cal hasn't been top o’ the heap for quite some time now.

? says who?

Anonymous wrote:We only have UMD, good school but not great so not much of a choice.

You say that as if other state universities in Maryland don't even exist.

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Anonymous wrote:Just like a Nissan Versa is the only car worth it to some, others it's a Honda Civic and others it's a BMW or a Lamborghini, it's subjective. Worth it to one person doesn't mean worth it to someone else.

We have one at an OOS flagship with merit who loves it there and another at a $$$ private where we are full play and they love it. For us, happy, kids who are learning inside the classroom and out, both are worth it.

Np. Do you think kids really know what will make them happy when they apply to schools? Seems like such a young age to have it all figured out. Many kids switch majors etc

DP:

My youngest (also my most academic) knew they wanted engineering, and specifically Chem Engineering. Approaching senior year and hasn't waivered any. But They are the type we knew it would be some type of STEM/Engineering no matter what (Kid's first class they had to "study for at all" was AP Calc BC---not for AB, AP Chem/AP Bio/AP Physics Mechanics, etc) And yes, we let them pick the best school for them (not the cheapest either by $42K/year)

Anonymous wrote:Just like a Nissan Versa is the only car worth it to some, others it's a Honda Civic and others it's a BMW or a Lamborghini, it's subjective. Worth it to one person doesn't mean worth it to someone else.

We have one at an OOS flagship with merit who loves it there and another at a $$$ private where we are full play and they love it. For us, happy, kids who are learning inside the classroom and out, both are worth it.

Exactly! However, I would say it can never be "worth it" if you don't already have the $$$$$$ for OOS saved or are so rich that cash flowing it is literally nothing.
It's not needed to go into massive debt to do that

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Anonymous wrote:We only have UMD, good school but not great so not much of a choice.

MD has many more than just UMD.

And UMD is a top 50 school, top 25 stem school

UT Austin Turning Scholar. - definitely worth it. Was able to get in state tuition second year and graduating early with AP credits.

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Anonymous wrote:UCs are worth the extra out of state. Perhaps Berkeley.

My DC went OOS state to Berkeley and had enough AP credits so he could double major and graduate in 3 years. Plus rhe investment club prepared him for internship interviews and hs landed amazing summer internships which paid for almost most of tuition (in his case it $45k). Overall, he loved his experience and we dont regret it one bit.

Which investment club and which major?

Math and Econ major and club is Capital Investments at Berkeley. Its a pretty competitive club but they do a great job of preparing kids for interviews and has short courses taught by students which my kid found to be very useful.

https://www.ciberkeley.com/education here is link to the courses which are taught at the club, it is pretty amazing.

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Anonymous wrote:UCs are worth the extra out of state. Perhaps Berkeley.

My DC went OOS state to Berkeley and had enough AP credits so he could double major and graduate in 3 years. Plus rhe investment club prepared him for internship interviews and hs landed amazing summer internships which paid for almost most of tuition (in his case it $45k). Overall, he loved his experience and we dont regret it one bit.

Which investment club and which major?

Math and Econ major and club is Capital Investments at Berkeley. Its a pretty competitive club but they do a great job of preparing kids for interviews and has short courses taught by students which my kid found to be very useful.

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Anonymous wrote:UCs are worth the extra out of state. Perhaps Berkeley.

My DC went OOS state to Berkeley and had enough AP credits so he could double major and graduate in 3 years. Plus rhe investment club prepared him for internship interviews and hs landed amazing summer internships which paid for almost most of tuition (in his case it $45k). Overall, he loved his experience and we dont regret it one bit.

+1 hard to turn it down.

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Anonymous wrote:Reputation of major is what matters.

I am paying for GW's Elliott School of International Affairs because it's ranked in the top 10 worldwide. Kid was accepted at UMD Honors (it was his safety), but there's just no comparison for that specific major.

Why? What is available at GW that is not available at UMD?

Well the Elliott School has about double the number of classes, more renowned professors and former senior officials and diplomats, and better career services and connections to DC jobs for starters.

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Anonymous wrote:UCs are worth the extra out of state. Perhaps Berkeley.

My DC went OOS state to Berkeley and had enough AP credits so he could double major and graduate in 3 years. Plus rhe investment club prepared him for internship interviews and hs landed amazing summer internships which paid for almost most of tuition (in his case it $45k). Overall, he loved his experience and we dont regret it one bit.

Which investment club and which major?

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Anonymous wrote:UCs are worth the extra out of state. Perhaps Berkeley.

Only Cal is really worth it.

-former 40 year CA resident

Why not UCLA?

PP is living in a time warp.

Wait until they regale you with the number of parking spaces reserved for dearly departed Nobel laureates on the Cal campus!

Come in from the cold, old timer. Cal hasn't been top o’ the heap for quite some time now.

Anonymous wrote:UCs are worth the extra out of state. Perhaps Berkeley.

My DC went OOS state to Berkeley and had enough AP credits so he could double major and graduate in 3 years. Plus rhe investment club prepared him for internship interviews and hs landed amazing summer internships which paid for almost most of tuition (in his case it $45k). Overall, he loved his experience and we dont regret it one bit.

Anonymous wrote:Work moved me out of the DMV to Arizona and I am astounded at the number of people paying OOS for ASU. The U of A may be a smidge better, I get it that if your kid would benefit from the SALT program it would be worth it. The business schools aren't too bad, but I don't understand paying OOS for a basic degree that you can get instate at much lower cost.

Well they are probably getting a discount on it.