Anonymous wrote:Morgan State, Bowie State, UMES and UMD at Shady Grove are other in state options.

Anonymous wrote:The only two reasons in-state colleges, apart from flagships, are worth considering is if the student is both short of money and short on grades and achievements. The student could also end up at an out-of-state college with enough merit aid to compare with in-state tuition, but it's a matter of luck, and it takes a lot of research and no small amount of luck.

Knowing this, please consider UMBC. It has a utilitarian ethos, but in terms of instruction, it's nearly as good as UMDCP.

In the end, if your kid is lucky, they will find their "best fit" among the colleges that accept them.

We are not short on money or graders or achievements.

For some, maybe more than you know, students and/or their families have reasons that they stay closer to home. If my student chose to go OOS, he would not need to be lucky and get merit.

Anonymous wrote:The only two reasons in-state colleges, apart from flagships, are worth considering is if the student is both short of money and short on grades and achievements. The student could also end up at an out-of-state college with enough merit aid to compare with in-state tuition, but it's a matter of luck, and it takes a lot of research and no small amount of luck.

Knowing this, please consider UMBC. It has a utilitarian ethos, but in terms of instruction, it's nearly as good as UMDCP.

In the end, if your kid is lucky, they will find their "best fit" among the colleges that accept them.