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Anonymous wrote:Just curious. Tell me about your kid who got into UMD and just didn’t want to go because it is close to home. As much as I wanted my kid to go there, she wanted to get away. So she is going to Indiana. -sigh-

My kid could not get into UMD College Park because we live in Montgomery County. Because of this we have to pay 4 times more tuition. I have paid tons of Maryland taxes for 3 plus decades and no pay off with UMD. Disgraceful.

Plenty of kids get into UMD from MCPS--so that can't be the only reason!

Yes it can be the only reason!

My student is in the top 10% of his class at a top Montgomery County High School.
Montgomery County is allocated only a certain number of slots for UMD.
But for an "equitable" distribution among the counties, UMD would have 80% Montgomery County students. Frustrating for a student who did all the right things and made good choices.

My magnet kid got shut out at T15. 4.95 WGPA, 1580 SAT (perfect math score), all 5s on 9+ APs (I lost count), good e.c.s including top honors in a nationally recognized organization.

Why did they get shut out of T15 when kids in the same school got in with much lower stats? Because my DC's major is very competitive and the others are not, and the other has DEI that my kid doesn't.

There are many reasons why top performing kids don't get in.

I'm willing to bet there were kids at your MCPS HS who had lower stats who did get into UMD. Unfortunately, it's not just about test scores and stats. Major matters, too.

You only inserted "unfortunately" because that limited list of criteria would have favored your kid.

Schools get to curate the incoming class they want. Just like kids get to compose their own lists.

Great time for kids to learn to cope with the fact that we don't always have control over outcomes. And you move on...

yes, because DEI has nothing to do with achievement and academics. The color of your skin or what gender pronoun you feel like using that day should have no bearing on college admissions.

My kid can't help that they are heterosexual or born with a particular skin color. DC joked that they should say they are racially fluid because they are biracial, sometimes they feel like they are x race, and other times y race. That's how silly these DEI labels have become.

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Anonymous wrote:Just curious. Tell me about your kid who got into UMD and just didn’t want to go because it is close to home. As much as I wanted my kid to go there, she wanted to get away. So she is going to Indiana. -sigh-

My kid could not get into UMD College Park because we live in Montgomery County. Because of this we have to pay 4 times more tuition. I have paid tons of Maryland taxes for 3 plus decades and no pay off with UMD. Disgraceful.

UMBC, Salisbury, etc. have the same tuition. Should have looked there!

Or SMCM—great school

Anonymous wrote:Just curious. Tell me about your kid who got into UMD and just didn’t want to go because it is close to home. As much as I wanted my kid to go there, she wanted to get away. So she is going to Indiana. -sigh-

This happens all the time. My kid is going to Utah. I've heard of kids going to Vermont, Cali schools, CU Boulder, Duke, UNC despite being accepted to UMd. Some kids just don't want to go the school that's on the same street as their elementary/middle/high school, even when it's as great and cheap as Maryland. If she's happy with where she's chosen, and you can make it happen without too much financial difficulty - then it's a win.

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Anonymous wrote:Just curious. Tell me about your kid who got into UMD and just didn’t want to go because it is close to home. As much as I wanted my kid to go there, she wanted to get away. So she is going to Indiana. -sigh-

My kid could not get into UMD College Park because we live in Montgomery County. Because of this we have to pay 4 times more tuition. I have paid tons of Maryland taxes for 3 plus decades and no pay off with UMD. Disgraceful.

Plenty of kids get into UMD from MCPS--so that can't be the only reason!

Yes it can be the only reason!

My student is in the top 10% of his class at a top Montgomery County High School.
Montgomery County is allocated only a certain number of slots for UMD.
But for an "equitable" distribution among the counties, UMD would have 80% Montgomery County students. Frustrating for a student who did all the right things and made good choices.

My magnet kid got shut out at T15. 4.95 WGPA, 1580 SAT (perfect math score), all 5s on 9+ APs (I lost count), good e.c.s including top honors in a nationally recognized organization.

Why did they get shut out of T15 when kids in the same school got in with much lower stats? Because my DC's major is very competitive and the others are not, and the other has DEI that my kid doesn't.

There are many reasons why top performing kids don't get in.

I'm willing to bet there were kids at your MCPS HS who had lower stats who did get into UMD. Unfortunately, it's not just about test scores and stats. Major matters, too.

Yes. I don't blame you for being upset.

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Anonymous wrote:Just curious. Tell me about your kid who got into UMD and just didn’t want to go because it is close to home. As much as I wanted my kid to go there, she wanted to get away. So she is going to Indiana. -sigh-

My kid could not get into UMD College Park because we live in Montgomery County. Because of this we have to pay 4 times more tuition. I have paid tons of Maryland taxes for 3 plus decades and no pay off with UMD. Disgraceful.

Plenty of kids get into UMD from MCPS--so that can't be the only reason!

Yes it can be the only reason!

My student is in the top 10% of his class at a top Montgomery County High School.
Montgomery County is allocated only a certain number of slots for UMD.
But for an "equitable" distribution among the counties, UMD would have 80% Montgomery County students. Frustrating for a student who did all the right things and made good choices.

My magnet kid got shut out at T15. 4.95 WGPA, 1580 SAT (perfect math score), all 5s on 9+ APs (I lost count), good e.c.s including top honors in a nationally recognized organization.

Why did they get shut out of T15 when kids in the same school got in with much lower stats? Because my DC's major is very competitive and the others are not, and the other has DEI that my kid doesn't.

There are many reasons why top performing kids don't get in.

I'm willing to bet there were kids at your MCPS HS who had lower stats who did get into UMD. Unfortunately, it's not just about test scores and stats. Major matters, too.

You only inserted "unfortunately" because that limited list of criteria would have favored your kid.

Schools get to curate the incoming class they want. Just like kids get to compose their own lists.

Great time for kids to learn to cope with the fact that we don't always have control over outcomes. And you move on...

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Anonymous wrote:Just curious. Tell me about your kid who got into UMD and just didn’t want to go because it is close to home. As much as I wanted my kid to go there, she wanted to get away. So she is going to Indiana. -sigh-

My kid could not get into UMD College Park because we live in Montgomery County. Because of this we have to pay 4 times more tuition. I have paid tons of Maryland taxes for 3 plus decades and no pay off with UMD. Disgraceful.

Plenty of kids get into UMD from MCPS--so that can't be the only reason!

Yes it can be the only reason!

My student is in the top 10% of his class at a top Montgomery County High School.
Montgomery County is allocated only a certain number of slots for UMD.
But for an "equitable" distribution among the counties, UMD would have 80% Montgomery County students. Frustrating for a student who did all the right things and made good choices.

My magnet kid got shut out at T15. 4.95 WGPA, 1580 SAT (perfect math score), all 5s on 9+ APs (I lost count), good e.c.s including top honors in a nationally recognized organization.

Why did they get shut out of T15 when kids in the same school got in with much lower stats? Because my DC's major is very competitive and the others are not, and the other has DEI that my kid doesn't.

There are many reasons why top performing kids don't get in.

I'm willing to bet there were kids at your MCPS HS who had lower stats who did get into UMD. Unfortunately, it's not just about test scores and stats. Major matters, too.

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Anonymous wrote:Just curious. Tell me about your kid who got into UMD and just didn’t want to go because it is close to home. As much as I wanted my kid to go there, she wanted to get away. So she is going to Indiana. -sigh-

My kid could not get into UMD College Park because we live in Montgomery County. Because of this we have to pay 4 times more tuition. I have paid tons of Maryland taxes for 3 plus decades and no pay off with UMD. Disgraceful.

Plenty of kids get into UMD from MCPS--so that can't be the only reason!

Yes it can be the only reason!

My student is in the top 10% of his class at a top Montgomery County High School.
Montgomery County is allocated only a certain number of slots for UMD.
But for an "equitable" distribution among the counties, UMD would have 80% Montgomery County students. Frustrating for a student who did all the right things and made good choices.

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Anonymous wrote:Just curious. Tell me about your kid who got into UMD and just didn’t want to go because it is close to home. As much as I wanted my kid to go there, she wanted to get away. So she is going to Indiana. -sigh-

My kid could not get into UMD College Park because we live in Montgomery County. Because of this we have to pay 4 times more tuition. I have paid tons of Maryland taxes for 3 plus decades and no pay off with UMD. Disgraceful.

Plenty of kids get into UMD from MCPS--so that can't be the only reason!

+1 I understand the frustration.

I used to live in CA, 40 years. I paid a gazillion dollars in taxes. We moved to the DC area several years ago, and my kid wanted to apply to UCs, and we'd have to pay OOS. Couldn't we get some credit for having paid so much in taxes in CA? But no. It doesn't work that way. So, UMD it is.

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Anonymous wrote:Just curious. Tell me about your kid who got into UMD and just didn’t want to go because it is close to home. As much as I wanted my kid to go there, she wanted to get away. So she is going to Indiana. -sigh-

My kid could not get into UMD College Park because we live in Montgomery County. Because of this we have to pay 4 times more tuition. I have paid tons of Maryland taxes for 3 plus decades and no pay off with UMD. Disgraceful.

UMBC, Salisbury, etc. have the same tuition. Should have looked there!

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Anonymous wrote:Just curious. Tell me about your kid who got into UMD and just didn’t want to go because it is close to home. As much as I wanted my kid to go there, she wanted to get away. So she is going to Indiana. -sigh-

My kid could not get into UMD College Park because we live in Montgomery County. Because of this we have to pay 4 times more tuition. I have paid tons of Maryland taxes for 3 plus decades and no pay off with UMD. Disgraceful.

But Montgomery County couples with no children pay taxes too right? They are not just about discounted college. Admission to UMCP is not guaranteed when you move here.

You get police services, decent roads, beautiful parks, good public schools K-12, health inspections of restaurants, free and fair elections, a staffed government to manage the county...so let's put this in perspective.

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Anonymous wrote:Just curious. Tell me about your kid who got into UMD and just didn’t want to go because it is close to home. As much as I wanted my kid to go there, she wanted to get away. So she is going to Indiana. -sigh-

My kid could not get into UMD College Park because we live in Montgomery County. Because of this we have to pay 4 times more tuition. I have paid tons of Maryland taxes for 3 plus decades and no pay off with UMD. Disgraceful.

Plenty of kids get into UMD from MCPS--so that can't be the only reason!

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Anonymous wrote:Just curious. Tell me about your kid who got into UMD and just didn’t want to go because it is close to home. As much as I wanted my kid to go there, she wanted to get away. So she is going to Indiana. -sigh-

My kid could not get into UMD College Park because we live in Montgomery County. Because of this we have to pay 4 times more tuition. I have paid tons of Maryland taxes for 3 plus decades and no pay off with UMD. Disgraceful.

Agree and understandable.

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Anonymous wrote:Just curious. Tell me about your kid who got into UMD and just didn’t want to go because it is close to home. As much as I wanted my kid to go there, she wanted to get away. So she is going to Indiana. -sigh-

My kid could not get into UMD College Park because we live in Montgomery County. Because of this we have to pay 4 times more tuition. I have paid tons of Maryland taxes for 3 plus decades and no pay off with UMD. Disgraceful.

Or you could choose one of the other Maryland public universities and have confidence that your kid will succeed there with far less financial strain.

Anonymous wrote:Just curious. Tell me about your kid who got into UMD and just didn’t want to go because it is close to home. As much as I wanted my kid to go there, she wanted to get away. So she is going to Indiana. -sigh-

My kid could not get into UMD College Park because we live in Montgomery County. Because of this we have to pay 4 times more tuition. I have paid tons of Maryland taxes for 3 plus decades and no pay off with UMD. Disgraceful.

Anonymous wrote:At the end of the day, we found a smaller place with good academics in a nice, supportive environment. This was the opposite of her MCPS school. Just nice kids. Half the time I wasn’t looking at academics. They needed to be decent. But we needed a nicer crowd.

That's an expensive way to address social issues and not academic issues.