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[mdcissp]

Does anyone have any feedback about the undergrad major in Business at Towson?

[DougBetsy]

I'm an alum and currently have a Towson intern on my staff. I'd be happy to forward your questions to her.

Both my H and I are alums. Our son is a HS senior and we have asked him not to apply to Towson. Our education was fine; merely fine. And we give Towson partical credit for keeping us gainfully employed in the Baltimore area for 20+ years.

But the campus life and school spirit was very underwhelming (in the mid 80's). Like most state schools below flagship level (commonly referred to as "directional schools"), Towson is largely a suitcase school and commuter school.

I became a business minor late in my junior year. I regret not being a major sooner. It was an engaging program. All the TU business majors I know have been quite successful.

[rodney]

a little different perspective from up here in the Garden State......Towson has become the go-to school for those kids who no longer have the stats to get into IU-Bloomington and UMass-Amherst.....UDelaware and UMaryland are completely out of reach...

5 years ago, these same "B" kids would use UDel and UMD as their low reaches (and many were accepted) and Indiana/UMass as their safeties.....this is why Towson is now on the radar; I would hazard a small guess that the "suitcase school" image, if still there, is decreasing with the influx of OOS kids....

Just my two cents.....

The whole school spirit thing? no clue; a close friend's son is actually there right now for an overnight; I'll post when he gets home.....

[DougBetsy]

Oh, and a follow-up thought....

Out-of-staters are appealing applicants to Maryland publics. In-state tuition has been frozen for 4+ years. Therefore, OOS students look good with the extra revenue they represent. (Many Marylanders are bitter about this.)