@PeterW I agree, Cornell has a much nicer campus than UMD (even when its covered in snow). I am actually in a pretty similar situation as your son was except for the fact that I was waitlisted by Michigan after they made an effort to combat their consistent over-enrollment of the freshmen class. I do really like Michigan, but their OOS financial aid is pretty terrible, so although I am still on the waitlist, it is unlikely I will end up there (and I won’t even hear back from them until mid-June). Everyone I know who goes/went to Mich or UMD loves it.