Thanks all for your spirited input! Definitely appreciate all the information. It is going to be a difficult decision. DS was very happy with his first impressions after the Maryland campus visit a while ago. Purdue we didn’t visit yet though I like what I have learned about PU so far with an engineering program that is internationally renowned. DS is a bit apprehensive to go to college ‘far away’ though I explained to him that he won’t necessarily come home more often when in DC vs Indiana. To me distance is not the overriding factor. I understand that Maryland has DC but also that West Lafayette has a good reputation as college town. I personally would appreciate DS being exposed to an environment different than the NE he has known all his life.
He will participate in both schools’ admitted student days so I hope that will allow us to seal the deal…