@ClassicRockerDad yes…the loan amount for,this student might decrease when his siblings go to college BUT his parents financial obligations could actually double. What happens if the sibling(S) want to go to expensive private schools also, and need loans. Will the parents be able and willing to subsidize everyone?
And remember…at Profile schools…it’s not 50/50 when more than one sibling is in college…it’s 60/60.
The honors program this student had been offered at MD gives him research opportunities he might not get even at a smaller school. We are very familiar with both Lehigh and Villanova…both great schools. But I’m not sure they are worth more than Maryland with the honors college option (we have family members who are recent honors MD engineering grads…doing VERY well).