That was just what I was thinking when I saw the $210,000 number. UMD is a very good university. Being in-state should make it affordable. Hopefully if you get your bachelor’s degree with some $$ left in the bank, this can be used to help you with law school.
Someone from Maryland with an unweighted 4.0 GPA might think that they did not need quite this high of a high school GPA to get into their in-state flagship. However, having a 4.0 in high school suggests that you are very well prepared to do well at UMD or another university. To gain admissions to a good law school your university grades will matter a lot, and being very well prepared to do well in university is going to help you quite a bit. You great results up to now are definitely going to continue to help you going forward regardless of where you attend university. If you qualify for merit aid then this can again help you quite a bit in helping to save some $$ for law school, or for any other graduate degree.