<p>I am also betting she didn’t get into UMCP or she got a spring admit to UMCP and decided the other colleges she got into were not worth the extra money. UMCP has always been popular with Montgomery county students because they can commute to UMCP. Now that option is off the table for many higher earning Montgomery County families because the student must also be high achieving. It has become much harder to get into UMCP. </p>
<p>In my experience you had to be in the top 5% of your class to get into UMCP. They may have admitted a higher percentage of the entire class when you include the spring admits or those high schools with really great students. I keeping hearing Montgomery County schools do not rank. I am sure the college can figure out who the top 5% is anyway. </p>
<p>No worries though because there are several really good community colleges in Maryland for a really good price. Besides if you are top 5% of you graduating class many of the directionals will give you a nice tuition break.</p>