<p>Are you going to live on campus?</p>
<p>That really seems to be, at least to me, the make or break decision since both schools are comparatively equal for education.</p>
<p>If you are, than the question is will CP be too large, will BC be too small to you. If you are commuting than it is a wash, but if it is living on campus, you need to take a strong close look at the campus and the outskirts to make the decision. Baltimore is not DC. It is a great city, but like campuses it has a different feel than DC.</p>
<p>One of our DS’s roommates leaves every Thursday after class and doesn’t come back until Monday because he goes home every weekend. He took UMDCP over UMBC because of the location. </p>
<p>You have to look inside of yourself at what you want if you intend to live on campus. The campuses are night and day, the classes are night and day, the town is night and day. If you commute go to whichever is closer, if you intend to live than look at the campus, not the academics.</p>