UMD vs UDel - 2 Days to Decide!!!!!

bulletandpima
Tue, 27 Apr 2010 10:33:19 +0000

To me the crime thing is getting close to being on the level of an URBAN MYTH. There is some truth to it, but it is warped to believe that you will be locked in your dorm after sunset because everyone who goes out are taking a high chance of rape, mugging or murder.

College Park is also a TOWN, it is not just a university. It is a large TOWN. You need to place that into perspective.

UMD and UDEL are night and day differences. UMD is an ACC school and athletics plya into the social life. UMD is close to DC which expands your horizons. The campuses have a total different feel.

UMD also has the number 18 in the WORLD Graduate Business School, I believe it is in the top 10 in the nation. UMDCP itself is in the top 20 public universities in the nation.
UMDCP students feed into that Grad school.

You need to look 4 yrs down the line. Yes, 4K yrly is more, and you may have to take out an additional loan. However, are you going to go straight on for an MBA or work and then go to Grad school? That question actually is a trick question.

Scenario A
~ Go straight to MBA…if at UMD you will have a higher chance to get into Smith, which is ranked by USNWR, because you are attending an undergrad that is higher ranked nationally than UDEL

Scenario B
~Go to work straight out. Who should the employer select the student who went to UMDCP (nationally ranked in the top 20) with a 3.0 gpa and internship to XYZ company or the student who went to a lower ranking college with the same background? Of course if everything is equal they are going to take the higher ranking college.

For all you know in 4 yrs from now you graduate from UDEL and get paid 10K a yr less than the kid who graduated from UMDCP. In essence it would only take you 18 months to repay that 16K. Don’t be busy jumping over the nickels to pick up the pennies. That 16K would be the pennies because you are losing sight that higher education quality typically results in better job opportunities. Maybe a better analogy would be life is a marathon, yes you can get a cheaper education (sprint), but in the end will you win the race?