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

umcp11
Tue, 27 Apr 2010 10:56:17 +0000

Well, I agree that 4K a year is not a large difference when going into a business profession, but I don’t think you should fall into the trap of picking a college just because it’s ranked higher…

I do not think your job opportunities graduating from UDel are going to be significantly different than your opportunities graduating from MD. Certainly graduate school admissions would not look down on you for either choice. The one thing in MD’s favor is its Baltimore-DC area location, which I imagine WOULD help expand your job/internship opportunities.

It always bugs me a /bit/ when people use the “all else being equal, wouldn’t they pick someone from a higher ranked school?” trope. The fact of the matter is rarely ever (if ever) are two candidates going to be equal…everyone gets unique internships, grades, recommendations, and has unique ECs and cover-letter and resume-writing and interviewing ability. You will hardly ever be faced against a candidate that is the “exact same” as you, unless you have purposely tried to be very average and mediocre ;). And I hope you wouldn’t!