Which school to pick

MoYunJinChi

My child has been accepted by two schools: (1) University of Maryland - College Park. (2) Brandeis University. Brandeis is supposed to be better than Maryland (according to US News ranking) but a lot more expensive. Assuming I have the money to pay for it, which school do you think I should pick? Thanks.

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That's for you to decide.

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realJSOP

I used to live about 5 miles from U of M. Maryland is not a gun-friendly state.

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Keith Barrow

Toss a coin if it's that unimportant to you.

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Henry Minute

Pick the most expensive but only fund at the cheaper rate. Leave your child to earn the difference.

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Nemanja Trifunovic

I lived just next to Brandeis University for four years. It is considered to be an excellent school, but as you noticed very expensive (more than Harvard). From what I know, it is not well known as a technical school - it mostly produces lawyers :) If that's what your child wants and is good at, go for it.

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Dan Neely

No. It's his choice if he wants to pay the difference between the two or make his child do so, but it should be the child's call about where he/she goes.

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Dan Neely

Neither is Massachusetts...

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Sandesh M Patil

John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote:

Maryland is not a gun-friendly state.

So this means that kids in school will not able to take there father gun and shoot there teacher. So my suggestion go for U & M :-D

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Bassam Abdul Baki

I used to live a few miles away too. Went to UMBC though.

Bassam Abdul Baki

UMCP is a great school for many degrees. Not sure what the other one offers, but if it's limited to lawyering as has been suggested, start of at UMCP until your child is ready to decide upon a major.

realJSOP

SChristmas wrote:

So this means that kids in school will not able to take there father gun and shoot there teacher.

If that was going to happen on anything resembling a regular basis, it would have already. Texas will be passing the campus-carry providsions for licensed CHL holders this year.

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Ennis Ray Lynch Jr

Pick the State school.

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wizardzz

Here's my advice. This is based on my sampling of coworkers and friends who have gone from a range of Ivy League, MIT, Big Ten, and small state schools. Good schools only open doors if they are very well known. I went to a well known, but not exactly prestigious University in the city, because I had access to great internships in a great industry (trading software) I think I ended up doing as well or better than many of my friends who went to top 5 Engineering schools when it came to job hunting. Plus a very large percentage of people in this city have post grad degrees from my university, so they like to hire/favor undergrads from the university. Something to consider is the size, because it reflects the size/influence of the alumni network. Also what does your kid favor? Is he going to be paying off his student loans? If so, my advice to him is go cheap or get a scholarship.

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Dan Neely

SChristmas wrote:

So this means that kids in school will not able to take there father gun and shoot there teacher.

Ummm yeah. The gun ban worked so well at Virginia Tech back in '07. Anyone who's decided to commit murder 1 isn't going to hesitate at violating a gun free zone law as well.

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Sandesh M Patil

Dan Neely wrote:

Anyone who's decided to commit murder 1 isn't going to hesitate at violating a gun free zone law as well.

But he had to pass this extra validation/rule before throwing an error from other college. ;P So this is the advantage to U & M

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GenJerDan

Maryland gave me a degree. Brandeis is the obvious choice.

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