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Not to feed the pre-pubescent troll here, but every graduating class now has its own IG where the seniors chime in on where they are going to college/university.
I have been monitoring this for a few years as we wanted to see what kind of value we were getting for our own kids education.
Let me just say either I'm impressed by Dulaney and Towson High Schools and somewhat underwhelmed with Maryvale and NDP.
So many kids from these privates end up going to College Park and other safety/local/ not-too-far-away schools {Delaware?}. Not too many who go onto T-20 or even T-50 schools. No NW or UM or Chicagos'?

Not to feed the pre-pubescent troll here, but every graduating class now has its own IG where the seniors chime in on where they are going to college/university.
I have been monitoring this for a few years as we wanted to see what kind of value we were getting for our own kids education.
Let me just say either I'm impressed by Dulaney and Towson High Schools and somewhat underwhelmed with Maryvale and NDP.
So many kids from these privates end up going to College Park and other safety/local/ not-too-far-away schools {Delaware?}. Not too many who go onto T-20 or even T-50 schools. No NW or UM or Chicagos'?

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Neighbors have 2 kids at Baltimore privates and the kids can’t go to Villanova or Delaware because too (relatively) expensive!!!! All that private to finally get to the finish line and can’t move ahead.

Neighbors have 2 kids at Baltimore privates and the kids can’t go to Villanova or Delaware because too (relatively) expensive!!!! All that private to finally get to the finish line and can’t move ahead.
1. LOL if they can afford anything above the 3 cheapest Catholic HS in Baltimore (I think Mercy, Curley, St. Joe) they can afford Delaware out of state. The true Baltimore privates cost the same as out-of-state tuition for UD.

2. If those kids were on (any) scholarship at those private HS and did not parlay that into college scholarships, then that's on the students, HS counselors, coaches, and parents to fail to make that happen. Having aims at a school like 'Nova is great but either over-perform in HS (to get funding) or "be rich." Those are the two pathways. Maybe it was never a realistic option for those kids. Honestly. I sure couldn't pay full freight at Villanova for my son.

3. No matter how many times you try to put Towson U in the same category as UMD (for lax or for educational value) the two are not the same. "What about the Severna Park kid who is playing at Towson?!" Do you know how many Severna Park kids are at Towson? A lot.

And the difference between UMD and Towson in the eyes of 99.9% of employers?

ZERO.

Zero difference.......if you never leave Maryland. If you go anywhere else in the world, it means everything. It's like the opposite of the Hopkins effect - where the degree is worth more, the farther you move away from MD.

But yeah, your son's NYC or Chicago or LA or Dallas employer will put more stake in his UMD degree than his Towson State Teachers College degree. I attended both. They are not the same.

Team 91 2023 - any parents on the 2023 team have any insight to why the best close-defender on the team who has been with 91 since he started playing lacrosse is now on FCA?

Team 91 2023 - any parents on the 2023 team have any insight to why the best close-defender on the team who has been with 91 since he started playing lacrosse is now on FCA?

We did lose a defender to FCA but clearly the best defender is the McDonogh defender who is still there

Ok then why did the #2 kid leave for FCA after playing with 91 for 7+ years?

The answer to all things 91 related is MM; he only knows one way to coach and that is tearing down kids. My guess is the kid/family had enough of his BS.