Student Profile
FSA
- Class: Sophomore
- Major: Business
- Gender: F
- High School:
- Transfer Student: N
Big Picture
Best thing: the size is great. There are plenty of resources to help you out, and it's more likely that there's some niche here for you to fill. The campus is beautiful. I'd change the location. College Park kind of sucks. There's nothing to do, and it's not really the safest place. How people react: Men's basketball team not doing so well, huh? Spend most of my time in my room hanging out/studying/sleeping, or at work, or in class. Administration is pretty good; listens to students, or at least pretends to. Housing is awful, though. There's no where near enough to meet demand. That was a pretty big controversy last year, when they kicked the rising seniors off campus. And now it's not looking to good for rising juniors (me!). LOTS OF SCHOOL PRIDE! Lots of Terp gear. *uck Duke!
Academic Life
Whether professors know my name depends on (a) the size of the class and (b) whether you speak up in class. For me, it's about 50/50. My favorite class was a seminar on Globalization. We spent the whole time discussing various issues, and the professor was really smart. Least favorite was a management class. Really pointless, taught me pretty much nothing, tho I suppose the prof tried to make the best of it. Depends on the student. Anywhere from all the time to never. I study probably 3-4 hours a day. Class participation is pretty common, especially in discussion based classes. And when the professor stops lecture to ask for questions. Again, depends on the student. I've stayed up late talking about deep stuff with my roommates quite a few times. I don't really think that most students are really competitive, at least not academically.
Student Body
UMD is so big and incredibly diverse, I'm not sure anyone would feel left out as a whole. Of course, I'm sure they'd encounter people that made them feel unwelcome, but that's just part of the diversity. Jeans, t-shirts, hoodies, sweaters, sweat pants, pajama pants (blech), mostly just casual stuff, but people still usually look pretty good. There are lots of groups made up of the same type of people, but organizations and clubs and the like are usually pretty diverse. Most UMD students are from MD, NJ, NY/Long Island.
The Best Things
The size.
The Worst Things
College Park
