University of Maryland-Baltimore County Top Questions

Boring nerds who play a lot of chess... which I am not Also we apparently have a high asian population. UMBC stands for U Must Be Chinese according to some people. According to others it stands for U Made a Bad Choice.

-UMBC is a boring campus, that students study all of the time and do not have social lives

We're either really motivated and studious or jocks.

That the athletes are clickish and don't associate with anyone else. That the school population is made up of a lot of Asians. That it is a suitcase school with nothing to do on the weekends. That it's not a real school and everyone is a dork.

1. That UMBC is filled with Asian students. 2. That the weekends suck. 3. That is it not a party school. 3a. That a UMBC party consists of students sitting around in a circle in their dorm and drink enough until they get drunk and pass out. 4. That UMBC is a science and math school. 5. That we are all nerds.

We're nerds and have no fun.

There really aren't a lot of stereotypes of UMBC from people outside of UMBC, most people have either never heard of it, think it is a branch campus of College Park, or think it is a community college. Stereotype that it is largely asian.

All of my years here at UMBC I have heard people complain about campus is boring, there is nothing to do, there are never cool parties, sports programs suck, etc.

They play World of Warcraft. They are asian. They are not social. Academics are very important.

There is no school spirit at UMBC. UMBC is a commuter school.