University of Maryland-College Park Top Questions

Describe your favorite campus traditions.

Lindsay

My school is best known for the prestigious Research that takes place. As well as having many national champion division 1 sports teams. My school is also the Flagship school for Maryland.

Matthew

My school is very well known for its school spirit and its sports teams, women's basketball and men's basketball and football.

Tania

The University of Maryland is currently probably best known for the basketball team.

Nicole

It's business school and sports.

Christine

basketball, nice campus community, involved students

Doug

University of Maryland is best known for our academic and athletic talent and diversity. The althetic teams won numerous titles in the 2008-2009 year, and high hopes exist for the 2009/2010 season. In academics, over 20 undergraduate and graduate programs are ranked in the top 10 and numerous programs are in the top 25 in the country. The school is really affordable for in state students; a scholarship or two is enough to remove the financial burden for a semester or year.

Brittany

The Univerity of Maryland is best known for their mascott the terrapin, which is a turtle only indiginous to Maryland.

Nicholas

The University of Maryland is best known for their well renowned Engineering program. Their overall program is ranked among some of the most prestigious universities in the nation.

Alia

Acadamics and Research

Angel

The University of Maryland is a researched based university. We have several labs and classrooms on our campus. Maryland is also a very large (structurally) and diverse campus with a lot of students. Maryland's large campus may be intimidating but it is like its own city. Our library is one of the biggest in the state of Maryland. Our school is also known for its athletics. In 2008 we were NCAA Division 1 champions in Men's Soccer and Women's Field Hockey. Our basketball team is also coached by one of the legends in college basketball.