University of Maryland-College Park Top Questions

With such a huge school provides many opportunities, including Greek life. With a huge Greek scene at our school, you will almost always find party-goers out and about. It is not necessarily hard to avoid if that is not your alley, but it is very noticeable. Expect to walk around the campus Sunday afternoon and see beer cans littering the grounds.

I dont think there are any bad things about the school. The only area in which I struggle is finances. Being an out of state student means very high expenses to attend the university. There are not many financial aid opportunites that I seem to be eligible for, and that can be quite stressful.

There really isn't anything undesirable about my school. Two things that may turn off other students is how small we are. There are only about 2000 students who attend. This works well for me, however, as i like smaller settings. Another thing is we're in the mountains so there isn't a lot of things to do off campus. We're close to Greenville, but it's about a 30 minute drive.

too much emphasis on trying to regulate greek life more.

The worst aspect about UMD, is the large class size. In many of the majors, the class size is in the hundreds, and it makes it very hard to gain a relationship with a professor within the classroom. That being said, all professors have office hours, and discussion sections; which allows students to minimize the magnitude of their class size.

The worst thing for me is that there are very limited opportunitis for international students to win a scholarship or financial aid. The tuition fee for international students is quite a lot, especially when the currency is considered. It's really frustrating that a student with a great academic standing can not receive any award because he/ she is not a US sitizen/ permanent resident.

I love how there is so much to do, so many clubs and organizations to get involved in, and also how there are opportunites to meet new people all the time.

The worst thing about my school is not "too much freedom" as some students may say, but the service that it provides. For example, upon applying to my school, I was promised many "healthy" dining options. Bus instead they made food plan mandatory, which can't even be used in the only "organic" shop on campus. Along with that, we are charged more that 300 dollars as "dining service fee," which makes no sense because the food is very expensive (more expensive than common fast food), and we have to clean up the food by ourselves.

The worst thing about my school is it's population. At times, I feel like I'm being swallowed up by the people around me, and I feel like I could be just another number. But, my closeness with my professors always reaffirms the fact that I am a person, not a number.

The worst thing about my school is the dining services. Although I appreciate UMCP for their gesture of giving different foods in a buffet style, it is the same food everyday. For example, in the Dining Halls, students are given choices of chicken fingers or pizza or salad. However, these are the choices that are given everyday. After a while it gets pretty boring seeing the same food everytime you go into the Dining Hall. Moreover, the food is OVERPRICED. A meal consisted of three chicken fingers and fries, without a drink, is around $6 or even more.