University of Maryland-College Park Top Questions

One of the worst things about this school is how worried and strict the administration and the local police are about parties, when there is a great deal of real crime that happens on and around campus almost daily. Parties have a good chance of being broken up, but while the police are busy with that, there are muggings, assaults and robberies that occur. Also, campus is very strict with Greek Life, and they have put a strong control over what is allowed to happen. Administrators also did not build in "study days" this semester for final exams.

their lack of updating their facilities

That it is in Maryland. Maryland weather is the worst.

The worst thing about UMCP is the transportation to baltimore. You can easily get to DC and other areas, but to get to baltimore a car is needed.

It is too big and the housing situation can be ridiculous. Also, too expensive!

The worst thing about my school has to be the need for more housing, which affected my class last semester. The majority of us juniors had to find places off campus, because we were basically kicked off campus.

The surrounding neighborhood of College Park. I wish we had a classic college town but instead it's dirty and crime-ridden. This makes some off-campus housing options unsafe, which is especially disconcerting because so many students are forced to find housing off campus because of our on-campus housing crisis.

It would be the weather. It is far too windy and cold

The worst thing about this school would have to be how some of the teachers run their classes. I have had quite a few classes where the professors do not try to make their classes interesting and seem like they do not even want to be there. Then they have things on the exams that they did not cover in the lectures and are not in the readings.

The worst thing about this school is the lack of communication between advisors and students. It is nearly impossible to talk to an advisor, and when you do, they are usually not very helpful.