University of Maryland-College Park Top Questions

The worst thing about the University of Maryland College Park is the parking. There are few places where students are allowed to park, and those places are generally very far from where you live. Parking permits are also very expensive, as are tickets for parking where you are not supposed to park.

The worst thing about UMCP would probably have to be the diner food. Not only is the selection of the food sub-par, but the food itself is rarely good and healthy options are difficult to find. The salad bar is great, but even grilled chicken or other normally healthy options are drenched in oil and grease. If the diner food were improved, UMCP would be a perfect school in my mind.

I think there could be more opportunities for financial aid for current students. They have scholarships for prospective students and transfer students and returning students but barely any scholarships for current students. I have maintained a 4.0 GPA in college for the past five semesters and I feel like that is not recognized. Maryland could give more financial aid and scholarships.

The University of Maryland runs the same risk as any other large, top-flight public research institution- while its copious resources allow students to take advantage of amazing research and internship opportunities, they also have to deal with an administration working with almost 30,000 other students. This means that some student problems will get lost in a deluge of administrative red tape. However, if one is persistant in working with staff to solve an issue, that issue will undoubtedly be solved, even though it may take more effort than it would at a smaller school.

Worst thing about my school is having so many amazing and intelligent students around. Does that make it bad? Absolutely no, but rather it’s beneficial because you have so many students to spend some time, and become good friends. They make college life so much fun, and you know you always have someone to talk whenever you’re seeking companion.

The worse thing about UMD was campus the availability of campus housing for students. You were only guaranteed housing for the first two years and there was not many who lived on campus after those two years unless they lived in expensive upperclassman housing or were RAs on campus. I was an RA my 3rd and 4th year.

The worst thing about the University of Maryland is definitely its size. It truly is a huge campus. Campus is not set up a specific way. There are dorms right next to classes and classes right next to the dining halls. There is no structure, so it is a hike to every class. Since I commute, I can vouge for saying that the campus is actually pretty steep. There is always hills. University of Maryland has really good programs, but they definitely make you work for it by the hike you have to take everyday at school.

The worst thing about this school is the amount of drinking done by the students. It looks like half of the people I see on the bus at night lack the ability to walk on their own.

The housing tends to be split between athletes and non-athletes, but that is imprving.

The worst thing about my school is perhaps that the surrounding county it is located in has a moderately high degrees of crime. During late night time the main campus and dormitories can be unsafe to anyone including residential students. However there is high degree of security that protects students, so crime is always minimized. While I consider this to be the worst aspect about my school it is also quite benign in the big picture since crime is lower in College Park than in other universities.