University of Maryland-College Park Top Questions

Buy rain boots because it rains a lot! I also wish that I knew that many of the students here party a lot. Also, robbery is very big here, so everyone has to be really careful in the night time. The campus is really big, so walking to class for early morning classes is horrible-- try to get classes that start later.

I wish I would have known that the prestige of the college did not matter as much as just getting a diploma in the engineering field. I completed an internship and was informed that the prestige did not matter as much. If I had known, there would have been a greater chance of going to an in-state engineering program with slightly less prestige.

I wish I would have known where to study at.

What the whole architecture program was really about.

Nothing

I wish I had already realized that the binge drinking scene is overrated. My high school had a lot of underage drinking, and I am sick of people focusing so much time, energy, and money on alcohol. I am so frustrated that so many of the people I enjoy hanging out with are so consumed in this lifestyle. I wish I had attended a school where there was not so much alcohol. My mom always says that it's easy to find stuff to do without alcohol, but it's difficult to convince my friends to do it with me.

That social lives and making friends is highly revolved around being part of a sorority/fraternity and ethnic differences

To always use a U-lock on my bike because it was vulnerable and stolen with a standard combination lock.

I wish I had b elieved people when they told me that you will change when you go to college and it's really the best time of your life!

take more AP classes and get more credits so you can register early and take your major classes earlier as well