University of Maryland-College Park Top Questions

Actually, to my surprise, there is nothing, other than parking availability, about the University of Maryland in College Park that I wished I had researched before becoming a student there. The teachers I have had are intelligent, mostly fair, wise people, the facilities are well-kept, and available campus resources and services offered are practical and very helpful. There is not much more you can ask from such an overall fairly designed and richly-equipped university.

I wish I would have known how much money I'd owe, and how in debt I'd be.

I wish I had learned more about its clubs an organizations earlier in the semester. I feel like it's hard as a new student to know about ALL of the opportunities the school offers. I didn't even know about the organization I am most involved in until late November. I also wished I knew how proud UMD students are. Everyone wears Maryland gear around, and coming from out of state I didn't have anything!

I wish I was told that books were so expensive.

differences between on-capus lifestyle and off-campus lifestyle

If you are an engineer, you need to manage your time well. Part of what makes this school so great is the sheer amount of activities, clubs, and sporting events you can get involved in. If you get bogged down in an engineer's workload, you won't be able to participate. That being said, a lot of the engineering work is hard and tedious but you get to do some pretty cool projects, including building your own autonomous hovercraft in your first year!

That all of the bars would be shut down this year!

The classes were difficult to me. I was not prepared for so much studying.

close to city

I wish I knew less, I had to unlearn a lot.