University of Maryland-Baltimore County Top Questions

As mentioned in some of my videos (I will restate...) -Nerdy -Asian -No party kids -Boaring -UMBC (You're Muslim, Black or Chinese; You might be Chinese; University of math before chicks)

We are nerdy and nothing happens here.

Nerds, chessy, non parting

UMBC is a nerd school and the students are all dorks who are awkward and play chess.

That classes are extra difficult, and because UMBC is a research institute, that it is a very boring university, with boring students.

That we are all Asian and nerdy. Most people in Pennsylvania ask me why I don't go to main campus. They are not the same thing people!

UMBC has a very diverse student body.

nerdy, weirdos

That we are all nerds and spend all of our time studying. That no one stays on weekends and the campus is dead and boring.

That were all asian and all commuters. UMBC = U Must Be Chinese. People also thing that we have no school spirit and are just the science nerds and rejects from other schools.

Everyone has heard of the phrase "U Must Be Crazy" when referring to UMBC. It's known as a commuter school where everyone is too busy doing work to have fun, and that everyone goes home on the weekends.

Often people think UMBC is for chess players, nerds, asians, and people who could not get accepted into college park.

One major stereotype is that the entire student population is all of Asian decent, which of course is false. Another steretype is that UMBC is a total commuter school.

UMBC: 1) That it is boring 2) There are no parties 3) There is nothing to do on campus UMBC STUDENTS: 1) They have no life beyond classroom

They study all the time, mostly Asians/South Asians

Stereotypes: 1) a lot of minority students, especially Asian & African/African American students 2) UMBC Students are geeky: better in the classroom than on the courts/fields 3) UMBC Students are ugly 4) UMBC Students are smart and high-performing academically high-performing

Nerds All Asians and Black No parties Boring No fun

quite, science and computer geeks, commuter college

"geeks"

They ar all nerds. The school never has parties.