University of Maryland-College Park Top Questions

Your classmates will differ from class to class. But in general, you are in class with people who really are dedicated to learning. Thinking back on high school, I took some classes with kids who essentially just showed up to school, took easy classes, and got by with D's because they didn't care and just wanted to get that diploma and be done. But in college, everybody cares about how they are doing in class and want to succeed. Thus, they are much more likely to show up and participate in class and respect other students.

It's so cool to be able to walk even just a few minutes across campus and be able to see tens of different kinds of people: different ethnicities, races, religions. Maryland is like it's own little melting pot of cultures. Everyone is so friendly and so happy to be studying in College Park, which makes for a warm campus environment.

My classmates represent a wide spectrum of motivated, intellectually curious, athletic, and socially involved students. Their interests are as diverse as their backgrounds. On the whole, they desire to enrich themselves as individuals as well as participate in furthering the interests of their community. I've developed a new appreciation for students who participate in the arts as well as school government. They make our campus community not only more and fun, but they teach their fellow students about the importance of becoming involved in something larger than themselves. I've learned so much about myself from my fellow classmates!

My classmates are friendly however most of students who are in organizations typically hang with eachother. Most classes offer group projects and give oppurtunities for students to socialize and meet new friends.

very smart

My fellow students were mostly young adults who were working full-time and going to school for their Bachelors with a number of them married with kids (as I was) while some were active duty military (as I also was) with the students being racially diverse with a number of African-Americans, Hispanics, and Caucasians and a smaller number of Asian students, though most were citizens of the United States, but all of us were focused on our education.

My classmates are an array of students and diversity.

My classmates were smart, talented, and interesting.

Focussed in the classroom, but fun and outgoing outside of it.

The students are well-educated and dedicated in their studies no matter what area they are studying.

My classmates cannot be described in one sentence, and that is precisely the point--that is how I describe them in once sentence. The students at the University of Maryland are so vastly diverse, it's beautiful.

I am in a mixture of classes, some classes are honors and some are regular classes. With that there many different types of people who make each class unique in its own way. There are some classes that are just so boring because they don't involve any group conversations or activities, but there are also classes that I actually enjoy going to.

My classmates are passionate, supportive, and proud to be terrapins.

Funny, quiet, big, short, athletic, nerdy, gamers, “preppy”, surfers, Asian, African American, White, and so on; there are too many personalities/traits you could find in word classroom at College Park that it is impossible to describe them all together.

Everyone is friendly and it's up to you if want to make friends with them.

we are diverse and intermixed

As a current freshman, most of my classes are with other undergraduate students who are eager to experience college; I have met many people and made many friends including some from Egypt, India, and Barbados!

My classmates are driven and competitive, yet still enjoy the social and extracurricular elements of Maryland.

Open to work collaborativelly and friendly.

My classmates are open-minded, eager to learn, enthusiastic, welcoming, friendly; they challenge you to do your best, as you challenge them to do the same; and they become your friends for life.