University of Maryland-College Park Top Questions

My classmates are very friendly, helping, intelligent, and caring. Most students in class gets along with other very easily and aim to form study groups to help other do well in exams.

My classmates at the University of Maryland are inventive, active, and they speak-up.

My classmates are friendly, open-minded indivisuals.

It is a mized bag, some are really serious and helpful while others goof off and don't really want to be there.

Most of my classmates are diverse in terms of ethnicity, religion, political views and engage a lot in class.

My classmates are all very unique, diverse, and intelligent.

My classmates are a richly diverse collection of people from all different backgrounds and walks of life. Upon arriving here I was worried that I would get lost in the crowd of 30,000 people but the people at UMD are very welcoming and open. One of the most enriching experiences I've had here was meeting so many people whom I have been lucky to learn so much from. Everyone has a different story to tell and you have an opportunity to learn something new about the world you live in everytime you meet someone.

We are all on the same level.

They are amazing! Everyone is there because they want to be and so everyone tries and it makes classes more interesting and more of a fun learning experience.

Being from NJ, I was a little shocked when I came to UMD and found that (or at least I felt this way) African American students almost segregate themselves. That is not to say that there are not exceptions to that rule. It's just a general tone that blacks and whites don't overly-associate or date one another. It really upset me, but you learn to live with it and those who are comfortable, are totally open to meeting anyone. If you're one who can't deal with being a number ever, I would say UMD may not be for you. But for sure tour campus and sit in a class. There are always ways to make a big school feel smaller. Students wear a variety of things to class. I would say to stay away from sweatpants and sweatshirt get-ups, especially in the business school. Your professors are not just professors. They had/have other careers and your impression upon them can impact their assumptions about you and their decision to give you a recommendation or not. UMD students are typically from MD, NY, NJ, PA and then you get some out there ones from CA, CO, and OH. I feel that people are less political than you would find at a University in DC.