University of Maryland-College Park Top Questions

It is a huge school, so deciding to join a sorority or extracurricular activity will be daunting!

There is a lot of walking because the campus is so big. But after a while you get used to it and it's good exercise.

Walking uphill. I have absolutely no complaints about my university. Some areas could be a little more well-lit and there should be more resources for these uphill walks. Other than that, no complaints about academics. There are many resources for tutoring.

The frustrating thing about Maryland is how divided it is. I like that it essentially has many communities within it in the form of smaller schools and departments, but there isn't much unity between the different sorts of people that go here. I feel largely alienated from the students who focus on sports and Greek life, for instance, because we are not encouraged to engage with one another.

One reoccuring problem is the dining points system. Students exchange money for points in a system that is required for all students that wish to live in a dorm on campus. These points have more value then the dollar so students get less points than how much money they put in. This would make sense if the cost of food, pointwise, was less then the normal cost of food in U.S. currency. Unfortunately, the cost of food at the University of Maryland is rather expensive, leaving many students out of points well before the end of the school year.

Have to have a fake id to have a social life, which is all bars. or enjoy gross frat parties. another frustrating thing is that bus service only run at night but i still dont want to walk across campus during the day.

Too many students in a class. Not a good environment for studying.

They promise a small student teacher ratio with a plethora of chances for hands on research internships or externships but they don't deliver. As a matter of fact they will tell you that the school is to big for them to do things like that for any student that isn't a graduate student. EVEN THOUGH, that's why most of us came to the school. Then they give internships to students outside of the major!

The most frustrating thing about my school is the process of selecting courses. Some students are able to sign up early for classes depending on their specific academic honors or certain programs that they are memebers of. I feel that this process hinders my equal opportunity in choosing courses. It frustrates me that I may have to choose an unfavorable time of day to attend a class and that the only available time for a course may conflict with another scheduled course. Some of my major credit classes may be full, causing me to wait to take them next semester.

Nothing really is frustrating, except when I have to write essay 10+ pages double spaced.

The most frustrating aspect of University of Maryland is that there is limited scholarship options for me, most scholarships are available for freshmen but I haven't found that many scholarships that caters towards students like me.

people can be stand offish at times...

What frustrates me the most about the school is the parking sitautions here. Other than parking issues this university is very exciting, academically challenging, and socially engaging. I absolutely love the University of Maryland and would not trade it to go anywhere else in the world!!! I love going to a big school. The opportunites to get involved are endless and that makes for a smooth transition from high school.

Sometimes it can be easy to get lost in areas of the school where you don't have classes.

The most frustrating thing about my school is that since most of the school is from in state many students go home frequently throughout the semester. For students that live close to campus they will go home for any family event or just to get away from school, at least once a month. As an out of stater this sometimes becomes frustrating, especially when it is your friends going home, however, the campus is so large that it never feels deserted.

I believe the most frustrating thing about the University of Maryland is the advising. I have been there for 2 semesters now and each advisor I've had has left and been very unhelpful. I am also planning on pursuing a medical career and the pre-med advising is very lacking.

There is nothing frustrating.

The fact that some times there are too many people, its hard to fit in.

The most frustrating thing about my school is the amount of financial aid that is given out to students. I have to pay for my college independly yet my financial aid did not cover my tuition and I had to pay almost $900 out of pocket.

The meal plan and the food that gets old really fast.