Towson experience
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Please share your Towson recent experience. Kid would love to go to UMD but is on the cusp- 3.8 unweighted, 10 APs TO. We visited Towson campus and really liked it.
Previous threads on here are about dance or out of date. Potential majors: poli sci or business. |
Anonymous
| I would also like to know! I have a kid with similar stats who's 1st choice is UMD for business, but is considering Towson as a back up. |
Anonymous
| Following - curious aboit business school as well. |
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| sorry- about |
Anonymous
| I'd go with UMBC before Towson. There's a pretty big gap between College Park and Towson. |
Anonymous
Really? how so? We did not care for the vibe of UMBC as much when we visited. Felt a bit isolated and empty. Also, they spoke a lot about STEM and kid got the vibe social science wouldn’t be a good fit. |
Anonymous
Maryland universities tend not to be part of decent college towns. No Madisons, Iowa Cities, Bloomingtons or Northamptons. But UMBC is just an island, pretty much unwalkable to anywhere. At least Towson is attached to a town. |
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| I feel this site is 75% Va and DC as the Maryland comments are few and far between. |
Anonymous
It’s better academically. Towson has gone way downhill in the last few years due to crime. Mobs of unruly teenagers at the mall. Rapes, robberies, etc. |
Anonymous
NP. That’s not the Towson campus, though. |
Anonymous
| anyone out there with a kid at Towson?? Please share their experience. |
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My friend’s DS is at Towson. He’s having a good time. Campus is quiet on weekends with kids going home or out in Baltimore. But it’s a solid second choice to UMD. In his high school class, most kids who didn’t get into UMD went to Towson, so its profile is improving because of UMBC’s unfortunate campus (it’s just ugly). Another university improving its profile as UMD gets harder to get into is Salisbury.
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I have a niece there who loves it! She has gotten really involved in a couple of activities, made great friends, and is doing well in her major (education). For her, it is perfect!
However, my own child wouldn’t even consider it. She felt like the business program was too weak and that she wouldn’t be able to get internships or jobs out of it. She also wanted a larger sports scene that in her mind is the college experience. As her parent, I fully understand her thinking and reasoning even as my wallet feels frustrated! There seems to be a missing piece in Maryland for their second tier colleges. UMD is clearly number 1. For Stem, UMBC is the clear number 2- but only for kids that aren’t as interested in the college extras like athletics and such. For education, Towson is good. For a tiny, isolated school, St Mary’s is great. But for the kids who want the full college experience and do not get into Maryland…there’s not much for them. If your child liked Towson, that’s fantastic! Make sure you look into outcomes for the chosen majors (when we looked into business, it was not good, but poly Sci might be different). I do think most kids will have a good experience there if the school has what they are looking for. |
Anonymous
This sums up my frustration with MD options. Can you share where your child ended up for business? |
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DS had similar stats (4.1W, 3.8 UW, 9 AP/IB/DE, NHS, varsity sport, etc) and didn't get into UMD (which he was really sad about.)
He is going to Towson in the fall. I don't think it is his dream school, but we needed instate tuition (he didn't want a small SLAC or to go to another state school far from home that gave good merit.) He is a business major (for now) and didn't like UMBC ("feels like a rural office complex") Frostburg was in the middle of nowhere (didn't want that), St Marys was too small ("nothing smaller than my HS"), and he didn't like Salisbury (which I loved), so Towson it is. I am hoping he finds his people there. |