Thoughts on St. Mary's College of MD?

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Anonymous wrote:Terrible location.

Not everyone wants city life. I loved going to college in a rural location.
I didn't have to worry about crime on campus for once in my life, it was freeing as a young woman.

The base has more influence on the area than the College.

A few years ago I visited St. Mary's as it was part of a school field trip my then 4th grader was taking. I was excited to see it but when I got there I literally knew that if I'd had to attend, I would have slashed my wrists. It is RURAL and isolated and small. You have a 2.5 hour drive to civilization along one back-country road. No thank you.

That’s just not accurate.

Which part?

[Anonymous]

As a sailor, I would have loved it!

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Anonymous wrote:Terrible location.

Not everyone wants city life. I loved going to college in a rural location.
I didn't have to worry about crime on campus for once in my life, it was freeing as a young woman.

The base has more influence on the area than the College.

A few years ago I visited St. Mary's as it was part of a school field trip my then 4th grader was taking. I was excited to see it but when I got there I literally knew that if I'd had to attend, I would have slashed my wrists. It is RURAL and isolated and small. You have a 2.5 hour drive to civilization along one back-country road. No thank you.

please reconsider the way you casually make light of suicide

I don't make light of it. I'm serious. I would have had a major breakdown and killed myself if I'd been stuck in that hole for 4 yrs.

Well, you can give your opinion of a school you didn’t attend and only visited without throwing in suicidal references. It added no value to the comments and seemed off-handed. Just think about it next time you type something like that out, please.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Terrible location.

Not everyone wants city life. I loved going to college in a rural location.
I didn't have to worry about crime on campus for once in my life, it was freeing as a young woman.

The base has more influence on the area than the College.

A few years ago I visited St. Mary's as it was part of a school field trip my then 4th grader was taking. I was excited to see it but when I got there I literally knew that if I'd had to attend, I would have slashed my wrists. It is RURAL and isolated and small. You have a 2.5 hour drive to civilization along one back-country road. No thank you.

please reconsider the way you casually make light of suicide

I don't make light of it. I'm serious. I would have had a major breakdown and killed myself if I'd been stuck in that hole for 4 yrs.

Well, you can give your opinion of a school you didn’t attend and only visited without throwing in suicidal references. It added no value to the comments and seemed off-handed. Just think about it next time you type something like that out, please.

I see nothing wrong with PP's post. It's just how she felt about the school and isolation.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Terrible location.

Not everyone wants city life. I loved going to college in a rural location.
I didn't have to worry about crime on campus for once in my life, it was freeing as a young woman.

The base has more influence on the area than the College.

A few years ago I visited St. Mary's as it was part of a school field trip my then 4th grader was taking. I was excited to see it but when I got there I literally knew that if I'd had to attend, I would have slashed my wrists. It is RURAL and isolated and small. You have a 2.5 hour drive to civilization along one back-country road. No thank you.

please reconsider the way you casually make light of suicide

+1

[Anonymous]

I grew up down there. I got out at the first opportunity. Unless you sail I don't see why anyone would want to go. No place to intern or get a job. When I was in high school people drank because there was nothing else to do.

[Anonymous]

Ever heard of hyperbole?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I grew up down there. I got out at the first opportunity. Unless you sail I don't see why anyone would want to go. No place to intern or get a job. When I was in high school people drank because there was nothing else to do.

I have heard drinking and drugs are big issues at SMCM because, as you said, there's nothing to do.

[Anonymous]

My kids went there during Covid so that was a different experience but they hated it and transfered out asap

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Ever heard of hyperbole?

Suicide is not a good reference for hyperbole.

In honor of suicide prevention month, let’s all commit to do better when it comes to this topic.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I grew up down there. I got out at the first opportunity. Unless you sail I don't see why anyone would want to go. No place to intern or get a job. When I was in high school people drank because there was nothing else to do.

I have heard drinking and drugs are big issues at SMCM because, as you said, there's nothing to do.

Drinking and drugs are present at every college.

[Anonymous]

We visited. It was a very pretty campus. It is far off the beaten path for sure. My daughter said it felt like summer camp. I think they have a lot of students who learn to sail. I was impressed with the outreach by professors, who seemed kind and interested in their students. It is very rural. The dining hall food was delicious!

[Anonymous]

I know one person who goes there who barely made it through high school.

This is a definite safety school for a solid B student.

[Anonymous]

You have to really want rural and small. Beautiful campus and everybody we met were really nice. A lot of MoCo kids go there. My kid said absolutely not…too remote.

[Anonymous]

DD applied. I thought the campus was beautiful and DD described it as like a nature center (a positive for her). Strong program for biology/environmental science. It had a lot of what she wanted. Only negative was no town to walk to. There is a shopping area not too far away but you really need a car to get there. I thought it would be a strong contender but she has two good friends there who are also biology majors (they like it) and she really did not want to go to college with friends.