UMD campus ranked 3rd in the Big 10

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^^^ too cold !! Brrr.

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Maryland students don't care about sports. Michigan, this is not, nor will it ever be. Schools in major metro areas aren't obsessed with sports because kids have so much else to do.

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Anonymous wrote:Too bad UMD has the most national championships in the ACC. The most innovative and influential alumni in the ACC. The most Nobel/Pulitzer / academy award/ Emmy award /fields medal alumni in the ACC ...

... And we can't be high class with lacrosse murder, heavy drinking (wahoo), ... Lacrosse stripper party, racists (devils), or no national championships but yearly bloody atrocities (gobblers)

... Or illiterate graduates..tarheels.

Sorry, NOT the most innovative and influential alumni in the ACC. Yes, there are bright spots in the UMD alumni group - as there are for every ACC school, even Pitt (God help them). But despite the most fervent wishes of UMD Booster, UMD does not have the "brand recognition" or prestige of a Duke, Virginia or even UNC. It just doesn't. There are issues at every school, including those I just named, but MD is not immune to them and while it's certainly a good school with a solid reputation, it's honestly no better than lots of other state schools like UVA, Michigan, UT, Berkeley even William & Mary.

And its campus is fugly.

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Anonymous wrote:Maryland students don't care about sports. Michigan, this is not, nor will it ever be. Schools in major metro areas aren't obsessed with sports because kids have so much else to do.

#1 MD student do care about sports. They have just as much pride in their sports team as other Div 1 schools. #2 as a Michigan Alum I can tell you there are plenty of things to do other than watch sports. While I had foodball tickets all 4 years I also had friends who could care less about sports and still had plenty of ways to fill their time. Ann Arbor is a fantastic college town.

It is possible to have pride in your school without putting down another.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Too bad UMD has the most national championships in the ACC. The most innovative and influential alumni in the ACC. The most Nobel/Pulitzer / academy award/ Emmy award /fields medal alumni in the ACC ...

... And we can't be high class with lacrosse murder, heavy drinking (wahoo), ... Lacrosse stripper party, racists (devils), or no national championships but yearly bloody atrocities (gobblers)

... Or illiterate graduates..tarheels.

Sorry, NOT the most innovative and influential alumni in the ACC. Yes, there are bright spots in the UMD alumni group - as there are for every ACC school, even Pitt (God help them). But despite the most fervent wishes of UMD Booster, UMD does not have the "brand recognition" or prestige of a Duke, Virginia or even UNC. It just doesn't. There are issues at every school, including those I just named, but MD is not immune to them and while it's certainly a good school with a solid reputation, it's honestly no better than lots of other state schools like UVA, Michigan, UT, Berkeley even William & Mary.

And its campus is fugly.

It's honestly not remotely comparable to any of those great state schools you mentioned. Those are all public ivies.

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Anonymous wrote:Maryland students don't care about sports. Michigan, this is not, nor will it ever be. Schools in major metro areas aren't obsessed with sports because kids have so much else to do.

#1 MD student do care about sports. They have just as much pride in their sports team as other Div 1 schools. #2 as a Michigan Alum I can tell you there are plenty of things to do other than watch sports. While I had foodball tickets all 4 years I also had friends who could care less about sports and still had plenty of ways to fill their time. Ann Arbor is a fantastic college town.

It is possible to have pride in your school without putting down another.

"College Town". That says it all. As for Maryland having pride in their D1 sports - you mean their remaining D1 sports as they have had to shut down so many for lack of support. The track team barely survived getting axed. Doesn't sound like a campus big on sports.

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UMD . Alumni

Created Google/Underarmour /Seinfeld / the Muppets / Sirius satellite / pulse Dopplar radar/ the Universal Product Code/ the Octane System/ The miniaturized insulin pump/ the hybrid engine / linear programming .

Please provide the influential / creative alumni of UVA and Unc more impactful. Let me guess Michael Jordan and Andy Griffith?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Maryland students don't care about sports. Michigan, this is not, nor will it ever be. Schools in major metro areas aren't obsessed with sports because kids have so much else to do.

#1 MD student do care about sports. They have just as much pride in their sports team as other Div 1 schools. #2 as a Michigan Alum I can tell you there are plenty of things to do other than watch sports. While I had foodball tickets all 4 years I also had friends who could care less about sports and still had plenty of ways to fill their time. Ann Arbor is a fantastic college town.

It is possible to have pride in your school without putting down another.

"College Town". That says it all. As for Maryland having pride in their D1 sports - you mean their remaining D1 sports as they have had to shut down so many for lack of support. The track team barely survived getting axed. Doesn't sound like a campus big on sports.

And yet it has the most national championships in the ACC . The other schools must have mentally handicapped administrations.

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Anonymous wrote:UMD . Alumni

Created Google/Underarmour /Seinfeld / the Muppets / Sirius satellite / pulse Dopplar radar/ the Universal Product Code/ the Octane System/ The miniaturized insulin pump/ the hybrid engine / linear programming .

Please provide the influential / creative alumni of UVA and Unc more impactful. Let me guess Michael Jordan and Andy Griffith?

You can add Duke too.
All three put together don't even have one alum more impactful than those numerous UMD alum.

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Anonymous wrote:UMD Booster ranked #1 most annoying on DCUM.

Maryland is not a Big Ten or Eleven or Thirteen or whatever they are school. It will always be a second-tier ACC school known for rioting after regular season wins.

LOL!! So true!!

I thought UMD Booster was going to call it a Big 3 school now.

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Anonymous wrote:UMD . Alumni

Created Google/Underarmour /Seinfeld / the Muppets / Sirius satellite / pulse Dopplar radar/ the Universal Product Code/ the Octane System/ The miniaturized insulin pump/ the hybrid engine / linear programming .

Please provide the influential / creative alumni of UVA and Unc more impactful. Let me guess Michael Jordan and Andy Griffith?

You know that people just zone you out now, right? LOL!

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:UMD . Alumni

Created Google/Underarmour /Seinfeld / the Muppets / Sirius satellite / pulse Dopplar radar/ the Universal Product Code/ the Octane System/ The miniaturized insulin pump/ the hybrid engine / linear programming .

Please provide the influential / creative alumni of UVA and Unc more impactful. Let me guess Michael Jordan and Andy Griffith?

You know that people just zone you out now, right? LOL!

That's what I thought. Andy Griffith and Michael Jordon LOL!

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You have to look at schools department by department and even subspecialty by subspecialty. DH leftt a school dcumers would prefer for UMD because UMD is ranked #1 in his specialization. The grad students he gets here are phenomenal and his ability to get funding has improved because of the ranking of UMD in his specialization.

I agree the campus is fugly. I really miss our old location.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:UMD . Alumni

Created Google/Underarmour /Seinfeld / the Muppets / Sirius satellite / pulse Dopplar radar/ the Universal Product Code/ the Octane System/ The miniaturized insulin pump/ the hybrid engine / linear programming .

Please provide the influential / creative alumni of UVA and Unc more impactful. Let me guess Michael Jordan and Andy Griffith?

You know that people just zone you out now, right? LOL!

That's what I thought. Andy Griffith and Michael Jordon LOL!

Why do you sound drunk every single time you post?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:UMD . Alumni

Created Google/Underarmour /Seinfeld / the Muppets / Sirius satellite / pulse Dopplar radar/ the Universal Product Code/ the Octane System/ The miniaturized insulin pump/ the hybrid engine / linear programming .

Please provide the influential / creative alumni of UVA and Unc more impactful. Let me guess Michael Jordan and Andy Griffith?

You know that people just zone you out now, right? LOL!

That's what I thought. Andy Griffith and Michael Jordon LOL!

Why do you sound drunk every single time you post?

How would I sound drunk when I'm not speaking, numbnuts?