Please Compare Maryland Public Universities

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:UMCP is the only state school in MD that anyone has heard of outside of the state. It's your basic big state university, similar to Connecticut, Delaware and Rutgers.

It is a lot better than all three. Look at the alums.

UMCP is very underrated (no i'm not a UMD booster or an alum). Name me another public flagship other than cal, ucla, and u.washington that combines top 50 academics with access to year round internships in an 'alpha' city.

People underrate the huge benefit that comes with access to dc.

The other publics in the top 50 other than cal and ucla don't combine both.

I grant you that access to DC is a unique advantage of UMCP, but that is a far cry from supporting a claim that UMD is "a lot better" than other schools. Are you suggesting MD is better than Michigan and UVA because they are not next to major cities? Connecticut is rural, but despite that has risen above UMD in US News Rankings in recent years. By your reasoning, Md would be a lot better than Amherst, Cornell, Dartmouth, Williams, Middlebury etc. that are not in major cities. all

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A quick overview:

Towson and Salisbury were originally teacher's colleges. Frostburg was, too. These were opened based on geography to serve their respective local students.

Bowie State, University of Maryland Eastern Shore, and Coppin University are historically-black colleges.

UMCP was the first Maryland campus, and was an agricultural college to begin with.

UMBC opened up post- WWII because of the huge boom of GI Bill vets in the Baltimore area.

University of Maryland at Baltimore are the professional schools. Med school, dentistry, physical therapy, nursing, etc.

University of Maryland University College is on the UMCP campus, but historically has been a night school for working adults. University of Baltimore was the same thing. Originally just for juniors and seniors, and grad students. Most classes were at night. Now it's a four year school.

St. Mary's is a public college, too, but is not part of the University System of Maryland.

Unofficially, Frostburg and Salisbury have party school reputations. They aren't near much, and perhaps that's why. UMCP has a great reputation for its Engineering program. UMBC is STEM-heavy, but not as great a reputation as UMCP. But it's a nice school. University of Baltimore has great contacts with the local business and legal community in Baltimore.

Hope that helps a bit.

UMD (College Park) is known for a lot more than Engineering. #1 in Criminology. Top 20 in Sociology, ECON and government. Highly regarded in business and in Public Policy. Generally well known as a research institution with tons of federal funding and ties to DC.

Plus now that it's in the Big Ten, I can actually care about their sports teams!

Not a UMCP grad, but I think that UMCP has really been on the upswing the last decade or two.

Here's an article from the Sun about UMBC students having better SAT scores (both average around 1100) than UMCP students: http://articles.baltimoresun.com/1995-02-21/news/1995052117_1_umbc-honors-student-top-students

Fast forward to 2015 and UMCP has average SAT scores of over 1300, 100+ points greater than UMBC and acceptance rates below 50%.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A quick overview:

Towson and Salisbury were originally teacher's colleges. Frostburg was, too. These were opened based on geography to serve their respective local students.

Bowie State, University of Maryland Eastern Shore, and Coppin University are historically-black colleges.

UMCP was the first Maryland campus, and was an agricultural college to begin with.

UMBC opened up post- WWII because of the huge boom of GI Bill vets in the Baltimore area.

University of Maryland at Baltimore are the professional schools. Med school, dentistry, physical therapy, nursing, etc.

University of Maryland University College is on the UMCP campus, but historically has been a night school for working adults. University of Baltimore was the same thing. Originally just for juniors and seniors, and grad students. Most classes were at night. Now it's a four year school.

St. Mary's is a public college, too, but is not part of the University System of Maryland.

Unofficially, Frostburg and Salisbury have party school reputations. They aren't near much, and perhaps that's why. UMCP has a great reputation for its Engineering program. UMBC is STEM-heavy, but not as great a reputation as UMCP. But it's a nice school. University of Baltimore has great contacts with the local business and legal community in Baltimore.

Hope that helps a bit.

UMD (College Park) is known for a lot more than Engineering. #1 in Criminology. Top 20 in Sociology, ECON and government. Highly regarded in business and in Public Policy. Generally well known as a research institution with tons of federal funding and ties to DC.

Plus now that it's in the Big Ten, I can actually care about their sports teams!

Not a UMCP grad, but I think that UMCP has really been on the upswing the last decade or two.

Here's an article from the Sun about UMBC students having better SAT scores (both average around 1100) than UMCP students: http://articles.baltimoresun.com/1995-02-21/news/1995052117_1_umbc-honors-student-top-students

Fast forward to 2015 and UMCP has average SAT scores of over 1300, 100+ points greater than UMBC and acceptance rates below 50%.

Has Maryland gotten so bad that they need to feel better that their SAT is higher than some branch campus in Baltimore? Geez....

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:UMCP is the only state school in MD that anyone has heard of outside of the state. It's your basic big state university, similar to Connecticut, Delaware and Rutgers.

It is a lot better than all three. Look at the alums.

UMCP is very underrated (no i'm not a UMD booster or an alum). Name me another public flagship other than cal, ucla, and u.washington that combines top 50 academics with access to year round internships in an 'alpha' city.

People underrate the huge benefit that comes with access to dc.

The other publics in the top 50 other than cal and ucla don't combine both.

I grant you that access to DC is a unique advantage of UMCP, but that is a far cry from supporting a claim that UMD is "a lot better" than other schools. Are you suggesting MD is better than Michigan and UVA because they are not next to major cities? Connecticut is rural, but despite that has risen above UMD in US News Rankings in recent years. By your reasoning, Md would be a lot better than Amherst, Cornell, Dartmouth, Williams, Middlebury etc. that are not in major cities. all

UConn? Seriously? Can you name one program where they outrank UMD and the like? Seriously?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A quick overview:

Towson and Salisbury were originally teacher's colleges. Frostburg was, too. These were opened based on geography to serve their respective local students.

Bowie State, University of Maryland Eastern Shore, and Coppin University are historically-black colleges.

UMCP was the first Maryland campus, and was an agricultural college to begin with.

UMBC opened up post- WWII because of the huge boom of GI Bill vets in the Baltimore area.

University of Maryland at Baltimore are the professional schools. Med school, dentistry, physical therapy, nursing, etc.

University of Maryland University College is on the UMCP campus, but historically has been a night school for working adults. University of Baltimore was the same thing. Originally just for juniors and seniors, and grad students. Most classes were at night. Now it's a four year school.

St. Mary's is a public college, too, but is not part of the University System of Maryland.

Unofficially, Frostburg and Salisbury have party school reputations. They aren't near much, and perhaps that's why. UMCP has a great reputation for its Engineering program. UMBC is STEM-heavy, but not as great a reputation as UMCP. But it's a nice school. University of Baltimore has great contacts with the local business and legal community in Baltimore.

Hope that helps a bit.

UMD (College Park) is known for a lot more than Engineering. #1 in Criminology. Top 20 in Sociology, ECON and government. Highly regarded in business and in Public Policy. Generally well known as a research institution with tons of federal funding and ties to DC.

Plus now that it's in the Big Ten, I can actually care about their sports teams!

Not a UMCP grad, but I think that UMCP has really been on the upswing the last decade or two.

Here's an article from the Sun about UMBC students having better SAT scores (both average around 1100) than UMCP students: http://articles.baltimoresun.com/1995-02-21/news/1995052117_1_umbc-honors-student-top-students

Fast forward to 2015 and UMCP has average SAT scores of over 1300, 100+ points greater than UMBC and acceptance rates below 50%.

Has Maryland gotten so bad that they need to feel better that their SAT is higher than some branch campus in Baltimore? Geez....

My point was UMD is probably not getting the reputation it deserves now because it wasn't as good 15-20 years ago.

Let's compare UMD SAT scores to some other highly regarded state schools. For example, the 75% SAT scores:

UVA - 1460
UNC - 1410
UC-Berkeley - 1490
Michigan - 1460
William and Mary - 1460
UCLA - 1440

UMD 75% SAT score? 1420; not that different. It has the 5th highest SAT scores in the B10.

[Anonymous]

OP - take this information to a guidance counselor or someone that has been in the competitive process for college admission in the last year and actually applied to these schools, or even visited them in the last year. There is incorrect information in every post on this thread.