Can we stop crapping on UMCP

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Anonymous wrote:The town of College Park is a dump.

Yeah. It's too bad. That was our issue...

Venture into the center of campus. There are some beautiful areas, even with the construction.

+1 the middle of the campus has a huuuuge green area with a fountain. I was really impressed. They set up lots of activities there.

That so many people keep trashing the school's campus without having ever gone to the campus mall area is ridiculous. UMD has the biggest campus mall in the country.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Location wise, UMD is better than VT and UVA in the middle of nowhere, urban locations would be ideal, like Boston, Pittsburgh

That would go against the idea of a quaint campus (which UMD has) and college town that many people here want.

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Anonymous wrote:I agree that a lack of a true College Town is one of the factors that's holding UMCP back. I graduated in 2010, and while it's definitely improved since then, it still has a way to go to catch up to Ann Arbor/State College/Chapel Hill and others.

State College, Chapel Hill, Charlottesville are very far away from major cities, while UMD has a metro to a global city. Such a location doesn't yield picturesque college towns.

Boulder? It’s not so far from Denver

UW is in Seattle and much nicer surroundings

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I agree that a lack of a true College Town is one of the factors that's holding UMCP back. I graduated in 2010, and while it's definitely improved since then, it still has a way to go to catch up to Ann Arbor/State College/Chapel Hill and others.

State College, Chapel Hill, Charlottesville are very far away from major cities, while UMD has a metro to a global city. Such a location doesn't yield picturesque college towns.

Boulder? It’s not so far from Denver

UW is in Seattle and much nicer surroundings

Austin is another example of a great college campus in an urban area. Austin does yield a picturesque college town.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I agree that a lack of a true College Town is one of the factors that's holding UMCP back. I graduated in 2010, and while it's definitely improved since then, it still has a way to go to catch up to Ann Arbor/State College/Chapel Hill and others.

State College, Chapel Hill, Charlottesville are very far away from major cities, while UMD has a metro to a global city. Such a location doesn't yield picturesque college towns.

Boulder? It’s not so far from Denver

UW is in Seattle and much nicer surroundings

Boulder is beautiful but I wouldn't say Denver is major city. Same goes for Ann Arbor and Detroit today.

UW's campus is beautiful and it is picturesque because of the nature surrounding it (particularly Mt. Rainier). The town surrounding campus is nothing to write home about. Frankly it's non-existent.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The town of College Park is a dump.

Yeah. It's too bad. That was our issue...

Venture into the center of campus. There are some beautiful areas, even with the construction.

+1 the middle of the campus has a huuuuge green area with a fountain. I was really impressed. They set up lots of activities there.

That so many people keep trashing the school's campus without having ever gone to the campus mall area is ridiculous. UMD has the biggest campus mall in the country.

Exactly. It’s beautiful. Get off route 1 and walk around!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The town of College Park is a dump.

What's so bad about it? Please elaborate.


Montgomery County resident. Don't make it out to College Park much.

Obviously take it with a grain of salt because I was only there for a couple of days for work...but it just seemed really congested with traffic, with a big line of ugly strip malls with nothing interesting in them. Not enough green space or trees.

I still haven't read the other seven pages, but I bet others made similar comments.

Yes, because it's an urban area. If you want lots of green space, you want to go to a college in the middle of nowhere, in a rural area.

The College Park campus is a dumpster fire and is always ranked as one of the worst college campuses in the US.

Back to your post, The University of Texas is in an urban area. Lots of green space, a clean river and several lakes nearby. Austin is one of the fastest growing cities in the US. You can have a nice campus in an urban area.

The only problem is that most kids that attend College Park (or Global Campus at a 28% graduation rate) would never be accepted to UT.

UT takes anyone within the top 6% of Texas high schools. Maryland has among the best and highest scoring high schools in the country. UMD entrants have higher SAT/ACT scores than UT Austin. That UMD students wouldn't get into UT Austin is laughable.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The town of College Park is a dump.

What's so bad about it? Please elaborate.


Montgomery County resident. Don't make it out to College Park much.

Obviously take it with a grain of salt because I was only there for a couple of days for work...but it just seemed really congested with traffic, with a big line of ugly strip malls with nothing interesting in them. Not enough green space or trees.

I still haven't read the other seven pages, but I bet others made similar comments.

Yes, because it's an urban area. If you want lots of green space, you want to go to a college in the middle of nowhere, in a rural area.

The College Park campus is a dumpster fire and is always ranked as one of the worst college campuses in the US.

Back to your post, The University of Texas is in an urban area. Lots of green space, a clean river and several lakes nearby. Austin is one of the fastest growing cities in the US. You can have a nice campus in an urban area.

The only problem is that most kids that attend College Park (or Global Campus at a 28% graduation rate) would never be accepted to UT.

This is a brain dead take. UMD has a beautiful campus with Georgian architecture and the largest central lawn in the country. Any ranking that has UMD among the worst college campuses is idiotic.

UT Austin has a terrible college campus. The college town itself is fine, because it's a major city. Not picturesque in any way.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Another reason why MD feels like Rutgers is because usually state flagships have a lot of hot students but MD and Rutgers are notoriously not good looking

UVA has much better looking students for some reason even though it is harder to get into

Very odd

Only thing odd here is the importance you place on "hot" college students.

[Anonymous]

It is UMD not UMCP.
No one even knows what to call it - hopeless situation.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It is UMD not UMCP.
No one even knows what to call it - hopeless situation.

Whatever. Everyone knows it’s the same thing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The town of College Park is a dump.

What's so bad about it? Please elaborate.


Montgomery County resident. Don't make it out to College Park much.

Obviously take it with a grain of salt because I was only there for a couple of days for work...but it just seemed really congested with traffic, with a big line of ugly strip malls with nothing interesting in them. Not enough green space or trees.

I still haven't read the other seven pages, but I bet others made similar comments.

Yes, because it's an urban area. If you want lots of green space, you want to go to a college in the middle of nowhere, in a rural area.

The College Park campus is a dumpster fire and is always ranked as one of the worst college campuses in the US.

Back to your post, The University of Texas is in an urban area. Lots of green space, a clean river and several lakes nearby. Austin is one of the fastest growing cities in the US. You can have a nice campus in an urban area.

The only problem is that most kids that attend College Park (or Global Campus at a 28% graduation rate) would never be accepted to UT.

UT takes anyone within the top 6% of Texas high schools. Maryland has among the best and highest scoring high schools in the country. UMD entrants have higher SAT/ACT scores than UT Austin. That UMD students wouldn't get into UT Austin is laughable.

Prove me wrong. All 21,200 out-of-state students are holistically reviewed. Of these students, 1,700 were admitted and 19,500 were denied. This makes UT Austin’s out-of-state true acceptance rate 8.0%.


College Park: http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-wSWm58ntLqg/UrCFLm9Z58I/AAAAAAAAJhA/6XvDWJLh5FU/s1600/5242102563_66f051cf8b_o.jpg

Austin: https://www.pallasweb.com/blog/top-ten-most-beautiful-pictures-austin.html

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It is UMD not UMCP.
No one even knows what to call it - hopeless situation.

Whatever. Everyone knows it’s the same thing.

What about UMGC?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The town of College Park is a dump.

What's so bad about it? Please elaborate.


Montgomery County resident. Don't make it out to College Park much.

Obviously take it with a grain of salt because I was only there for a couple of days for work...but it just seemed really congested with traffic, with a big line of ugly strip malls with nothing interesting in them. Not enough green space or trees.

I still haven't read the other seven pages, but I bet others made similar comments.

Yes, because it's an urban area. If you want lots of green space, you want to go to a college in the middle of nowhere, in a rural area.

The College Park campus is a dumpster fire and is always ranked as one of the worst college campuses in the US.

Back to your post, The University of Texas is in an urban area. Lots of green space, a clean river and several lakes nearby. Austin is one of the fastest growing cities in the US. You can have a nice campus in an urban area.

The only problem is that most kids that attend College Park (or Global Campus at a 28% graduation rate) would never be accepted to UT.

This is a brain dead take. UMD has a beautiful campus with Georgian architecture and the largest central lawn in the country. Any ranking that has UMD among the worst college campuses is idiotic.

UT Austin has a terrible college campus. The college town itself is fine, because it's a major city. Not picturesque in any way.

Let's compare...


College Park: http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-wSWm58ntLqg/UrCFLm9...563_66f051cf8b_o.jpg

Austin: https://www.pallasweb.com/blog/top-ten-most-b...pictures-austin.html

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I agree that a lack of a true College Town is one of the factors that's holding UMCP back. I graduated in 2010, and while it's definitely improved since then, it still has a way to go to catch up to Ann Arbor/State College/Chapel Hill and others.

State College, Chapel Hill, Charlottesville are very far away from major cities, while UMD has a metro to a global city. Such a location doesn't yield picturesque college towns.

Boulder? It’s not so far from Denver

UW is in Seattle and much nicer surroundings

Boulder is 30-60 min from Denver by car if you take the toll road! Wtf? You don’t know what you’re talking about.