UMD Honors vs Northwestern

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Anonymous wrote:As someone who hires, the NW kid has my attention a lot more than UMD. I don’t care one bit about honors college.

As someone who also hires, I don't care if it's NW, UMD, UMD Honors, Harvard, or Directional State School. I want to see good candidates who took advantage of opportunities to work with professors, participate in relevant activities outside the classroom, etc. I've hired great recent grads from no-name schools and great recent grads from top 10 (and have also had entry level folks from top 10 schools who ended up being a disappointment!). Also, once you're past your first job, no one cares what college you went to, unless you're in a field where prestige/rubbing elbows with the elites matters.

This heavily depends on the kind of job you're hiring for. In finance, a Northwestern and Directional State School degree will absolutely NOT be perceived the same. Even a Northwestern and Harvard degree will be grouped differently.

Agree with this.

My Ivy sophomore (non-Econ/non-Business) came in last month and swooped up a PE internship for this summer, and HS classmates at flagships who've been looking since Sept are still struggling. Most are resolved to do a regular summer job.

eh my UMD kid has two internships with quant firms, and their friends have internships at FAANGS. I'm sure NU kids also have great internships.

UMD accepts a lot more average kids than NU does simply because it's a state school. It's not really a fair comparison.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I mean I would always pick Northwestern over UMD. Especially if the cost were the same. I think it is a better experience in almost every way.

But that's me. Everyone is different. You guys do you. I don't believe you will have a bad outcome at UMD. If you feel strongly about it, go with God.

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Can you both please share why you’d choose NU?

Really? If you don't know then you belong at UMD.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I mean I would always pick Northwestern over UMD. Especially if the cost were the same. I think it is a better experience in almost every way.

But that's me. Everyone is different. You guys do you. I don't believe you will have a bad outcome at UMD. If you feel strongly about it, go with God.

100%

Can you both please share why you’d choose NU?

Really? If you don't know then you belong at UMD.

If you are so know it all, you wouldn't mind sharing why. DP

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UMD engineering acceptance is single digit. Not average kids.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:UMD engineering acceptance is single digit. Not average kids.

The website https://eng.umd.edu/freshmen-applicants/prepare says:

"Currently, about 40% of those who apply are admitted.

Admissions into the Clark School closely mirrors that of the overall university"

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I mean I would always pick Northwestern over UMD. Especially if the cost were the same. I think it is a better experience in almost every way.

But that's me. Everyone is different. You guys do you. I don't believe you will have a bad outcome at UMD. If you feel strongly about it, go with God.

100%

Can you both please share why you’d choose NU?

Really? If you don't know then you belong at UMD.

I kind of agree with the sentiment. Is that horrible?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My kid is picking UMD over UVA because he is more drawn to what UMD can offer in terms of research opportunities, ability to balance his academics with other pursuits, more personal connections with professors, better living arrangements and internships prospects.

Oh so not northwestern?

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There are people in the DMV who still don’t know what northwestern is. They only know UMD, UVA, W&M , GW, Georgetown, George Mason ,NOVA, James Madison and Virginia tech.if you are one of these, you will obviously opt for UMD.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:As someone who hires, the NW kid has my attention a lot more than UMD. I don’t care one bit about honors college.

As someone who also hires, I don't care if it's NW, UMD, UMD Honors, Harvard, or Directional State School. I want to see good candidates who took advantage of opportunities to work with professors, participate in relevant activities outside the classroom, etc. I've hired great recent grads from no-name schools and great recent grads from top 10 (and have also had entry level folks from top 10 schools who ended up being a disappointment!). Also, once you're past your first job, no one cares what college you went to, unless you're in a field where prestige/rubbing elbows with the elites matters.

This heavily depends on the kind of job you're hiring for. In finance, a Northwestern and Directional State School degree will absolutely NOT be perceived the same. Even a Northwestern and Harvard degree will be grouped differently.

UMD isn't a directional school.

[Anonymous]

My kid graduated from Northwestern, & has had several jobs (all on east coast) since graduating 8 years ago.

Kid still often gets asked about which college he attended, & people are impressed with the Northwestern brand. Certainly there are some brilliant students at Maryland & some non-brilliant Northwestern grads, but having NU on the resume seems to generate an assumption of high intelligence until proven otherwise.

That’s the edge you get in a situation like this. How much you value such an edge is up to the individual, but it’s a real thing.

And I agree with what at least one previous poster said…the honors college thing won’t have much impact on getting hired.

[Anonymous]

UMD is a great T-50 school. Northwestern is a great T-10 school. Nuff said.
Unless with full or half Banneker-Key, UMD Honors is just for bragging right and feeling special freshman year. May not want to continue in Honors after that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There are people in the DMV who still don’t know what northwestern is. They only know UMD, UVA, W&M , GW, Georgetown, George Mason ,NOVA, James Madison and Virginia tech.if you are one of these, you will obviously opt for UMD.

And some hear Northwestern and immediately think insurance

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:NU will have a much stronger peer group on average and the degree will stand out in hiring pools. I think it would be foolish to turn down a T10 school for a T50 if it's affordable.

If it were UMD in-state/scholarship vs full-pay NU, I'd go with UMD. But if all financial considerations are equal, NU is the clear choice.

Agree. NU is the obvious choice

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My kid graduated from Northwestern, & has had several jobs (all on east coast) since graduating 8 years ago.

Kid still often gets asked about which college he attended, & people are impressed with the Northwestern brand. Certainly there are some brilliant students at Maryland & some non-brilliant Northwestern grads, but having NU on the resume seems to generate an assumption of high intelligence until proven otherwise.

That’s the edge you get in a situation like this. How much you value such an edge is up to the individual, but it’s a real thing.

And I agree with what at least one previous poster said…the honors college thing won’t have much impact on getting hired.

northwestern in general does not
result in much prestige in dmv. it sounds like a directional state school

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My kid graduated from Northwestern, & has had several jobs (all on east coast) since graduating 8 years ago.

Kid still often gets asked about which college he attended, & people are impressed with the Northwestern brand. Certainly there are some brilliant students at Maryland & some non-brilliant Northwestern grads, but having NU on the resume seems to generate an assumption of high intelligence until proven otherwise.

That’s the edge you get in a situation like this. How much you value such an edge is up to the individual, but it’s a real thing.

And I agree with what at least one previous poster said…the honors college thing won’t have much impact on getting hired.

northwestern in general does not
result in much prestige in dmv. it sounds like a directional state school

Fact: more CEOs graduated from directional state schools than Ivy, Ivy+ and Ivy++ combined. Google it