GW vs UMD
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Anonymous
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Friend asked for advice. I wasn't sure what to say.
He has a significant merit scholarship to GW so they're actually the same price. He doesn't know what he's going to major in. |
Anonymous
| Do they care about safety? GW. |
Anonymous
| does he at least know if he is interested in STEM, the humanities, or the arts? |
Anonymous
You are joking, right? |
Anonymous
| I'd choose GW. Oh, wait. I did choose GW. |
Anonymous
He likes all of it, but doesn't especially like any one subject. He has no idea what he wants to do major-wise. |
Anonymous
| I think UMD is overall a better school, but I'd guess that they're close enough that you would have to examine it by major. Merit scholarships aren't always guaranteed all 4 years either. |
Anonymous
| Having been to both, I like GW better |
Anonymous
| How guaranteed is the scholarship? Read the fine print. |
Anonymous
| The schools are so different that I can't believe this is a difficult choice. Does the student prefer the urban campus feel of GW or the more traditional campus feel of UMD? Also, consider living costs. Many merit aid packages don't include housing costs which are very high at GW. I went to GW and received a very generous merit award (for all 4 years) but it did not include housing. I loved GW and had a great experience. But I also knew I wanted to major in International Relations so it was no brainer for me. |
Anonymous
| My H and I both started out at GW for graduate school and switched out. I hate GW. I went to MD for undergraduate and loved it. I was a STEM major though so I think that might be why. |
Anonymous
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UMD.
46 national championships 2 Nobel laureates 4 fields medals 3 academy awards 52 Emmys 8 pulitzers 950 million per year research funding #3 in US Alumni invented/created Sirius satellite Underarmour The Jumbotron The universal price code Pulse Dopplar radar Seinfeld The muppets The wire Diary of a wimpy kid Apollo 13 Liberty meadows Boondocks Nautica Outback Steakhouse Linear programming The octane system Broke watergate Miniaturized insulin pumps Coronary stents Automatic landing gear Automatic parachute Famous alumni Jim Henson , Sergi Brin , boomer esiason, randy white , Juliana depandi , Connie Chung, Gail King, Heidi Collins , Kiren chetry , Karen Allen , Scott van pelt , norm chad ,Bonnie Bernstein , Larry David , David Simon , Carl Bernstein , Gary Williams , Pam ward , Tim kirkjian , Dianne weist, Len Elmore ,mark mcewen, Federal installations on campus FDA NASA HHS NATIONAL ARCHIVES DEPT OF AGRICULTURE HMS NOAA AMERICAN PHYSICS INSTITUTE CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL LANGUAGE FDA College park violent crime rate 60% lower than Charlottesville Va. GW ? |
Anonymous
100%. Mom is a professor.
Good point, I'll point that out about the campuses. |