UMBC or UMD?

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Anonymous wrote:I went to UMBC in the late '80s as an immature little brat. Attending classes with people who were already professionals in their field did wonders for my maturity and skill set. I also made a lot of connections there which led to several summer internships and easy employment once I graduated. It's been 25 years since I graduated and I look back on my education from UMBC as a very positive time. UMBC is quite a bit bigger now but it's still smaller than UMCP which will lead to smaller classes. I think the quality of education will be very similar at both schools.

OP here.
I am reading college confidential and a number of UMBC students end up going to Harvard medical school. I am thinking because the internship opportunities might be better for undergrads at UMBC than at UMD. My DC is very interested in going to med school.

I am hearing really good things about UMBC. The one negative (for my kid) would be that a lot of HS friends are going to UMD (Is this a negative or a positive? I don't know).

Anyways - I am thrilled that as MD residents we have this choice for undergrad. These are solid schools for STEM.

Keep it coming, folks!

It's almost always a positive to make a break from your high school buds, even if they are the world's greatest peer group. It's never a bad thing to broaden your experience and have to make new friends.

I grew up in Montgomery County, had the same set of friends my whole life. They all went to the UMD together, lived together, joined the same fraternity together, etc. I went away to school and am so grateful I did. I'm still friends with those guys today, but I have a whole different set of friends and experiences, too.

UMD-CP has nearly 30,000 undergraduates. My DC goes to UVA (16,000 undergrads, so roughly half that) and rarely ever sees the numerous kids from their HS that go there. This worry about sticking with HS folks is a nonissue. People only stick together from HS through college if they literally make the effort to.

[Anonymous]

I went to Churchill/ U.MD. My best friends in life did the same. We became best friends in college but came from similar roots. It's special because we know so much that so much goes unspoken. Wouldn't change it for anything.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I went to UMBC in the late '80s as an immature little brat. Attending classes with people who were already professionals in their field did wonders for my maturity and skill set. I also made a lot of connections there which led to several summer internships and easy employment once I graduated. It's been 25 years since I graduated and I look back on my education from UMBC as a very positive time. UMBC is quite a bit bigger now but it's still smaller than UMCP which will lead to smaller classes. I think the quality of education will be very similar at both schools.

OP here.
I am reading college confidential and a number of UMBC students end up going to Harvard medical school. I am thinking because the internship opportunities might be better for undergrads at UMBC than at UMD. My DC is very interested in going to med school.

I am hearing really good things about UMBC. The one negative (for my kid) would be that a lot of HS friends are going to UMD (Is this a negative or a positive? I don't know).

Anyways - I am thrilled that as MD residents we have this choice for undergrad. These are solid schools for STEM.

Keep it coming, folks!

OP, you're considering the outcome of one to three kids per year. Per year. Out of thousands at UMBC. There simply is no comparison. UMD-College Park is no warm and fuzzy SLAC but it has dramatically more cred than UMBC ever has or ever will. A degree from UMBC almost implies that the student couldn't get into UMD-CP. Don't buy into a brochure or an article. This is not a debate.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:U.MD has the 8th highest incoming SAT scores in the country among publics. Ahead of UNC, Wisconsin, tied with Ucla.

Probably a result of the grade inflation in MCPS.

Stupid a$$. Spoken like a true UMBC grad.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:U.MD has the 8th highest incoming SAT scores in the country among publics. Ahead of UNC, Wisconsin, tied with Ucla.

Probably a result of the grade inflation in MCPS.

Stupid a$$. Spoken like a true UMBC grad.

Pompous ass. Spoken like a true [insert name of elite school] who has not accomplished anything in life.
UMBC grad here. I'll put up my accomplishments versus yours any day.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:U.MD has the 8th highest incoming SAT scores in the country among publics. Ahead of UNC, Wisconsin, tied with Ucla.

Probably a result of the grade inflation in MCPS.

Stupid a$$. Spoken like a true UMBC grad.

Pompous ass. Spoken like a true [insert name of elite school] who has not accomplished anything in life.
UMBC grad here. I'll put up my accomplishments versus yours any day.

LOL like you have any.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:U.MD has the 8th highest incoming SAT scores in the country among publics. Ahead of UNC, Wisconsin, tied with Ucla.

Probably a result of the grade inflation in MCPS.

Stupid a$$. Spoken like a true UMBC grad.

Pompous ass. Spoken like a true [insert name of elite school] who has not accomplished anything in life.
UMBC grad here. I'll put up my accomplishments versus yours any day.

LOL like you have any.

Post your school snowflake and what you do now. I bet you married $ and spend your day in yoga classes and telling your kids how perfect they are. It all depends on what you consider accomplishments. To each his own.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:U.MD has the 8th highest incoming SAT scores in the country among publics. Ahead of UNC, Wisconsin, tied with Ucla.

Probably a result of the grade inflation in MCPS.

Stupid a$$. Spoken like a true UMBC grad.

Pompous ass. Spoken like a true [insert name of elite school] who has not accomplished anything in life.
UMBC grad here. I'll put up my accomplishments versus yours any day.

LOL like you have any.

Post your school snowflake and what you do now. I bet you married $ and spend your day in yoga classes and telling your kids how perfect they are. It all depends on what you consider accomplishments. To each his own.

Oh, grow up you two. There are actually those of us out here who are genuinely interested in learning more about UMBC vs. UMCP. Yes, we all know that UMCP is in the big 10 now and has tons more research money than UMBC. Please no need to turn this into a competition over which one is better ranked or more "elite". Whatever. I went to UMCP and think it is a great school. However, it is huge and I'm not sure my DD would be happy there and we are starting to research if UMBC would be better for her. I know several families who currently have students at UMBC and are very happy there. Please tell me more! Good things about each, bad things about each, but don't say that one is "better" than the other. They're very different schools in size and focus.

[Anonymous]

Can UMBC students transfer to UMCP?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Can UMBC students transfer to UMCP?

Yes. No different than any other school.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Can UMBC students transfer to UMCP?

Yes. No different than any other school.

But there's nothing special setup just because they're both UM schools.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Can UMBC students transfer to UMCP?

Yes. No different than any other school.

But there's nothing special setup just because they're both UM schools.

Correct

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I went to UMBC in the late '80s as an immature little brat. Attending classes with people who were already professionals in their field did wonders for my maturity and skill set. I also made a lot of connections there which led to several summer internships and easy employment once I graduated. It's been 25 years since I graduated and I look back on my education from UMBC as a very positive time. UMBC is quite a bit bigger now but it's still smaller than UMCP which will lead to smaller classes. I think the quality of education will be very similar at both schools.

OP here.
I am reading college confidential and a number of UMBC students end up going to Harvard medical school. I am thinking because the internship opportunities might be better for undergrads at UMBC than at UMD. My DC is very interested in going to med school.

I am hearing really good things about UMBC. The one negative (for my kid) would be that a lot of HS friends are going to UMD (Is this a negative or a positive? I don't know).

Anyways - I am thrilled that as MD residents we have this choice for undergrad. These are solid schools for STEM.

Keep it coming, folks!

OP, you're considering the outcome of one to three kids per year. Per year. Out of thousands at UMBC. There simply is no comparison. UMD-College Park is no warm and fuzzy SLAC but it has dramatically more cred than UMBC ever has or ever will. A degree from UMBC almost implies that the student couldn't get into UMD-CP. Don't buy into a brochure or an article. This is not a debate.

This is the most BS thing I've ever read all day and you have clearly attended neither school. When I applied to graduate school at UChicago, they didn't know the difference between UMBC and UMD. I got accepted to Penn State, SUNY at Binghamton, College Park, and Georgetown for undergrad. I chose to go to UMBC because I chose to be wise and take the school with good opportunities that gave me the most money. College Park is just an overrated school in the middle of the ghetto that everyone who couldnt afford an out of state treats like yale to calm their daddy issues. My dad actually wanted me to avoid college park because of how GHETTO the surrounding area is. The dorms are also really disgusting and bad. It's not worth commuting 1+ hour to when I can get just as decent of an education (if not better) at UMBC. In just 40-50 years of existence, UMBC is already a nationally and globally ranked university. The professors for undergraduate are ranked among the BEST in the country, while UMD's professors are ranked as the 7th worst in the country by Princeton Review, as you can see here: https://www.princetonreview.com/college-rankings?rankings=professors-get-low-marks
UMBC'S president is also extremely famous and has far more credibility than the president at UMD does. There are ivy league institutions that don't know UMD but know of UMBC because of him.

And what you say about numbers out of thousands of umbc students contradicts your statement. UMBC sends MORE students to top 10 med and grad school programs than College Park does, despite being a smaller school.

I am not trying to say UMD is a bad school either, but it's not nearly as different from UMBC academically as most people with insecurities like to pretend it is.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I went to UMBC in the late '80s as an immature little brat. Attending classes with people who were already professionals in their field did wonders for my maturity and skill set. I also made a lot of connections there which led to several summer internships and easy employment once I graduated. It's been 25 years since I graduated and I look back on my education from UMBC as a very positive time. UMBC is quite a bit bigger now but it's still smaller than UMCP which will lead to smaller classes. I think the quality of education will be very similar at both schools.

OP here.
I am reading college confidential and a number of UMBC students end up going to Harvard medical school. I am thinking because the internship opportunities might be better for undergrads at UMBC than at UMD. My DC is very interested in going to med school.

I am hearing really good things about UMBC. The one negative (for my kid) would be that a lot of HS friends are going to UMD (Is this a negative or a positive? I don't know).

Anyways - I am thrilled that as MD residents we have this choice for undergrad. These are solid schools for STEM.

Keep it coming, folks!

OP, you're considering the outcome of one to three kids per year. Per year. Out of thousands at UMBC. There simply is no comparison. UMD-College Park is no warm and fuzzy SLAC but it has dramatically more cred than UMBC ever has or ever will. A degree from UMBC almost implies that the student couldn't get into UMD-CP. Don't buy into a brochure or an article. This is not a debate.

This is the most BS thing I've ever read all day and you have clearly attended neither school. When I applied to graduate school at UChicago, they didn't know the difference between UMBC and UMD. I got accepted to Penn State, SUNY at Binghamton, College Park, and Georgetown for undergrad. I chose to go to UMBC because I chose to be wise and take the school with good opportunities that gave me the most money. College Park is just an overrated school in the middle of the ghetto that everyone who couldnt afford an out of state treats like yale to calm their daddy issues. My dad actually wanted me to avoid college park because of how GHETTO the surrounding area is. The dorms are also really disgusting and bad. It's not worth commuting 1+ hour to when I can get just as decent of an education (if not better) at UMBC. In just 40-50 years of existence, UMBC is already a nationally and globally ranked university. The professors for undergraduate are ranked among the BEST in the country, while UMD's professors are ranked as the 7th worst in the country by Princeton Review, as you can see here: https://www.princetonreview.com/college-rankings?rankings=professors-get-low-marks
UMBC'S president is also extremely famous and has far more credibility than the president at UMD does. There are ivy league institutions that don't know UMD but know of UMBC because of him.

And what you say about numbers out of thousands of umbc students contradicts your statement. UMBC sends MORE students to top 10 med and grad school programs than College Park does, despite being a smaller school.

I am not trying to say UMD is a bad school either, but it's not nearly as different from UMBC academically as most people with insecurities like to pretend it is.

Sigh. Thanks for making my point.

[Anonymous]

Maybe you could have gone to a better school if you weren’t so racist, UMBC grad.