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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Can we get back on topic?

My DC got into the honors college and wants to major in physics. I am thrilled and think UMD would absolutely be the best choice for him (their physics dept ranks 14 in the country on at least one ranking I saw.)  But he doesn't want to go to school so close to home. I'm biting my tongue for now, till we see where else he gets in, and how much aid he's offered. But it will be hard not to pressure him to go to UMD even if can afford the other schools (with help from his grandparents) because it really makes sense to choose the less expensive option. Interested in hearing people's experience with the honors college. (Seems he has to submit his preferences as to which one he wants to be in. We know little about them.) [/quote]

Get the honors college application in ASAP. If he's interested in cybersecurity especially that one is super-popular and has a really nice dorm.

My DS is a sophomore at UMD double majoring in physics and CS. He's in University Honors. Maybe because of the pandemic, but UH hasn't made a significant difference for him -- he's taking the last of his required Honors humanities classes (which he has really enjoyed) this semester, and had to take a nothingburger 1 credit class his first semester, but there's really not been anything UH has done to promote bonding or camaraderie in any way. It's a nice thing to have on his academic resume but UH doesn't seem like a cohesive experience.

We live in MoCo and it's been great having DH at UMD -- he's just 30 minutes away around the Beltway so can come home for the weekend, but hardly ever does -- generally he texts at 2 am when he thinks of something he needs, and otherwise I have to demand proof of life to hear from him. It's also plenty big enough that he certainly sees people he knows from time to time but it's not a small pond, so he's not constantly surrounded by his HS classmates.

We had to make this decision at the outset of the pandemic, but DS's other options were also large (out of state) public universities with strong physics/quantum physics research institutes. The pandemic definitely influenced the decision to go to UMD over the OOS universities, but UMD has been a really good fit for him overall and for us financially with other kids to put through school.[/quote]

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