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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]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.[/quote]

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![/quote]

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.  [/quote]

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.

[b]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. [/b]

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.[/quote]

You said a lot of crazy stuff but that is off the chart. Take your med and hit the bed. [/quote]

It's true, look at the statistics for yourself. Just because you can't accept the truth doesn't mean that it isn't true. Even in my grad program at UChicago, which is a top 10, there are 4 other UMBC grads. There isn't anyone from UMD. [/quote]

Can you post the “truth” so we can all look at??[/quote]

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